What caused Astal to have animosity towards
the bird so much at first☠️☠️ that bird is the MVP of the game! Gorgeous game for sure. The animation and art are top-notch and the overall color pallet is beautiful. The music is another huge highlight of the game. It feels so amazing to hear such Vibrant tracks as you go throughout the game. Everything blends together to give us this wonderful 2D platformer. Definitely a very special game within segas history. You can also never beat that angelic "Segaaaaaaa" during the intro credits of the game.

HERE COME THE HEROES RO SAVE THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION

THEY ARE X-MEN!

I use to play this game a ton on an actual Cab and then on the re-released version too. Really a lot of fun.

Extra points for the style and at least effort put into this game. Trust everyone who says this game is difficult. It's mainly the reason why this game get's low reviews. I mean the one thing that is holding the game back is its flawed design. The game just hammers any and everything at you while in Athena's barely nude form which is terrible since it's what you start with and she is at her weakest without any armor. So here you are looking for armor while killing enemies that could potentially kill you first before you even get a chance to even find any. You have to legit use hammers and clubs from the enemies to even be able to find where armor may be since you have to break down rock to uncover items. So it starts to get even more tedious as you go. And if you do get armor.....try not to die because the moment you die, you lose the armor and weapon you have and have to start over as Barely naked Athena again. The respawn points are ABYSMAL. Not only can you respawn in an area with an enemy that can straight kill you off rip but there is also a chance you'll be mid-way in the level so it'll be a little harder to gain a weapon again too.

Overall if you want to master Athena..... get past the first level without losing anything and seeing what does what and where goes where. You'll know what to do and what paths to take and not take once you get this down. It will help you understand Athena's gameplay loop much more. For one of SNK's 23 games pre-Neo Geo, it's definitely a leap forward. Especially since the game had a huge following behind it when it got ported to NES. I guess back then this type of challenge in games was desired. As of now though it leaves a lot to be desired even with that thought, you have to love the effort and at least the idea they were going for even if it's a bit rocky to play.

Come on everybody. You know the song and you know the beat.

A 1 and A 2

YOU CAN STEEL A SOUL
FOR A SECOND CHANCE
BUT YOU ARE NEVER BECOME A MAN
MY CHOSEN TORTURE HAS ME STRONGER
IN LIFE THAT CRAVES THE HUNGER
A FREEDOM AND A QUEST FOR LIFE
UNTIL THE END THE JUDGMENT NIGHT
BLESS ME WITH YOUR GIFT OF LIGHT
RIGHTEOUS CAUSE ON JUDGMENT NIGHT
FEEL THE SORROW
THE LIGHT HAS SWALLOWED
FEEL THE FREEDOM LIKE NO TOMORROW
STEPPING FORTH A CURE
FOR SOUL'S DEMISE
REAP THE TEARS OF THE VICTIMS CRY
YEARNING MORE TO HEAR
THE SUFFER
OF A DEMON AS I PUT IT UNDER
KILLED BEFORE, TIME TO KILL THEM ALL
PASSED DOWN A RIGHTEOUS LAW
SERVE A JUSTICE THAT DWELLS IN ME
LIFELESS CORPSE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
(MELODY)
BLESS ME WITH THE
LEAF OFF OF THE TREE
ON IT I'LL SEE
THE FREEDOM RAIN
WE ARE FALLING
THE LIGHT IS CALLING
TEARS IN-SIDE ME
CALM ME DOWN
MIDNIGHT CALLING
MIST OF RESOLVING
CROWN ME, WITH THE
PURE GREEN LEAF
PRAISE TO MY FATHER
BLESS BY THE WATER
BLACK NIGHT, DARK SKY
THE DEVILS CRY
BLESS ME WITH THE
LEAF OFF OF THE TREE
ON IT I'LL SEE
THE FREEDOM RAIN
WE ARE FALLING
THE LIGHT IS CALLING
TEARS IN-SIDE ME
CALM ME DOWN
MIDNIGHT CALLING
MIST OF RESOLVING
CROWN ME, WITH THE
PURE GREEN LEAF
BLESS ME WITH THE
LEAF OFF OF THE TREE
ON IT I'LL SEE
THE FREEDOM RAIN
PRAISE TO MY FATHER
BLESS BY THE WATER
BLACK NIGHT, DARK SKY
THE DEVILS CRY
(OUTER VERSE)
LIFE OF VENGEANCE A PASSIVE TEST
UNTIL THE GRAVE I SHALL REST
ENGAGE THE PRESSURE TILL IT CRUMBLES
THE EXISTENCE OF THE LIFELESS BLACK SOULS
ONWARD TO THE SACRED BATTLEFIELD
WHERE JUSTIFICATION AND LIMITS ARE REVEALED
TOOLS OF STEEL IN RAGE THEY CONQUER
WEED OUT THE KILLING OF VICTIMS STALKER
THE POWER'S PROVEN TO END THE MADNESS
UPON I TAKE IT TO END THE SAVAGE
THE RAYS OF LIGHT A TRUTH TO MEANING
TO MY FATHER MY BLOOD IS PLEADING
A JUSTICE RAGE FOR ALL TO FEEL
WITH INNOCENT CRIES AND HATRED SQUEALS
THE GORE OF EVIL SEEMS TO SATISFY
WHEN SLAYED, MAIMED AND PACIFIED
MY CHOSEN TORTURE HAS ME STRONGER
IN LIFE THAT CRAVES THE HUNGER
A FREEDOM AND A QUEST FOR LIFE
UNTIL THE END THE JUDGMENT NIGHT
WATCH THE FOOTSTEPS BUT NEVER FOLLOW
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE TOMORROW
YOU CAN STEEL A SOUL FOR A SECOND CHANCE
BUT YOU ARE NEVER BECOME A MAN

PLOT

During a walk with your girlfriend, you're ambushed by agents of a mysterious crime syndicate! They take your girlfriend away and shoot you to death. Now, as a wandering spirit with the ability to possess others, you're summoned by your girlfriend's father (who researches ghost energy) and you're given a mission to save your girlfriend from the mysterious crime syndicate that holds her hostage, enabling the you to rest in peace.

MY THOUGHTS

The more you play the more you begin to fall in love with this games charm and premise. I mean you can become any enemy in the game(except bosses) And get to the end by continuing to possess enemies. Be careful though the more you lose health with enemies the more you have to possess using your actual spirit energy that will deplete as you look for a new body to possess. So make sure to keep that in mind when playing this game! ALSO important thing to mention but to get the good ending, Make sure to collect the keys in stages 2,5 and 6.

Besides that you will have a good time with this game. It doesn't get boring at all since there is a good range of enemies to possess as you go! So be sure to just have a good ass time as you embark on the player character's final task before they can go to the afterlife which is to save their girlfriend as asked by her father who researches ghost energy.

OK so let me explain my adventures to you


I TOOK MY AXE AND I STARTED SWINGING IT. BAM BAM BAM BAM.

and yeah that was my adventure! Pretty insane right?