Gift from the Gods

$2.99

Release Date:: Jun 20, 2022
Developer:: Ocean Software, Denton Designs
Publisher:: Pixel Games UK
Platforms:: Windows

Adventure Action Full controller support Family Sharing Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

Originally released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Gift from the Gods saw players take on the role of Orestes from Greek mythology, as he braves the trails of a labyrinth to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon, by his mother, Clytaemnestra. Now, relive those days in this remastered emulated version.

Gameplay

As the mighty hero Orestes, search through the expansive and confusing catacombs for the mythical Euclidian Shapes, six of which are required to reveal the exist. Along the way you will be hindered by terrifying illusionary creatures created by the demi-gods, but there is hope: your sister Electra is also somewhere in the labyrinth, and she possesses the knowledge of which of the Shapes are the six needed. However, the treacherous Clytaemnestra has heard of your task, so also stalks the winding passages looking to kill Electra.

This enhanced version introduces a number of modern features to this retro classic, including:

Saving/loading the game at any point
Support for most modern game controllers
Full control remapping
Image scaling and smoothing options

Screenshots

User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

5 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #645840 english

19 min at review

Recommended

Holy crap this is on Steam!?!?!?!?!

User #124167 english

6 min at review

Recommended

It was winter..1985 ..I was skiving off from college playing a pirated version of this game. I had no instructions..so no clue what was going on... I still to this day have no clue what its about,have the original now (big box version), but its good to own it digitally. I`m actually suprised that the sound is so sparse..memory told me it was alot richer. Anyways great fun ..and how about re-releasing the great escape ..classic game from ocean?