Hercules (also known as Hercules Action Game and as Disney’s Action Game Featuring Hercules and Disney’s Action Game Featuring Disney’s Hercules in Europe) is a 1997 platform video game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software. It is based on the 1997 film of the same name. It released on the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows along with an abridged version developed by Tiertex Design Studios for the Game Boy released by THQ the same year.
The game follows the same storyline from the animated film. Hercules, son of Zeus, is stripped of his godhood and must prove that he is a true hero in order to regain his immortality, and join Zeus and the other gods on Mount Olympus. To do that, Hercules must pass several tasks and defeat many villains, and at the end, face Hades, ruler of the dead, who is also responsible for Hercules’ losing of his immortality.
The game is mainly two-dimensional, although in many missions the player can walk to other planes via pathways or stairs. There are ten levels and three difficulty modes: Beginner, Medium, and Herculean. The last two levels are playable only on Medium and Herculean difficulties. There are three rush levels in the game in which the player must run forward through the map and avoid obstacles without being able to stop or fight.