The Battle of Olympus (オリュンポスの戦い) is set in ancient Greece. A mortal man named Orpheus receives help from the gods and nymphs in his quest to save his lover Helene from Hades. People often compare this game with Zelda 2 because of its similar gameplay.
This movie is 9:11 faster than Arc's version, mostly because of the utilization of a gameplay-altering glitch: pressing Left+Right simultaneously in order to make Orpheus move with almost unlimited velocity growth. The trick is documented at GameResources/NES/BattleOfOlympus.
The route used in this movie is decided by a few things the hero (Orpheus) must do:
- Collect three fragments of love in order to activate the Tartarus entry.
- Get a key to access the second fragment's location.
- Get the Eyeball of Graeae to see invisible doors (to access the first fragment's location).
- Get a sword in Peloponnesus. It is needed to kill the three-headed guardian with respawning heads (Cerberus) in Tartarus.
- Collect 60 olives in order to buy the ocarina, which will be needed to cross the sea to get to Crete and Tartarus.
- Get a harp in order to call Pegasus. It makes the route faster.