----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- HERC'S ADVENTURES by TONY HOAGLUND ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- EMAIL ADDRESS: hoag_1@webtv.net GameFAQS NAME: hoag1 PLATFORM: Playstation, Saturn Special Thanks: Matt Johnson STEP 1, CHOOSE A CHARACTER _Hit Points (HP)_ Number of points of damage a hero can take. All three characters start with 50 HP. _Stamina Points (SP)_ Number that represents the hero's energy. It is depleted when running, picking up buildings, etc. It gradually regenerates. _CHARACTERS__ Herc, hero 50 hit points, 70 stamina points Atlanta, archer 50 hit points, 40 stamina points Jason, the agile 50 hit points, 50 stamina points So who is it? Herc is strong, and has quick hits, but has a bad distant attack. Atlanta has a slower and weaker attack but has an awesome long range attack (10 arrow shot). Jason has a rather weak attack any way you look at it. I would say the most challenging to start out as of the three. ----------BEGINNING---------- Grab coin and continue down . Kill cyclops and head east. If Atlanta, use your long-range attack to take out the out of range cyclops, a secret lies ahead. Take spears and head east again. There should be a house and a locked door. Hit targets to get coins. Head west then jump down at the ledge. Under the house is garbage. Take catapult and find key. The second and third rocks have coins underneath them as well as the sheep. Go down the ledge. Coin underneath the sheep by the Shepard. Grab spears underneath the house and the bird. Coin underneath the house on the right side. This place should now look familiar. Follow path until you get to the door. Grab the spears and coin underneath the house. Follow path. ___CUT SCENE__ Before fighting the bone soldiers, grab the coin on the island to the right. Fight. Go swim by the man fishing and get the gyros and bombs. Grab spears underneath the rock. Head west to get spears. Now go back to the regular path and head up north. Fight. Follow path. Hit bone soldier with a bomb to get secret. ___CUT SCENE__ Head east and then go in the cave to the north. Grab items. Follow path. Fight. Go to the northeast exit first to get the coin. Now go northeast. Follow path. Now before jumping of the waterfall. Kill bone soldier to get secret to the right. Fight old hags. Go southeast to save (1 coin). Grab items under boats and houses. Follow path. You are now in the forest. Fight. Go north (not strong enough to lift big rocks). Follow path. West is a shop to buy frogs. Don't buy any. Go south. -----------------------BOSS-------------------------- The boar, possibly the easiest boss ever. Keep a distance and use bombs when possible. When he is shooting lightning out of his mouth, hit him close up. Grab Athens key. Make sure to get the heart. And pickup the boar and your will get the "boar head". Now go trade it with the boy by the frog shop. Keep progressing the maze. When you see the next enemy, notice the shortcut sign to the right. Off to Ellis now. Follow path until you get the wasteland with the birds. Ignore the first right turn, keep going. Now head west to get items, then go right. and follow the paths. DO NOT FALL DOWN. Get to the path where you see a "PATH" sign. Then after that fall down. Follow path, until you see a left turn, right turn, and a fisherman. Go right. Make sure to kill the cyclops. Get the heart on the south end of the walkway. Grab scientist to give you the code to open the door. 3131 means run into the 1st door 3 times, etc. Get warped back with catapult. Now backtrack and go the same way again. This time jump in the water from the high ledge. The fish will bite you twice if you're good. Pay man to the far west now and he will give you a passage way. Fight. Follow the long path. After a long walk. Jump in water and follow path. __CUT SCENE__ Welcome to Ellis, the city were people of Greece train for the Olympics. Wander around an find weapons under houses and visit the couple of shops. Here is a note of what to look for: *Garbage* underneath the second house upon entering the city. *Gyros* 2 gold a piece. Don't stock up too much, you will get a lot later. *House with Target* is west of the stairs. note the path going south. Instead go north up the stairs *Mr. Muscle Man* costs 1 gold. A good deal. Raises SP by 20. *Iron Cow* just north of Mr. Muscle Man, has a