Zeus: Master of Olympus
Zeus: Master of Olympus is the fifth full title of the City Building Series, developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. Like previous titles, Zeus focuses on the building and…
Zeus: Master of Olympus is a strategy developed by Impressions Games, released 16 October 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Zeus: Master of Olympus is
Zeus: Master of Olympus is a strategy game developed by Impressions Games and released in 2000. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zeus: Master of Olympus is a single-player strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios. It is considered to be an additional installment in the City Building series of games. Like previous titles in the series, Zeus focuses on the building and development of a city in ancient times. The game features a number of changes from previous titles in the series, including being set in Ancient Greece as well as changes to certain gameplay mechanics; however, it is considered to be in most aspects very similar to its predecessor, Caesar III.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Zeus: Master of Olympus holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 7 Compatible 3D Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Zeus: Master of Olympus launched on 16 October 2000, within three weeks of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Escape from Monkey Island and Skies of Arcadia. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Escape from Monkey Island, Skies of Arcadia.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Zeus: Master of Olympus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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