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 (9427)
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

Player One	Genesis	Nov, 1990	93 out of 100	93
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1991	91 out of 100	91
GamesCollection	SEGA Master System	Jun 30, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Xbox 360	Aug 18, 2007	8.4 out of 10	84
Jeuxvideo.com	Wii	Jan 15, 2010	16 out of 20	80
Tilt	Atari ST	Feb, 1991	16 out of 20	80
Power Play	DOS	Aug, 1991	76 out of 100	76
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA Master System	Dec 10, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75
Game Freaks 365	SEGA Master System	2000	6.9 out of 10	69
IGN	Wii	Dec 14, 2006	6.5 out of 10	65