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Hercules

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Control the hero through nine side scrolling levels, using melee attacks and riding Pegasus to prove yourself to Zeus.

Hercules for Game Boy, developed by Tiertex and published by THQ, was released in 1997; it is a distinct handheld version based on the Disney animated film, not a port of an earlier game.


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Released
1997
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
222.68 KB
Rating
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About Hercules

Disney's Hercules for the Game Boy adapts the animated film into a side scrolling platformer. The player controls Hercules across nine levels, aiming to prove himself to Zeus.

Movement generally proceeds from left to right. A health bar tracks damage from enemy contact, and falling into pits also ends a life. Hercules can attack foes directly with a melee weapon. On certain stages, he rides the flying horse Pegasus.

This version is a standalone product, unrelated to the console games also based on the movie. The core objective is simply to navigate these environments to the end.

Hercules Screenshots

12 images
Title screen
Main menu
Hercules can jump...
...and swing his sword.
This is the first obstacle of the game: a fire trap.
Shortly after follows the first enemy.
Gee, some people can never be pleased.
Climbing on a rope
Like a Tarzan
Escape from scorpio
Cobra
Stone faces throws fire