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Athena: World of Cavern
An In-depth Walkthrough
by The Lost Gamer (
[email protected])
Copyright 2002
Table of Contents:
000. Update Information
001. General information
002. Story
003. Characters
004. Controls
005. World of Cavern Walkthrough
006. Weapons
007. Game Genie Codes
008. Credits
000-Update Information
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As of 4/27/02, this FAQ is updated to included information
given to me by Kalavera.
As of 5/27/01, this FAQ is updated because I made a complete
Athena FAQ, and this one is updated accordingly.
001-General Information
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This is a walkthrough for the second level (The World of
Cavern is its official name) of the Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES) game called Athena. It doesn't seem to be related to
the Greek goddess Athena in any way, shape or form, which is
kind of confusing. If you have any questions, comments,
concerns or anything like that, just e-mail me at
[email protected], but have the subject be
either "Athena FAQ" or blank, so I don't accidentally delete
it. If you want to copy part of this FAQ, ask me via e-mail
and I'll let you, just so you won't be breaking any laws.
Let's start this FAQ.
Thanks to Kalavera for his help.
002-Story
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According to various Anti-Athena websites, the story is
this: Athena is bored, so she's going through all these
worlds looking for something fun to do. Jeez, what a lame
plot.
003-Characters
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Athena: Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, but none of
that really is mentioned in the game. It seems more like
the producers had to have a name, so they just chose Athena
to make the title (that's how the name Mario came about).
Boar man: This is a soldier with a boar's head. He carries
a pink golf club as a weapon and does three damage when he
hits you. (That's awfully strange, how can someone hurt
an immortal? But upon recalling Homer's The Illiad, book
five, you should remember this is possible).
Aracne: This spider goes up and down from the ceiling.
Archeus: Archeus is an archer. He shoots arrows at you.
Boar punk: He's a boar man, but dressed in punk rock clothes
and has a much better attack.
Flower: A flower pops up from the ground every now and then.
Attack it to receive some hearts.
Medusa snake: A snake with a medusa head slithers around, and
uses the same attack as the boar punk.
Scorpion: The scorpion moves up and down vines.
Trojan horse: A soldier with a horse's head.
The not-so-jolly green giant: He's the boss of world of
cavern.
If anyone has the manual, could you please send the real
names of the bad guys in (I made them up, and based them on
Greek mythology). Like I do whenever someone gives me info,
I update and credit you for it.
004-Controls
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A button The A button allows you to jump; there are two
types of jumps, big ones and small ones.
B button The B button attacks.
Up Up allows you to climb up vines
Down Down allows you to climb down vines
Left Left allows you to move left, but you can't go
left and see stuff that is off-screen.
Right Right lets you move right, and this is the
direction you go to see stuff off-screen.
Start Start pauses the game.
Select Select takes you to a screen where it shows
some of the things you've gotten so far. I
don't know why the things that end up there
end up there, so don't ask.
004b-World of Cavern
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You land near a wall. The only block that has something in
it has a downgrade, so just forget it. Some boar men are
your first enemies, so kill them and head right.
You've got an area that looks like stairs, which is on top
of many blocks. Destroy the boar men and go over the top
of it. There's Arachne above a vine. The only one of the
blocks that has something in it is the third block to the left
of the vine.
Near the vine is a group of blocks on the ceiling. Archeus
is hiding there, so look out for him. Right past him is a
hole in the ground. A boar punk on the other side will fall
down the hole and shoot something at you. Dodge the boar
punk's attack, and grab the ring he leaves after the attack.
Also, Archeus is attacking at you now, so dodge those arrows.
Once you get the ring, you have to jump across the gap while
avoiding the arrows. This is rather tricky, but you can do
it. Don't worry about the Arachne above the pit because it
doesn't hit you. Continue right here. Notice that there is
another Archeus in the ceiling, so quickly go right and jump
to the platform in midair.
On the platform is a scorpion. Kill it and continue right.
Some trojan horses appear here, kill them. See the black
hole in the green ground. Another Archeus appears out of it.
Jump over him and avoid the arrows. A boar punk and some
more Trojan horses appear here. Kill them and keep going
right.
Not too far past the boar punk, there is a big hole in the
ground. It is impossible to jump over the hole, so fall down.
You land in an area with a boar punk. Kill him. To the left
of you is a small group of four blocks. Destroy them all,
and one has an hourglass in it. Grab the hourglass; it resets
the timer.
Go right here to meet some scorpions and Trojan horses. Kill
them. Notice there's a platform on the ceiling, but there's
blocks in the way. Stand under the blocks and jump up. Your
helmet should destroy the blocks. Now jump through the hole
you made to get on the top level.
