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HERC'S ADVENTURES    by  TONY HOAGLUND
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EMAIL ADDRESS:    hoag_1@webtv.net
GameFAQS NAME:   hoag1
PLATFORM:    Playstation, Saturn


Special Thanks:   Matt Johnson



STEP 1, CHOOSE A CHARACTER

_Hit Points (HP)_             Number of points of damage a hero can 
take.  All three characters start with 50 HP.
_Stamina Points (SP)_     Number that represents the hero's energy. It 
is depleted when running, picking up buildings, etc. It gradually 
regenerates.

_CHARACTERS__

Herc, hero               50 hit points,  70 stamina points
Atlanta, archer       50 hit points,  40 stamina points 
Jason, the agile       50 hit points, 50 stamina points


So who is it?  Herc is strong, and has quick hits, but has a bad 
distant attack.  Atlanta has a slower and weaker
attack but has an awesome long range attack  (10 arrow shot).  Jason 
has a rather weak attack any way you look at it. I would say the most 
challenging to start out as of the three.




----------BEGINNING----------

Grab coin and continue down . Kill cyclops and head east. If Atlanta, 
use your long-range attack to take out the out of range cyclops, a 
secret lies ahead. Take spears and head east again. There should be a 
house and a locked door. Hit targets to get coins. Head west then jump 
down at the ledge. Under the house is garbage. Take catapult and find 
key. The second and third rocks have coins underneath them as well as 
the sheep. Go down the ledge. Coin underneath the sheep by the Shepard. 
Grab spears underneath the house and the bird.  Coin underneath the 
house on the right side. This place should now look familiar. Follow 
path until you get to the door. Grab the spears and coin underneath the 
house. Follow path.

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Before fighting the bone soldiers, grab the coin on the island to the 
right. Fight. Go swim by the man fishing and get the gyros and bombs. 
Grab spears underneath the rock. Head west to get spears. Now go back 
to the regular path and head up north. Fight.  Follow path. Hit bone 
soldier with a bomb to get secret.

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Head east and then go in the cave to the north. Grab items.  Follow 
path. Fight.  Go to the northeast exit first to get the coin. Now go 
northeast. Follow path. Now before jumping of the waterfall. Kill bone 
soldier to get secret to the right.  Fight old hags. Go southeast to 
save (1 coin). Grab items under boats and houses.  Follow path. You are 
now in the forest. Fight. Go north (not strong enough to lift big 
rocks). Follow path.  West is a shop to buy frogs. Don't buy any.  Go 
south.


-----------------------BOSS--------------------------
The boar, possibly the easiest boss ever. Keep a distance and use bombs 
when possible. When he is shooting lightning out of his mouth, hit him 
close up. Grab Athens key. Make sure to get the heart. And pickup the 
boar and your will get the "boar head". Now go trade it with the boy by 
the frog shop. Keep progressing the maze.  When you see the next enemy, 
notice the shortcut sign to the right.  Off to Ellis now.  Follow path 
until you get the wasteland with the birds. Ignore the first right 
turn, keep going. Now head west to get items, then go right.
and follow the paths. DO NOT FALL DOWN. Get to the path where you see a 
"PATH" sign. Then after that fall down. Follow path, until you see a 
left turn, right turn, and a fisherman. Go right. Make sure to kill the 
cyclops. Get the heart on the south end of the walkway. Grab scientist 
to give you the code to open the door. 3131 means run into the 1st door 
3 times, etc. Get warped back with catapult.  Now backtrack and go the 
same way again. This time jump in the water from the high ledge. The 
fish will bite you twice if you're good.  Pay man to the far west now 
and he will give you a passage way.  Fight.  Follow the long path. 
After a long walk. Jump in water and follow path.

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Welcome to Ellis, the city were people of Greece train for the 
Olympics. Wander around an find weapons under houses and visit the 
couple of shops. Here is a note of what to look for:

*Garbage* underneath the second house upon entering the city.
*Gyros* 2 gold a piece. Don't stock up too much, you will get a lot 
later.
*House with Target*  is west of the stairs.

note the path going south. Instead go north up the stairs

*Mr. Muscle Man* costs 1 gold. A good deal. Raises SP by 20.
*Iron Cow*  just north of Mr. Muscle Man, has a gold piece underneath.
*House with Target*  has spears underneath.
*Scribe* costs 1 gold to save the game.
*House at far west* garbage is underneath, still hold onto that house 
throw it on the unreachable target in the water (left).

