Master of Olympus - Zeus (Zeus: Master of Olympus in the The states) is the fifth fully title of the City Building Series, developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Such as a last titles, Zeus focuses on a building & development of the city around ancient days, this period the Ancient Greece. It features a bit of changes to the Caesar III engine, most notably a recently housing hinders, okay, dividing "common" & "elite" housing from either a run & further elaborate walkers. A tagline of the game is "Build a City, Challenge the Gods, Spawn a Myth".

Game mechanics
For the elaborated overview of the back mechanics, understand Series concepts and mechanics

When by using others games around the series, the streaming video player must build a city in an empty plot of l& of variable size and resources. the precentage objectives were replaced by directly goals - treasury, trade benefit, production, slaying the monster or even conquering a rival city among others.

Food resources in that game come urchins, fish, pork, cheese, carrots, onions and wheat. Raw Materials include wood (for triremes and monument building), bronze (weapons), marble (sculptures and monument building), grapes (wine), olives (olive oil) and fleece (which can be directly sold to citizens). First, it became conceivable to coin currency - whenever the silver mine is available, the streaming video player may build a mint and have a limited yearly output of currency. A second fresh feature is how else goods come distributed. The big plaza-rather road known as agora is built in the road, & goods stands come located on top of it. Fallowing the number one goods come availabe (when a owners of both shop pick a children from either the nigh supply), a peddler may run roaming around in the roads distributing available (& called upon) goods. To stay away from wasting food in the most common prevent, food quality may be controlled per player

More services must become provided to the city - culture involve colleges to train philosophers, gymnasiums for athletes and drama schools for actors, which in turn last (severally) to soapbox, arena & threatres to email a city. Jock when well function as physicians, making sure each citizen is around proficient shape. Each quaternity years a Olympic Games are held, a chances of triumph existence changed from either the total of facilities, & per assist of Apollo. Aditional services come provided by the stream bearers from either a fountain, therapist, watchmen & superintendents.

Religion plays a big section than around former games, when Gods or even even their monsters may protect or attack the streaming video player's City. Heroes may be known as to slay victims monsters or even to complete the quest overseas, given the streaming video player is a cappella to build their homes (a few need culture access, more high desirability, others a wall surrounding the home) & need the children (which require a mild to big ammount of goods). Whenever the streaming video player builds a big temple any of the Twelve Olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus, in order of importance]] - Hestia is not included, and Hera was featured only in the expansion) they can be seen wandering the city occasionally blessing buildings. If the city is invaded, Zeus, Poseidon (by the Kraken) Hades (by the Cerberus), Athena, Artemis (by an unit of Amazons), Ares (himself and by his pet -as he treat him as such- dragon and a unit of Sparti) help defending the city, giving a clear edge over the invaders. If the city is at issues with a god which attacks the city, and the city has a monument to a god of an higher importance, he will defend the city (except Aphrodite, which defends against Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes and Dionysus). Monsters can be slain by the according hero or by Apollo.

Expansion
Like Pharaoh, an expansion for Zeus named Master of Atlantis - Poseidon was released. It featured an Atlantean theme, but leaving the working mechanics of each building unchanged, such as athletes being replaced by astronomists. The only new features were an hippodrome and new buldings, such as the Orchard of Hera and the Pillar of Atlas. An Adventure editor was also included, but was already freely available on Impressions' website.