God of Thunder (DOS)

God of Thunder

Platform: DOS Year: 1993 Developer: Adept Software Online: Download

God of Thunder is a 2D action adventure game with puzzle elements based loosly on Norse mythology. You play as Thor, the Thunder God, embodied on Earth with your trusty hammer Mjolnir as your weapon. It is up to you to save the people of Midgard from gods of evil.

God of Thunder uses typical birds-eye-view mechanics. You move Thor around the screen throwing your hammer at monsters while collecting treasure and power-ups. Various items and spells are collected throughout the game to make you stronger. What makes the game more interesting than most is that it has a coherent plot and story line through the entire game. You have to interact with NPCs and perform tasks in order to progress the game. There are also intricate puzzles to solve based on pushing blocks and finding keys.

Screenshots

The title screen. Odin setups the story. The very first screen. Chatting with an NPC. A simple puzzle to start with. They get much harder as the game progresses. Fighting beetles and bats in the underground caves.

Music

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Menu	Roy Davis	2:41		Download
02	Open	Roy Davis	2:49		Download
03	Song 1-1	Roy Davis	1:51		Download
04	Song 1-2	Roy Davis	2:17		Download
05	Song 1-3	Roy Davis	2:25		Download
06	Song 1-4	Roy Davis	2:09		Download
07	Song 2-1	Roy Davis	2:48		Download
08	Song 2-2	Roy Davis	3:04		Download
09	Song 2-3	Roy Davis	2:29		Download
10	Song 2-4	Roy Davis	2:22		Download
11	Song 2-5	Roy Davis	1:50		Download
12	Song 3-1	Roy Davis	2:01		Download
13	Song 3-2	Roy Davis	2:07		Download
14	Song 3-3	Roy Davis	2:37		Download
15	Song 3-4	Roy Davis	2:33		Download
16	Song 3-5	Roy Davis	2:48		Download
17	Song 3-6	Roy Davis	1:45		Download
18	Boss	Roy Davis	1:02		Download
19	Win	Roy Davis	1:15		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Grom PE
• Recorder: binarymaster
• Game Credits:
  • Music: Roy Davis
  • Additional Programming: Jason Blochowiak

(Sources: Music, Additional Programming)

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

The music and sound effects were ripped from the GOT.EXE file using Grom PE's God of Thunder unpacker. The music is in a custom format called GOT and and the sound effects are in Creative's VOC format.

The music was originally composed by Roy Davis in MIDI format and then converted into the GOT format using a conversion tool primarily designed by Jason Blochowiak.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

(Sources: Music, Sound)

While the audio setup doesn't specifically cater to any devices, the game uses standard OPL2 for music (AdLib/Sound Blaster), and digitized sound effects (Sound Blaster).

Releases

USA Title: God of Thunder Platform: DOS Released: 1993-??-?? Publisher: Software Creations

Links

• adeptsoftware.com/got - Official game site.
• mobygames.com/game/dos/god-of-thunder - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/579115-god-of-thunder - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectorman - Wikipedia.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ylObeux-SE&list=PLejhb5wWMSAgDBQkFTS_SYFA72rFnDLMt - YouTube playlist of this soundtrack.