Zeus: Master of Olympus

by Vivendi Universal

Product Features

• Build bustling city-states set in historical and mythological Greece with an advanced city-building system
• Exploit the gods to harness their powers and maximize the benefit to your city
• Summon Perseus, Hercules, and others to battle monsters and accomplish other heroic tasks
• Wage wars against neighboring cities, or become allies and combine arms against other rivals
• PC: Windows 95/98/ME/XP

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006FXHP
• Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,603 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Jewel Case

Build Cities Challenge the Gods Become a Legend!Product InformationParticipate in the birth of Europe and create a myth.  Master of Olympus:Zeus allows you to create your favorite legends from Greek mythology. Build and rule beautiful city states to help Hercules defeat the Hydra or helpOdysseus win the Trojan War.  Make powerful allies get involved in theaffairs of immortals of the Greek Pantheon and even meet Zeus the Father of theGods himself!  You have the power to build cities summon heroes andcomplete mythological adventures in ancient Greece. Product Features Build and rule seven separate city-states in morethan 40 fun-filled episodes. Interact with over 20 animated gods heroes and monsterswho roam your cities. All of your cities' residents are unique.  Find out what they have to say! Direct control over everything - taxes trade colonization even raiding your neighbors! Rule all of Greece with colonies allies and rivals in neighboring cities. Adjust the difficulty setting from beginner to expert. Dedicate amazing monuments to the gods and receive gifts to help your city flourish. Call upon the gods and famous heroes you choose by building a city that caters to their needs. Ancient Greece comes alive with trading partners allies colonies and rivals.    Windows Requirements Windows 95 98 Me XP (Home Edition) Pentium 166 MHz processor or faster 32 MB of RAM 450 MB Hard Drive space 2 MB 800x600 resolution at 16-bit color compatible Graphics Card Windows compatible Sound Card 4X CD-ROM drive Mouse Keyboard 

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Isometric Economics Lesson - in Greece!, July 24, 2008

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Zachary D. Dettwyler - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zeus: Master of Olympus (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Zeus: MoO is not what you think it should be - it's not strictly an adventure game. It's not strictly a Greek civilization simulation. It's got elements of both of those things, and a little Sim City thrown in, but it's primarily an economics lesson.
The biggest game elements of Zeus are infrastructure and distribution. At any level of achievement, you must expand your citizens' access to goods and services if you want their lives to improve. At the same time, you need to carefully plan the building of your city to ensure that your distribution centers (called "agoras") aren't placed too far from production facilities, or citizens won't get fed.
Taxation, pay scale, employment rates, and other Econ 101 factors are a large part of the game, and this is one simulation in which it could actually make sense to "cap" your growth, just to keep it manageable!
Military adventures play a fair-sized role in the game, as do intrigues involving the gods, but none of that is absolutely central, and the play control for these tasks was clearly not a huge priority. It sure adds a lot of color and interest, though!
If you're interested in resource management, lots of humor, and a very flavorful setting, I highly recommend Zeus: Master of Olympus!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zeus - Master of Olympos, June 11, 2007

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Brian (Simsbury, CT, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zeus: Master of Olympus (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

it's very challenging, teaching a person how to plan cities, account for resources, feed people and provide for recreation while defending against outside forces

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zeus: Master of Olympus (Jewel Case), May 12, 2007

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Eros Angelis "Eros Angelis" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zeus: Master of Olympus (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

Grate adventure playing game, Excellent Tutorials for eaven the newest player. Not alot of key controlls, easy to adapt to play. Nice graphics and grate for the adventur game player. A diamond in the ruff find.

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