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Athena: World of Cavern
An In-depth Walkthrough
by The Lost Gamer (ilovecartoonssomuch@yahoo.com)
Copyright 2002


Table of Contents:
001.  General information
002.  Story
003.  Characters
004.  Controls
005.  World of Cavern Walkthrough
006.  Weapons
007.  Game Genie Codes
008.  Credits



001-General Information
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This is a walkthrough for the second level (The World of
Cavern is its official name) of the Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES) game called Athena.  It doesn't seem to be related to
the Greek goddess Athena in any way, shape or form, which is
kind of confusing.  If you have any questions, comments,
concerns or anything like that, just e-mail me at
ilovecartoonssomuch@yahoo.com, but have the subject be
either "Athena FAQ" or blank, so I don't accidentally delete
it.  If you want to copy part of this FAQ, ask me via e-mail
and I'll let you, just so you won't be breaking any laws.
Let's start this FAQ.

002-Story
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Well, you really can't tell what the story is.  I know the
one I'm offering is incorrect, but if only this level was
the entire game, the plot would be like this:

Horrors of horrors!  The not-so-jolly green giant has come
straight out of Hades and is terrorizing the world!  As the
goddess Athena, you must travel to earth to defeat him and
his minions.  Only you can save the world!

003-Characters
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Athena: Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, but none of
that really is mentioned in the game.  It seems more like
the producers had to have a name, so they just chose Athena
to make the title (that's how the name Mario came about).

Boar man: This is a soldier with a boar's head.  He carries
a pink golf club as a weapon and does three damage when he
hits you. (That's awfully strange, how can someone hurt
an immortal?  But upon recalling Homer's The Illiad, book
five, you should remember this is possible).

Aracne: This spider goes up and down from the ceiling.

Archeus: Archeus is an archer.  He shoots arrows at you.

Boar punk: He's a boar man, but dressed in punk rock clothes
and has a much better attack.

Flower: A flower pops up from the ground every now and then.
Attack it to receive some hearts.

Medusa snake: A snake with a medusa head slithers around, and
uses the same attack as the boar punk.

Scorpion: The scorpion moves up and down vines.

Trojan horse: A soldier with a horse's head.

The not-so-jolly green giant: He's the boss of world of
cavern.

If anyone has the manual, could you please send the real
names of the bad guys in (I made them up, and based them on
Greek mythology).  Like I do whenever someone gives me info,
I update and credit you for it.

004-Controls
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A button      The A button allows you to jump; there are two
              types of jumps, big ones and small ones.
B button      The B button attacks.
Up            Up allows you to climb up vines
Down          Down allows you to climb down vines
Left          Left allows you to move left, but you can't go
              left and see stuff that is off-screen.
Right         Right lets you move right, and this is the
              direction you go to see stuff off-screen.
Start         Start pauses the game.
Select        Select takes you to a screen where it shows
              some of the things you've gotten so far.  I
              don't know why the things that end up there
              end up there, so don't ask.


004b-World of Cavern
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You land near a wall.  The only block that has something in
it has a downgrade, so just forget it.  Some boar men are
your first enemies, so kill them and head right.

You've got an area that looks like stairs, which is on top
of many blocks.  Destroy the boar men and go over the top
of it.  There's Arachne above a vine.  The only one of the
blocks that has something in it is the third block to the left
of the vine.

Near the vine is a group of blocks on the ceiling.  Archeus
is hiding there, so look out for him.  Right past him is a
hole in the ground.  A boar punk on the other side will fall
down the hole and shoot something at you.  Dodge the boar
punk's attack, and grab the ring he leaves after the attack.
Also, Archeus is attacking at you now, so dodge those arrows.

Once you get the ring, you have to jump across the gap while
avoiding the arrows.  This is rather tricky, but you can do
it.  Don't worry about the Arachne above the pit because it
doesn't hit you.  Continue right here.  Notice that there is
another Archeus in the ceiling, so quickly go right and jump
to the platform in midair.

On the platform is a scorpion.  Kill it and continue right.
Some trojan horses appear here, kill them.  See the black
hole in the green ground.  Another Archeus appears out of it.
Jump over him and avoid the arrows.  A boar punk and some
more Trojan horses appear here.  Kill them and keep going
right.

