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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Sega Golden Axe	SEGA Master System
	Golden Axe	Genesis	$4.98
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User Reviews

Milestone in arcade to home ports.	Genesis	Majestic Lizard (655)
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 (8728)
The king of a dead genre	DOS	Roedie (5234)
For those that crave something, anything! that offers some D&D-like action	DOS	Zovni (9426)
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 (4418)

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The Press Says

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Jan, 1991	91 out of 100	91
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Master System	Apr 25, 2003	A-	91
Pixel-Heroes.de	Genesis	Apr 24, 2008	9 out of 10	90
SegaFan.com	Genesis	Mar 26, 2004	8.8 out of 10	88
Defunct Games	WonderSwan Color	May 21, 2006	85 out of 100	85
Zzap!	Amiga	Jan, 1991	78 out of 100	78
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA Master System	Dec 10, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN	Xbox 360	Jul 17, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
MegaZone	Amiga	Feb, 1991	74 out of 100	74
1UP!	SEGA Master System	Feb 06, 2004	56 out of 100	56

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Trivia

The death screams of the bad guys are digitized from screams used in the films "First Blood" (several) and one from "Conan The Barbarian." Fans of the game who watch the movies will be able to pick these out easily.

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This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69587), PCGamer77

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