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Basic Story Line of Wrath of the GodsThe introduction (accessed from the start-up screen)depicts Our Hero’s early childhood and sets up the narrativeframework for the program. Like many of the Greek heroes,Our Hero was abandoned at birth as the result of an oracle’sprophecy, but he was taken in and cared for by a centaur whoraised him to manhood. Later in the game, Our Hero will meetup with his grandfather and eventually rescue his mother fromevil King Minos. She then sends him on to find his true father.The narrative does not get in the way of the player’s freedomto decide what action to take at any moment in the game, andmany adventures are unrelated to the quest. The narrativeserves primarily to draw the player through the game.At the start of the adventure, Our Hero is about toembark on a quest to discover his identity and reclaim hisbirthright. From this point, you will guide Our Hero throughancient Greece.About This GuideOn the following pages, you will find a version of theshooting script that was used to create Wrath of the Gods. Tomake the characters of Greek mythology come alive, theco-designers Jeff Cretcher and Joel Skidmore videotapedcostumed actors on an empty stage and then digitallycomposited in backgrounds from photographs taken in Greece.They used the original version of this script as their guide forthe video shoot and also for the computer programming ofthe game itself. Later, when Marty Beckers was updating theprogram so that it would run on the latest computers, he madesure that the script exactly matches the experience of the game.And we've added some of the background information writtenby Joel that is available in the “Info Space” during gameplay.Therefore this guide serves as a handy tool for learning aboutthe Greek myths while tracking your progress through thegame—with something like the omniscient perspective of agod of Greek mythology!7