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 (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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (4418)

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.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69587), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3028), Lain Crowley (5405), chirinea (31389), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (208667), Foxhack (11890), Kabushi (105896), Martin Smith (63221), Satoshi Kunsai (1822), Ben K Bronze Star Contributing Member (22961), Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4418) and *Katakis* (37451)
 

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