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Four guardians have invaded and usurped the citadel of the gods. The gods offer any hero who can succeed in retaking the citadel one favour. The hero who comes forth asks the gods as their favour to be granted a seat among them as an equal. The gods are only comforted by the hope the hero will fail.
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enemies in higher places, a diffuse aim might prove more useful. There are also other weapons, such as bouncing axes that can be used to take on enemies at a lower level or fireballs.
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790:"Crush Your Piggy Bank or Sell Your Bike!"
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704:(in Japanese). Vol. 5, no. 6.
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576:Verdin, Guillaume (2 November 2022).
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1335:Video games based on Greek mythology
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1051:Gods Atari ST version review, 1992
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593:(in French). Association MO5.COM.
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495:A remastered version of the game,
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628:"Gods [GBA – Cancelled]"
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796:. Vol. 1991, no. 10.
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226:in 1991. The player is cast as
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660:http://www.atarimagazines.com
1355:Video games set in antiquity
927:. November 1992. p. 110
861:Clarkson, Nick (July 1991).
811:Slingsby, Dan (March 1991).
503:. It was then announced for
1290:Cancelled Nintendo DS games
882:Webb, Trenton (June 1991).
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696:"Maker Land: Other Makers"
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1285:The Bitmap Brothers games
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708:. June 1992. p. 86.
362:Computer and Video Games
771:"The Role of Computers"
616:Bitmap Brothers Website
332:PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
1265:Acorn Archimedes games
838:"Gods Atari ST Review"
756:Computer + Video Games
752:"Gods Atari ST Review"
38:European cover art by
1000:"End of distribution"
925:Computer Gaming World
484:Computer Gaming World
306:uses the same idea).
1087:The Bitmap Brothers
884:"Gods Amiga Review"
863:"Gods Amiga Review"
813:"Gods Amiga Review"
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216:The Bitmap Brothers
53:The Bitmap Brothers
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1275:Atari Jaguar games
1172:The Chaos Engine 2
1111:Xenon 2: Megablast
953:Rock Paper Shotgun
725:Games That Weren't
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236:Genesis/Mega Drive
1310:NEC PC-9801 games
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1199:Z: Steel Soldiers
1006:. 30 January 2022
975:"Gods Remastered"
909:. pp. 48–50.
850:. pp. 43–44.
848:Dennis Publishing
825:. pp. 34–36.
798:Egmont Publishing
682:Future Publishing
501:Microsoft Windows
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152:Archimedes
111:Steve Tall
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