The Battle of Olympus

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96K plays 1988 #Action#Adventure#RPG

The Battle of Olympus is a 1988 action role-playing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game's story is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and his retrieval of his wife from the underworld.

It was released in North America in 1990, and released in Europe in 1991. A port for the Game Boy was released.

From Wikipedia's article The Battle of Olympus, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

NESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
BZN
AXM
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

The Battle of OlympusNES

4.0 Great job!

Critics 84 · 4 reviews

Scores

  • Famitsu 28/40
  • Mean Machines 1991 79%
  • Joypad 1991 88%
  • The Day 1991 10/10

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 62/100 · 334 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

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