God of Thunder
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DOS - USA - Physical release. |
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God of Thunder is an action adventure game developed by Adept Software and published by Software Creations for MS-DOS in 1993. The game was later published by Impulse Software, then released as freeware, and finally released as open source by the developer.
You control Thor who must defeat the minions of Asgard by wielding his mighty hammer, Mjölnir. The game engine is similar to The Legend of Zelda with a screen-based top-down over world and underground passages that used a pseudo side-view platform look. The dialogue in the game is pretty funny.
Contents
Personal
Own? | No. |
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Won? | Yes. I beat all three episodes. |
Finished | 2002-12-30. |
I encountered God of Thunder on a shareware collection CD (around 1995) and found the game to be quite enjoyable. My cousin and I beat the first episode, but never bought the rest of the game. When I later found that the game had been released as freeware, I played through the other two episodes.
Review
7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Best Version: DOS
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The game engine is pretty solid and has enough complexity to be interesting.
- Having things like pushable blocks, rolling rocks, lock and key gates, and the like allow for some particularly clever puzzles.
- The script is pretty funny. There are lots of jokes from puns, to dirty jokes, to breaking the 4th wall.
- Though dated, even when it was released, the graphics, sound, and music are pretty good.
- Roy Davis's soundtrack is well-composed.
- The game offers a pretty good challenge, while not requiring you to have to worry about lives.
Bad
- When the game came out, it looked and sounded dated. The SNES had already been out for two years, so tiled graphics and AdLib music was way behind the times. And the game doesn't break any new ground with gameplay either.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
Maps
Videos
Play Online
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | There are several female NPCs, but none are very important. |
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Bechdel test? | Fail | Women never talk to each other. |
Strong person of color character? | Fail | Everyone is white. |
Queer character? | Fail | There are no queer characters. |
Download
God of Thunder is now freeware and open source. This archive contains all shareware and registered versions and the source code.
Credits
Role | Staff |
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Programmer | Ron Davis |
Graphics | Gary Sirois |
Level Design | Adam Pedersen |
Additional Programming, Audio Programming | Jason Blochowiak |
Music | Roy Davis |
Title Screen Art | Wayne C. Timmerman |
Additional Level Design | Ron Davis, Doug Howell, Ken Heckbert, Evan Heckbert |
Links
- github.com/SheridanR/god-of-thunder - Source code.
- Video Games
- 1993 Video Games
- Video games developed by Adept Software
- Video games published by Software Creations (publisher)
- DOS Games
- Video Game Genre - Metroidvania
- Media Theme - Adventure
- Media Theme - Comedy
- Media Theme - Fantasy
- Media Theme - Mythology
- Software Distribution Model - Commercial
- Software Distribution Model - Freeware
- Software Distribution Model - Shareware
- Video Games I Don't Own
- Video Games I've Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 7
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 5
- Video Game Sound Rating - 5
- Video games which can be played online
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Action, Adventure, Strategy
- Game Mechanic - Block Pushing
- Favorite
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