Athena (video game)

Athena (アテナ, Atena) is a 1986 platform arcade video game developed and published by SNK. Conversions were later released for the NES console and ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers.

This article is about the 1986 videogame. For other uses of Athena in videogaming, see Athena (disambiguation).
Athena
Game flyer
Developer(s)SNK
Micronics (FC/NES)
Publisher(s)SNK
Designer(s)Koji Obata
Artist(s)Rampty
Platform(s)Arcade, Commodore 64, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Network, ZX Spectrum
Release
  • Re-releases
    • NES/Famicom:
      • JP: June 5, 1987
      • NA/EU: Late 1987
    • Nintendo Switch:
      • WW: December 13, 2018
    • PlayStation Network:
      • WW: December 13, 2018
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

The game's protagonist, Princess Athena, has gone on to appear in later fighting games by SNK as a secret character or assistant to her descendant Athena Asamiya, a frequent main character in these games.

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