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 title
  • "战斧" -- Chinese title (simplified)

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Golden Axe SEGA Master System $9.99  
Golden Axe Genesis $3.89  
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User Reviews

Milestone in arcade to home ports. Genesis Majestic Lizard (663)
A classic beat em up. Genesis Mr. Huh (112)
The king of a dead genre DOS Roedie (5139)
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)
For those that crave something, *anything!* that offers some D&D-like action DOS Zovni (9138)
A good visual conversion of flawed gameplay. DOS Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8865)
A travesty of the original. Commodore 64 Gary Smith (65)
Passe Classic--Skip it DOS Yeah Right (61)
This game will always have a special place in my heart. DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476)

The Press Says

Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum 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
Commodore Format Commodore 64 Dec, 1990 88 out of 100 88
VideoGame SEGA Master System Mar, 1991 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Abandonia DOS Mar 11, 2004 4 out of 5 80
MegaZone Amiga Feb, 1991 74 out of 100 74
Games Radar Xbox 360 Jul 27, 2007 7 out of 10 70
Retro Gamer iPhone Aug, 2009 65 out of 100 65
Power Play Commodore 64 Feb, 1991 58 out of 100 58

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Trivia

Although not mentioned in the game, these are the names of the characters; Dwarf: Gilius Thunderhead, Barbarian: Ax Battler, Amazon: Tyris Flare.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66198), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3025), chirinea (24653), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (119238), Kabushi (48700), Martin Smith (64035), Satoshi Kunsai (1852), Ben K (19347), Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476) and Black Wolf (37232)
 

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