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Athena Athena - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

You are a female fighter battling enemies. Collect better weapons and armor as you go.

Athena was produced by SNK in 1986.

SNK released 183 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Athena was produced include: ASO: Armored Scrum Object, Alpha Mission, Arian Mission, HAL 21, TNK III, Meijinsen, Dogosoken, Psycho Soldier, Victory Road, and Battle Field

Athena
Athena

Specs

Name Athena
Developer SNK (Japan)
Year 1986
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6961
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
Dipswitch Settings

Athena Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - JumpHit/Shoot
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Athena Census

There are 15,167 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Athena collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Athena circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Athena. There are 3 active VAPS members looking for Athena boards sets.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

CPU: Z80
SOUND: YM-3526

Legacy

  1. Athena
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