The Stavros Chronicles Tony Stavros, a famous ex-adventurer, sets sail for his last great adventure to build himself the fanciest city in history. He is accompanied by his four children who all have their own visions in mind. But a mighty enemy stands in their way. Fruit Atlantis has been forsaken by it's patron, Poseidon. With the capital shattered and ruined, and with a deadly disease ravaging the lands, it is down to you to help rebuild the once proud empire of Atlantis and prove to Poseidon you are honourable.
Gateway to Africa Help Atlanteans colonize Africa. Build piramids, trade with desert tribes and discover the mystery of the lost city. The Contest Building a City to show off the wonders of the world and Atlantis' scientific advances is going to be difficult. Harder still is doing it in direct competition with your headstrong twin sister, to win the favour of your father, the King of Atlantis.
Fail, and you'll be forced to play tribute until you win back your freedom. Rule the legendary world of Atlantis. Mine orichalc, and make use of unique buildings like bibliotheques and observatories. Build great empires, dabble in combat, trade, and politics, and keep monsters like Medusa at bay with the help of great heroes from mythology.
Establish new colonies in the ancient Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Create your own adventures with a powerful yet easy to use Adventure Editor. Exercise your might by threatening neighboring cities with invasion, or cultivate them as allies against even stronger opponents. Build beautiful Greek sanctuaries and Atlantean pyramids piece by piece.
Summon heroes to rid your town of plagues and monsters, or appease gods and goddesses to protect you from evil. One of the best city builder games out there, made by a team of experts in the genre: Impressions Games.
Diplomacy, war, economy, and logistics - you must master all these arts to ensure your victory. It was originally released in Activision Blizzard published th You just set rally points and hope that the enemy runs by your waiting armies. You can move the rally points around to meet particular enemy incursions but it takes a while for your troops to reposition themselves.
It kind of stinks, but to be totally honest, war plays a minor role in the game so it's not an unbearable limitation. There is an option to let the computer handle all the military action for you, but it doesn't seem to be any more capable than you are. Why bother? But the way that war is worked into the game is fantastic. Instead of professional soldiers, your cities will be defended by citizen militias.
That means that each warrior in your army will be a member of your population. The more people you have, the more armies you can field. And once you're able to support elite houses, you can add hoplites and cavalrymen to your army. Since the people in your army have better things to do than fight, you'll need to keep your army out of the field as much as possible.
When the troops are called out for city defense or an invasion, they're pulling workers away from city industry. The last thing to mention is that Zeus has some fantastic graphics. The city structures are incredibly well designed.
You can tell what most things are at a glance and the various levels of evolution for the houses give you a sense of the worth of your neighborhoods. There's also a great use of color on the buildings. We tend to think of the ancient world as drab and colorless, but that's just because the Germans scraped all the paint off of the monuments in the s.
Back in the day, the Greeks were as colorful as a baboon's bottom and it's nice to see that reflected in the game. On a similar note, the animations for the buildings and the people are very lively and often quite humorous. The little guy slipping on oil at the olive vendor's stall is particularly nice. So, in the end, Zeus is by far the best of the city-building games in Impression's series so far. It's a lot more friendly than the previous games and has a much better developed sense of humor.
That, coupled with the fantastic graphical palette of the game, as well as the new depth added by the inclusion of gods, monsters and heroes makes Zeus much more enjoyable than Pharaoh was. And if you've played Pharaoh, you know that that's saying quite a lot.
How to run this game on modern Windows PC? Contact: , done in 0. Search a Classic Game:. Zeus: Master of Olympus screenshots:. Other, seemingly minor differences, in citizen behavior and the management of goods, may provide interesting new strategic challenges, even for accomplished veterans of the earlier games While I was a fan of Caesar and Pharaoh, this third installment in Impression's city building series fulfills a lot of the latent potential in the previous games.
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