The Return of Heracles

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity game	CAG
Release	1983
Publisher	Quality Software
Developer	Stuart Smith
Platform(s)	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Mode	Single-player
Genre	Action-adventure; role-playing game; hero-based
Setting	A mythological version of Ancient Greece
Notable charactersB	Heracles, Zeus, Asclepius, Cadmus, Autolycus, Endymion, Perseus, Polydeuces, Castor, Actaeon, Theseus, Pegasus, Palaemon, Hippolyte, Melanippe, Jason, Achilles, Great Ajax, Odysseus, Philopoemen, Polybius
DLC

Bibliography

Rollinger, C. (2020). ‘An Archaeology of Ancient Historical Video Games’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 19-43.

Serrano Lozano, D. (2020). ‘Ludus (Not) Over. Video Games and the Popular Perception of Ancient Past Reshaping’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 48-61.

Additional keywords

myth, gods, heroes, monsters, Twelve Labours, Athens, Elis, Delphi

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