On the top level, travel right. Enjoy this enemy-free part.
Eventually, you'll pass a vine near a gap in the ground. You
do not want to land in this gap. Here's what to do: stand on
the rightmost edge of the platform you're on. Jump up and
destroy the block on the ceiling with your helmet. Now
jump off the platform to the platform right next to it.
Jump off right here to land on the small area in the ground.
Jump up to destroy the blocks with your helmet. Break all
the blocks and travel right. You'll land in an area with
a foursome of blocks to your left. Destroy them to get
another K block. Travel right from here.
All this area to the right of here is the same as other areas
in this level; they just have different enemies in them.
Travel right, and make sure to break through the blocks with
your helmet like before to be on an upper level. From the
upper level, jump up through a gap in the ceiling.
Go right here, killing the enemies, and just like the last
two times, use your helmet to get to the top level. Jump
off the top level and over the gap to the right, where a
Medusa snake waits for you. Kill the snake.
Right about here, a flower pops up, and it is well-needed.
Get it, and go right up the stair-like thing you saw earlier.
Kill the boar men and the trojan horses and jump off the
platform to the right. You land right by the boss, the
not-so-jolly green giant.
If you go to the top of this guide, you'll see a picture I
drew that shows the not-so-jolly green giant as he first
appears, with black hair, and marching left and right,
while shooting yellow stuff at you to the left. That's him,
but he doesn't stay that way. His head separates from his
body and flies off to attack you. Here's what he looks
like now:
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Ooh, now the NSJGG looks a bit more difficult. His head
will fly around and try to attack from below. You can take
two courses of action concerning the head. You can try to
avoid it (it disappears after a while), or attack it while
avoiding it (makes it disappear sooner). Once the head is
gone, you've beaten the hardest part of this boss.
The body is easier. Notice how the ground to the left of
it looks like this:
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Simply stand on the middle step. When the body comes close,
press B to hit it (you won't get hit). This allows you to
hit it without being hurt. Do this a couple of times to
kill the body. Boom! The not-so-jolly green giant is now
dead.
He drops a blue mallet after dying. Grab it and go right.
Use the mallet to break the blocks here. Walk right, and
Athena jumps, and bam! You make it to the third level,
the world of sea!
Well, I don't have an in-depth FAQ for the world of sea.
What I do have is a full FAQ for the World of Sea, and all
the other worlds in the game. So go to that FAQ now!
006-Weapons
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Feet
Pink golf club
upgrades to blue mallet
Ball and chain
Blue sword
upgrades to yellow sword
upgrades to red sword
upgrades to fire sword
Green Vine waves
upgrades to blue vine waves
upgrades to yellow vine waves (fireball)
Bow and Arrow
Information about each:
Feet (weakest weapon in game)
Pink Golf Club (weak, it takes two hits to destroy a block)
Blue Mallet (One hit to destroy a block)
Ball and Chain (Strong, destroys four blocks at once, but
cannot destroy blocks beneath Athena)
Blue Sword (can't destroy blocks)
Yellow Sword (Two hits to destroy a block)
Red Sword (shoots out a red laser that moves all the way to
the end of the screen, destroy enemies and blocks
in its way)
Fire Sword (destroys about six blocks in all directions,
seen as the best weapon in the game)
Green Vine Waves (can't destroy blocks, weak).
Blue Vine Waves (can't destroy blocks, stronger)
Yellow Vine Waves (shoots out a vine like the laser of the
red sword, but you're better off killing
boar punks in the world of cavern than
trying to upgrade this (it takes less
time))
Bow and Arrow (Bad weapon, only needed in order to beat the
boss of the World of Ice)
007-Game Genie Codes
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If you're not using your NES, put these in the screen that
pops up when you press F6. Freezing the timer and extra
lives is good. The absolutely best code is the don't
take any damage. With that and freeze timer, you're
unstoppable. If you can't use the code, Kalavera says that
there is a problem with some ROMS and they aren't
compatible with that code, so you should try getting
another ROM. A ROM that works (the one I used) is from
http://www.vimm.net/ Thanks to Kalavera!
AEKNLPZA Start with 1 life
IEKNLPZA Start with 6 lives
AEKNLPZE Start with 9 lives
GZUZLISA Don't take any damage (after first 2 units)
AXKNYOGA Start with energy boost
AAULLYPA Freeze timer
YASVAYIA Start with extra time
GASVAYIA Start with less time
008-Credits
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This FAQ is copyright of The Lost Gamer, 2002. If you want
to use any part of this FAQ, ask me first (instructions under
general information)