gold piece underneath. *House with Target* has spears underneath. *Scribe* costs 1 gold to save the game. *House at far west* garbage is underneath, still hold onto that house throw it on the unreachable target in the water (left). Note path to the north. Instead, go northeast, where the enemies are. See those targets on the east wall? If Atlanta use arrows, if Herc/Jason throw a bomb or an enemy. Kill enemies and follow path until you see water. Go straight west from the bottom of the path. This is one of two islands. It is occupied by skeletons. Invade the small graveyard and pick up the house to reveal a coin. Now backtrack and swim north. This is Circe's island. Kill cyclops, grab up a free potion (turns you into a pig) and be off. Backtrack now and revisit Ellis. Go back to Mr. Muscle Man. Now go north and visit the big "monument" or whatever that says Welcome. _____CUT SCENE_____ Get all the secrets discussed earlier (and every time you visit the city). And now go south. Follow path until you see archer guards to the west. Follow that path and kill enemies. You will be rewarded with arrows and a coin if you threw that house into the target (in the water) in Ellis. Before you leave the little path, there is a secret to the south. Jump down and you will notice the trees to the east. Go east, then south, then west and you should see a guard sitting . *Frost breath* 2 gold, pick one up, but not anymore than that (for now). Get back to the regular path now. Follow path until you see fortress walls to the east. Follow it until you see a target house (spears underneath). Continue till you see the entrance at the southeast part of Sparta. There is a split path. Go North for now. Again there will be a split path. North is the right path. Pick coin underneath the stand. Follow path, notice bombs for sale (3 gold) and continue. Oh no, enemies! Knock these guys down three times and they're done for. If one of them broke the walls to the west. Follow the path to get a coin. Follow path to the north. Underneath stand is a barbell (+5 SP). Now your on the top part. To the west (and then south) is a gyro and a crow. Now go east. Underneath the target house are spears. Note the man to the right of this. For 80 spears he will trade you a gyro. Do it. Follow the path to the east. There are soldiers that are trying to climb up the walls. Hit there ropes to make them fall down (a lot easier than fighting them). Now there is a tough soldier. Make sure to kill him because he gives you a key every time. Go north through the door and then go through the opening by a door labeled Bessy. Grab all keys. Now unlock the door where you see a fat man sitting. Let the tough soldier open break the walls, kill him and search around. Hey its the cow! Here's you adventure now. Take the path to the north, its a shortcut. With Atlanta it will be a challenge (you'll have a few rests on your way back). Follow path and grab barbell after fights with tough soldier and archers. When you get to the cliff, THROW the cow off, don't walk off, your character will fall off without the cow. Return to Ellis now. _____CUTSCENE______ _____CUTSCENE______ Backtrack all the way back to the beginning. On the way, right when you see those trees pop up out of the ground, go east through the secret path. Now there is a catapult and a man, notice the path to the north. Pick up the large bolder and go there. Now a split road, go south. Follow path and when you see a small opening at the south, use a potion. AH!!!! YOU'RE A PIG!!! It'll ware off. Pick up items before you morph back to the hero. Backtrack all the way when there was a split road. Go north to restore health. Backtrack yet again. Take that catapult and go straight east until you see a sign labeled "Athens". Follow path, use key and take catapult. Kill enemies and throw one at the target to the left. Take catapult. Follow path and pick up huge bolder near a guard. Follow path, kill enemies, and pick up that coin. Now your at water with dangerous fish. Jump platform to platform. Go to the west and grab a coin, now backtrack. Follow path and cross the waterfall. Follow path and you'll be there, Athens. Make sure to take the path north by the cyclops then north again to save (2 gold) and Mr. Tough Guy is finally here. He gives you more HP. It costs 3 gold and its much worth it. TO BE CONTINUED (MARCH 2001)...