Yep. In the game I mentioned he apparently had universal ambitions if you
take my meaning. THe player's quest in that game was to find the 77 Magi,
which were apparently magical stones of great power that when combined would
summon the goddess Isis. Well Apollo seems like an ally at first, helping
you along by giving you hints about the locations of some of the Magi and
even handing a few over to you personally. Then when it looks like you're
going to complete your quest and gather the last of the Magi Apollo appears
and steals all of the ones you've collected. Lucky for you he doesn't know
about the very last Magi, meaning that there are actually 78 in total, but
when you fight him directly he's already used the Magi he has to transform
himself. Problem is that the magic was apparently too strong for him and he
ends up destroying himself. The catch with that though was that if your hit
points weren't high enough he could actually take you with him.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important MOTA News
Hi Bryan,
Lol! I haven't heard that particular story before, but I'm not
surprised. A lot of the Olympian gods could be cruel like that. They
hated to be bested by mortals, and would use any sneeky trick or cheat
they could to win. Playing fair usually wasn't in their playbook.
On 6/27/10, Bryan Peterson <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> wrote:
True. I suppose I'd much rather contend with Athena than Apollo. I seem
to
remember he got into a musical competition with a Satyr, lyre versus
flute.
When it looked as though he might lose, Apollo changed the rules so that
they each had to turn their instrument upside down and play and sing at
the
same time. Since you obviously can't play a flute upside down and can't
really sing very well while playing it, the outcome was fairly
predictable.
And I seem to recall Apollo being quite cruel. That might have been
partly
why he's featured as the second to final boss in one of my favorite
RPG's,
Final Fantasy Legend II for the Game Boy. And he was actually quite
tricky
to beat. Of course technically I suppose you don't really defeat him. He
actually ends up destroying himself by trying to harness too much power.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
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