Description

Sega's classic arcade beat-'em-up game, Golden Axe puts in the shoes of one of three heroes, each with his own reason for trying to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder, who - along with his forces of darkness - kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.

This is a horizontal fighting game, where you basically take one of the three characters (a warrior, a dwarf or an amazon) and bash everything which stands between you and Death Adder himself.

Alternate Titles

  • "戦斧" -- Japanese spelling
  • "战斧" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

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User Reviews

Milestone in arcade to home ports. Genesis Majestic Lizard (658)
A classic beat em up. Genesis Mr. Huh (112)
We're off to see the Bringer, the wonderful Bringer of Death Genesis Liam Dowds (51)
An all-time classic. Period. Genesis aaron pridemore (11)
A good visual conversion of flawed gameplay. DOS Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8804)
The king of a dead genre DOS Roedie (5212)
For those that crave something, *anything!* that offers some D&D-like action DOS Zovni (9425)
A travesty of the original. Commodore 64 Gary Smith (65)
Passe Classic--Skip it DOS Yeah Right (57)
This game will always have a special place in my heart. DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4429)

The Press Says

Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Jan, 1991 91 out of 100 91
GamesCollection SEGA Master System Jun 30, 2009 9 out of 10 90
Tilt Genesis Apr, 1990 17 out of 20 85
Shin Force Genesis Nov 20, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85
The Video Game Critic Genesis Jan 26, 2000 B+ 83
TeamXbox Xbox 360 Jul 23, 2007 7.8 out of 10 78
Digital Press - Classic Video Games SEGA Master System Dec 10, 2003 7.5 out of 10 75
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA) Genesis Dec 13, 2007 7 out of 10 70
Retrogaming.it SEGA Master System Jul 01, 2008 7 out of 10 70
IGN Wii Dec 14, 2006 6.5 out of 10 65

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Trivia

It was #70 in FLUX Magazine's (Issue #4) Top 100 Video Games of All-Time.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69145), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3030), Lain Crowley (5344), chirinea (29186), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (170721), Foxhack (11956), Kabushi (88401), Martin Smith (63357), Satoshi Kunsai (1826), Ben K Bronze Star Contributing Member (22965), Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4429) and B14ck W01f (37398)
 

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