This is a story of a time long ago. time of myth and legend. When the ancient gods were petty and [bad word] and they plagued mankind with suffering. Only one man dared to challenge their power: Hercules. Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen. strength surpassed only by the power of his heart. He journeyed the Earth battling with minions of his wicked step-mother Hera, the all-powerful queen of the gods. But wherever there was evil, wherever the innocent would suffer, there would be: Hercules!