Note path to the north. Instead, go northeast, where the enemies are.  
See those targets on the east wall? If Atlanta use arrows, if 
Herc/Jason throw a bomb or an enemy.  Kill enemies and follow path 
until you see water. Go straight west from the bottom of the path. This 
is one of two islands. It is occupied by skeletons. Invade the small 
graveyard and pick up the house to reveal a coin. Now backtrack and 
swim north. This is Circe's island. Kill cyclops, grab up a free potion 
(turns you into a pig) and be off. Backtrack now and revisit Ellis. Go 
back to Mr. Muscle Man. Now go north and visit the big "monument" or 
whatever that says Welcome.

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Get all the secrets discussed earlier (and every time you visit the 
city). And now go south. Follow path until you see archer guards to the 
west. Follow that path and kill enemies. You will be rewarded with 
arrows and a coin if you threw that house into the target (in the 
water) in Ellis. Before you leave the little path, there is a secret to 
the south. Jump down and you will notice the trees to the east. Go 
east, then south, then west and you should see a guard sitting .

*Frost breath* 2 gold, pick one up, but not anymore than that (for 
now). Get back to the regular path now. Follow path until you see 
fortress walls to the east. Follow it until you see a target house 
(spears underneath). Continue till you see the entrance at the 
southeast part of Sparta. There is a split path. Go North for now. 
Again there will be a split path. North is the right path. Pick  coin 
underneath the stand. Follow path, notice bombs for sale (3 gold) and 
continue. Oh no, enemies! Knock these guys down three times and they're 
done for. If one of them broke the walls to the west. Follow the path 
to get a coin. Follow path to the north. Underneath stand is a barbell 
(+5 SP). Now your on the top part. To the west (and then south) is a 
gyro and a crow. Now go east. Underneath the target house are spears. 
Note the man to the right of this. For 80 spears he will trade you a 
gyro. Do it.  Follow the path to the east. There are soldiers that are 
trying to climb up the walls. Hit there ropes to make them fall down (a 
lot easier than fighting them). Now there is a tough soldier. Make sure 
to kill him because he gives you a key every time. Go north through the 
door and then go through the opening by a door labeled Bessy. Grab all 
keys. Now unlock the door where you see a fat man sitting. Let the 
tough soldier open break the walls, kill him and search around. Hey its 
the cow! Here's you adventure now. Take the path to the north, its a 
shortcut. With Atlanta it will be a challenge (you'll have a few rests 
on your way back). Follow path and grab barbell after fights with tough 
soldier and archers. When you get to the cliff, THROW the cow off, 
don't walk off, your character will fall off without the cow. Return to 
Ellis now.

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Backtrack all the way back to the beginning. On the way, right when you 
see those trees pop up out of the ground, go east through the secret 
path. Now there is a catapult and a man, notice the path to the north. 
Pick up the large bolder and go there. Now a split road, go south. 
Follow path and when you see a small opening at the south, use a 
potion. AH!!!! YOU'RE A PIG!!!  It'll ware off. Pick up items before 
you morph back to the hero. Backtrack all the way when there was a 
split road. Go north to restore health. Backtrack yet again. Take that 
catapult and go straight east until you see a sign labeled "Athens". 
Follow path, use key and take catapult. Kill enemies and throw one at 
the target to the left. Take catapult. Follow path and pick up huge 
bolder near a guard.  Follow path, kill enemies, and pick up that coin. 
Now your at water with dangerous fish. Jump platform to platform. Go to 
the west and grab a coin, now backtrack.  Follow path and cross the 
waterfall. Follow path and you'll be there, Athens. Make sure to take 
the path north by the cyclops then north again to save (2 gold) and Mr. 
Tough Guy is finally here. He gives you more HP. It costs 3 gold and 
its much worth it. TO BE CONTINUED (MARCH 2001)...


