> HERCULES by Alpha Omega

COMMENTS:

• Matt: Played Hercules before? If ever game was made for save states, this is it! I don't think I'd have the patience if it wasn't for that. But, with unlimited lives it certainly is great fun to play - I had turned of the sprite detection, too. You have to complete the 12 labours, each of which consists of several single platform screens, and each of these are devilishly hard, where you have to make your mind up in seconds - which is where the save states come in. I suppose, judging by the graphics and sound, hoping for a decent end was too much to ask...the completion noise comes straight out of the C64 User Manual...
  
  I've saved it just before you complete the final labour - simply jump onto it and let the wonders of the SID chip commence.
  

• Vinny: Heh-heh... I remember playing this game to death just to see the ending. I'm SO glad that I didn't get to complete it as I would have been totally devastated. It looks and sounds as if the game has crashed! Where is the ending?!
  

• Inge Pedersen: Oh, dear. Hercules has always been a favourite platformer of mine, but I've never made it to the end (some of the screens are really tough). But I was really disappointed of this cack ending...
  

• Brendan Phoenix: It is defiantly an addictive game, as is God's & Hero's.
  
  From the frustration you encounter at the start with disappearing platforms and such, it just makes you more determined to beat it.
  
  What an absolute pile of pooh for an ending though - wasn't like the game was pushing the C64 to it's limits.
  

• Andy Vaisey: I never heard of this game until about 1990 when a 'sequel' was released on the Amiga called Yolanda.
  
  Yolanda looked and sounded quite nice, but was solid hard and somehow lacked something, whereas Hercules was more playable and enjoyable, even if it looked and sounded awful. Like Yolanda, Hercules is quite hard but more satisfying; that doesn't excuse the poor ending after all the hard work the player would have to put in.