Golden Axe: The Duel
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System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sega AM1[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Three 8 Design Group[2] (US) (packaging design) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT) Tec Toy (BR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (24 tracks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)[3], Action[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Golden Axe: The Duel (ゴールデンアックス・ザ・デュエル) is an entry in the Golden Axe series of games, and was initially released for Sega Titan Video arcade hardware in 1995. It later saw a port to the Sega Saturn.
Unlike other Golden Axe games, Golden Axe: The Duel is a 2D versus fighter. It would also be the last Golden Axe game to be released in arcades (and it would be fourteen years until another Golden Axe game was released, Golden Axe: Beast Rider).
Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.[11][12]
Contents
Story
Many years after the last war with Death Adder, the magical axe that Gillius Thunderhead used to slay Death Adder is rediscovered. Over time, the powers of the axe have grown. Numerous warriors fight to obtain the powerful axe.
Gameplay
In a departure from the beat-'em-up genre of the other Golden Axe arcade games, The Duel is a 2D versus fighter modeled after the Street Fighter series of games. As in those games, two combatants battle each other in a small stage, with the goal of draining the other fighter's health bar or having more health remaining when time runs out. Matches are fought to the best of three rounds. Like the Samurai Shodown games, the camera zooms in or out as the fighters move closer or farther apart. There are ten playable characters, all of them new to the game except for long-standing series villain Death Adder.
Characters move with and and crouch with . They hop back in retreat with or run forward with . They jump with and flip back and forth with and . They crouch with . Most characters are armed with weapons, and there are two types of attacks, slashes and kicks, each with three levels of strength. Slashes are done with (light), (medium), and (hard) and kicks are done with (light), (medium), and (hard). Harder attacks do more damage, but they are slower and leave the character vulnerable to counterattack for longer.
Opponents can be grabbed or thrown by holding or while standing next to them, then pressing a hard slash or kick button. Attacks, other than throws moves, can be blocked by holding the D-Pad away from the opponent. Blocking can be done while crouching, and low attacks cannot be blocked while standing. Each character has a selection of special moves that can be performed by pairing specific directional combinations with an attack.
As in the beat-'em-up titles of the series, little elven thieves occasionally appear and run across the screen in the middle of the battle. If either player attacks one of these thieves, they drop pieces of treasure. Blue thieves drop magical potions, while green elves drop pieces of meat that partially restore the character's health. Items are collected by walking over them.
When a character has gathered five potions, shown in the Magic gauge in a bottom corner of the screen, he or she can "power up" by pressing all three slash or kick buttons simultaneously. The character is invulnerable while powering up. The Magic gauge drains while the effect is active, and the character's attacks are empowered until the gauge is emptied. Each character has a powerful "Super" attack that can only be performed while powered up. These attacks are usually much more elaborate and damaging than the other special moves, and they require landing the first strike (without it being blocked or dodged) for the rest of the move to be performed.
Modes
There is an arcade mode where a single player faces every other character in the game (including a match against a duplicate of the selected character) in a random order, ending in fights against Death Adder and the final boss, a physical manifestation of the Golden Axe. A second player can enter the game at any point with START to fight a match against the other player, with the winner continuing the game. There is also a dedicated two-player mode where both players choose a character and fight.
There are three difficulty levels for the computer combatants (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hardest), there are three speed levels (Slow, Normal, and Fast), and each player can choose from three strength settings (Normal, Strong, and Strongest). