## Description

In _Achilles_ , the player takes control of the famed Achilles in a side-
scrolling hack-and-slash game where the main goal of the level is to decimate
the opponents.

There are two different modes to play, Normal and Survival. In Normal the
player fights in five different stages with three different levels, at the end
of each level the player will face a main boss. In Survival mode the player
continues to fight an endless supply of opponents until the player’s lives are
used up.

There are three different types of soldiers (not including the end bosses), a
swordsman with a shield, a spearman and archers. The swordsman swipes with
swords while spearman will jab with their spears (killing them will drop their
spear, letting the player pick up the spear and use it as a weapon) and
archers just stand and fire arrows. Each stage the opponents will become more
strong and harder to kill, along with being more armored and dressed in more
vibrant colors.

There are two different types of controls, either using the “A” button to move
left, the “D” button to move right, the “W” button to jump and the “S” button
to duck and block shots with their shield or pick up spears. Using the “T”
button to swipe at opponents with his sword or using the “A or D” button
combined with the “T” button to throw a spear at an opponent. The “Y” button
is used to kick an opponent to temporarily disable an opponent. On the other
hand side, using the directional buttons to walk left or right, jump and dodge
and the “4 & 5” button on the numeric pad to swipe and kick.

There are five lives in all to use, but once the player is killed, Achilles
will take a few moments to rise and continue to fight the opponent where they
left off. Once these lives are used up, the player can go back and play
previous levels, but with the lives they had during the level (for example: if
the player is has four lives in the third level and he is killed in the fifth
level, the player can go back to that third level and start out with those
four lives). Opponents can also be heard approaching offscreen with the sound
of a sword slashing through the air. While swordsman and spearman will walk in
off screen, Archers can be more devious and fire an arrow before appearing
onscreen.

Achilles