Popular games published by company Athena

01.09.1992

Super Bowling is a third-person bowling game. Players may bowl in several different environments, which range from ice ponds to neon-lit Chinese temples. Players can face-off against characters in their home stages, much like a fighting game. If the player wins they can then play on these stages in other play modes. Multi-player modes are also available, with a number of different variations. The game was also released as a downloadable game for the Satellaview.

09.10.1997

Technically 4th in the series of shoot'em-up creation games by Athena (1997).

20.09.1994

A vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up and game creation engine, released for the Super Famicom in 1994. It is the first in Athena's series of shoot 'em up creators and features a sequel of their 1983 Arcade shoot 'em up Daioh as a sample game.

16.06.1995

Yakouchuu is an adventure game. The title translates to Phosphorescent Animalcule (animalcule meaning a microscopic animal, a portmanteau of animal and molecule) and specifically to Noctiluca scintillans. It is a "sound novel" in the vein of Chunsoft's hits Otogirisou and Kamaitachi no Yoru (localized as Banshee's Last Cry): the player reads a novel-like story as the text appears on the screen with a static backdrop and background sounds to set the scene. They also occasionally make choices which can determine the route of the story. Yakouchuu concerns the ship "Diana" and its captain, who is the player-named protagonist, and crew as it sets off on an inauspicious journey. The game was ported to the Game Boy Color in 1999. The same year, it saw a sequel for the N64: Yakouchuu II: Satsujin Kouru.

07.11.1999

Pro Mahjong Kiwame for WonderSwan is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Athena, which was released in Japan in 1999.

01.01.1970

Pro Mahjong Kiwame GB is a Japanese Game Boy Mahjong game.

22.10.1998

Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for the levels. The game has a simplified colorful interface which makes it targeted for younger audience. It also boasts fully-voiced tutorial, a large amount of sample data, a horizontal scroll option, and 2-player simultaneous play option. The second game disc contains 102 sample games created in Dezaemon Plus.

18.12.1997

Crows: The Battle Action is a beat-'em-up for the Sega Saturn. It is a 2D beat-'em-up based on the Crows manga series, where characters have super-deformed heads. Published by Athena Co., it appears at first glance heavily inspired by Technos ' own hot-blooded Kunio/Nekketsu beat-'em-ups, going for River City Ransom 's fighting style and super-deformed looks in particular. As it turns out, it's no coincidence; a look at the credits reveals that quite a few former Technos employees worked on it, including executive producer Teruo Ishikawa, the composers, and about half the graphics team. Most notably, the person in charge of the visuals was Kouji Ogata.

30.06.2000

Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Kyoushitsu GB is a Japanese Mahjong game for the Game Boy Color.

13.09.1991

Dezaemon is a game designing application that lets aspiring developers create their own vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. Players have control over how their ship looks, design how their levels (up to three) will look, and also create a title screen. Players can also compose their own background music and create a list of credits to give credit to the designers of their game. There is also a sample shoot-'em-up available to play titled E.D.I.T.. It contains 3 stages of a simple vertical-scrolling space shooter where players shoot down waves of enemies and fight a boss enemy at the end of each stage. Items can also be collected which can increase their ship's speed or give their ship a defensive shield. Other items can upgrade the ships' weaponry from a vulcan cannon to either lasers or missiles.

22.03.1996

Variety game collection was recorded board game of nostalgia. I record five sugoroku like to play using the board that mimics of Othello-like "Reversi", the luster of diamond "King Diamond", hat up game "Kopit", "rocket", the Game of Life-style of "Bankers". Can be simultaneously play up to four people maximum. Let Moriagaro in the good old game a long time ago!

30.05.1997

Nobunaga Hiroku: Geten no Yume is a text adventure game featuring Nobunaga Oda, a Japanese warlord in the Sengoku period. By reading the text on the screen and choosing the options that appear along the way, you can enjoy a variety of changes in Nobunaga's life and thus history.

23.02.1996

Blockids for PlayStation is a 3D take on the arcade classic Breakout. Players choose one of eight animated characters and prepare to compete against an assortment of colorful opponents whose fortresses must be breached. The object is to break a series of bricks by smashing a ricocheting ball into them using a horizontal paddle. The default view is presented from an angled top-down perspective, but players can switch to a perspective right behind the paddle for a more 3D feel. New twists on the classic gameplay include the ability to bounce the ball over barriers as well as earn a special power-up by scoring a certain number of points.

31.12.1999

Pro Mahjong Kiwame is a four player Riichi mahjong game, unlike most one-on-one Mahjong games released at the time and the modern casual games. Players take and discard tiles until they've completed hands by forming groups and pairs.

24.12.1989

Lutter is a game comprised of single screens full of traps, obstacles, enemies and items that the eponymous hero Lutter must navigate in order to find six missing damsels and the enormous monsters that hold them hostage. The game has some element of non-linearity, as there are numerous paths that split off to explore. The chief goal is to find keys that unlock doors to new areas and eventually to large, screen-sized bosses that Lutter must defeat in shoot 'em up style boss fights. The game also features a few RPG aspects: Lutter has a health bar and can level up, which increases his health and other stats. He defeats enemies by charging into them, similarly to early action RPGs like the first Ys and Hydlide. When defeated, the game will automatically try to bribe the victorious monster with whatever funds the player has accrued: should they have enough to placate the monster (this amount often depends on the strength of the monster) Lutter reappears where he entered the screen with his health restored.

02.06.1989

The core gameplay of Wit's is very similar to the Light Cycles portion of the 1982 arcade game Tron by Bally Midway. The objective is to move your character around a rectangular play area and create a line behind you that the other player(s) will crash into. In addition to being able to move your character in the four cardinal directions, the player also has the ability to speed up and the chance to jump once per life, allowing you to potentially escape a dead end. The game can be played either solo against the computer or against up to three other human opponents. The goal is to achieve the most points, gained by surviving, or to make it through the game's increasingly difficult 99 rounds.

19.03.1993

BioMetal is a side-scrolling shooter game. Their are two pairs, one for lasers and the other for missiles, of three upgrades for your weapons. The war that divided the galaxy and used all it's resources has ended. A fleet was sent on a mission to find more natural resources. They never returned. Their last transmission reveals that the enemy' created one last experiment. This experiment is a combination of the aggressive nature of animals combined with the efficiency of machines. These creatures were named BioMetal. The MF-92GX Halbard mothership has been assigned to destroy the threat before they can not be stopped. You are piloting the MF-92GX Halbard fighter that is equipped with the experimental Gel Analog Mutant weapon. The Gel is charged up on the ship and can be used to surround the ship as a protective shield or be thrown at the enemy forces.

01.01.1970

Quiz/Trivia game released in 1992 for the Game Boy.

26.06.1998

Dezaemon 3D is a video game and game creator for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1998. The game's editor allows players to design their own shooting game levels similar to the levels shown in Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth. The game has a large number of options, from creating the stage boss or adding a custom soundtrack for each level. It was originally developed alongside an ultimately unreleased accompanying expansion disk title for 64DD.

30.06.1995

Pro Mahjong Kiwame III is a Miscellaneous game, published by Athena, which was released in Japan in 1995. The game was later released as a downloadable game for the Satellaview.