The Battle of Olympus (NES)

The Battle of Olympus
Also known as: Olympus no Tatakai: Ai no Densetsu (JP) Developer: Infinity Publishers: Imagineer (JP), Brøderbund (US), Nintendo (EU) Platform: NES Released in JP: March 28, 1988 Released in US: December 1989 Released in EU: September 29, 1991 This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

The Battle of Olympus is a sidescrolling adventure game heavily inspired by Zelda II: The Adventure of Link that takes place in ancient Greece. Playing as Orpheus, your objective is to save your girlfriend, Helene, from Hades with the help of numerous Greek gods.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	US	Europe

The title screen had minor changes between versions. The Japanese version obviously has the Japanese title and simple copyright info. The US version adds the usual Licensed by Nintendo and a credit for Brøderbund. Additionally, the menu text was readjusted and the font for Imagineer was changed to accommodate the additional copyright information. The European version removes the Brøderbund credit, shifting the title down and changing the ™ from white to red.

Map

Japan	US/EU

Several of the locations on the map (named after actual locations in Greece) were misspelled in the Japanese version. These were corrected for the international release, although Peloponnesus had to be abbreviated due to tile limitations.

Japan	US/EU
PHTHIOTIS	PHTHIA
PELOPONNESOS	PELOPONNES.
LAKONIA	LACONIA
CRETA	CRETE
PRUGIA	PHRYGIA

Credits

The credits in the Japanese version list Infinity Co.,Ltd and Imagineer Co.,Ltd, while the western versions list it as Infinity and Brøderbund Software Inc.

Hidden Text

The US version contains the following at the very end of the ROM, possibly some sort of product code:

BB47956-15440

(Source: CaH4e3)