Not too far past the boar punk, there is a big hole in the
ground.  It is impossible to jump over the hole, so fall down.
You land in an area with a boar punk.  Kill him.  To the left
of you is a small group of four blocks.  Destroy them all,
and one has an hourglass in it.  Grab the hourglass; it resets
the timer.

Go right here to meet some scorpions and Trojan horses.  Kill
them.  Notice there's a platform on the ceiling, but there's
blocks in the way.  Stand under the blocks and jump up.  Your
helmet should destroy the blocks.  Now jump through the hole
you made to get on the top level.

On the top level, travel right.  Enjoy this enemy-free part.
Eventually, you'll pass a vine near a gap in the ground.  You
do not want to land in this gap.  Here's what to do: stand on
the rightmost edge of the platform you're on.  Jump up and
destroy the block on the ceiling with your helmet.  Now
jump off the platform to the platform right next to it.

Jump off right here to land on the small area in the ground.
Jump up to destroy the blocks with your helmet.  Break all
the blocks and travel right.  You'll land in an area with
a foursome of blocks to your left.  Destroy them to get
another K block.  Travel right from here.

All this area to the right of here is the same as other areas
in this level; they just have different enemies in them.
Travel right, and make sure to break through the blocks with
your helmet like before to be on an upper level.  From the
upper level, jump up through a gap in the ceiling.

Go right here, killing the enemies, and just like the last
two times, use your helmet to get to the top level.  Jump
off the top level and over the gap to the right, where a
Medusa snake waits for you.  Kill the snake.

Right about here, a flower pops up, and it is well-needed.
Get it, and go right up the stair-like thing you saw earlier.
Kill the boar men and the trojan horses and jump off the
platform to the right.  You land right by the boss, the
not-so-jolly green giant.

If you go to the top of this guide, you'll see a picture I
drew that shows the not-so-jolly green giant as he first
appears, with black hair, and marching left and right,
while shooting yellow stuff at you to the left.  That's him,
but he doesn't stay that way.  His head separates from his
body and flies off to attack you.  Here's what he looks
like now:

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Ooh, now the NSJGG looks a bit more difficult.  His head
will fly around and try to attack from below.  Right
before it is about to attack, jump.  The head will change
it's attack course to be higher than it was, which puts it
in an extremely easy position for you to hit it.  Do this
a couple of times to get rid of the head.

The body is easier.  Notice how the ground to the left of
it looks like this:

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Simply stand on the middle step.  When the body comes close,
press B to hit it (you won't get hit).  This allows you to
hit it without being hurt.  Do this a couple of times to
kill the body.  Boom!  The not-so-jolly green giant is now
dead.

He drops a blue mallet after dying.  Grab it and go right.
Use the mallet to break the blocks here.  Walk right, and
Athena jumps, and bam!  You make it to the third level,
the world of sea!  Of course, I won't tell you how to beat
it in this guide, but I may make a guide to beat the world
of sea, if I ever beat it.  If you're bored, try exploring
the areas you get in after you fall through some of the
holes in the ground I had you jump over.  Or, you could
beat the world of sea and tell me how to do it.  Have
fun!

006-Weapons
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Feet: You start out with this weapon; Athena kicks.  This is
a weak attack.

Pink golf club: You get these off boar men.

Blue Mallet: You get it after destroying boar men with a
pink golf club.

Ball and chain: You get this from destroying a block.

Blue sword: You get it from killing a Trojan horse.

Yellow sword: You get it from killing a Trojan horse with
a blue sword.

Fire ball: You get this from killing a boar punk.

Vine waves: You can also get this from killing a boar punk.

007-Game Genie Codes
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If you're not using your NES, put these in the screen that
pops up when you press F6.  Freezing the timer and extra
lives is good, but I have absolutely no clue what it means
when it says no damage after first two units.  If someone
could tell me, it would help a lot.  (Plus, I'd credit you
for it).

AEKNLPZA        Start with 1 life
IEKNLPZA        Start with 6 lives 
AEKNLPZE        Start with 9 lives
GZUZLISA        Don't take any damage (after first 2 units) 
AXKNYOGA        Start with energy boost
AAULLYPA        Freeze timer 
YASVAYIA        Start with extra time 
GASVAYIA        Start with less time

008-Credits
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This FAQ is copyright of The Lost Gamer, 2002.  If you want
to  use any part of this FAQ, ask me first (instructions under
general information)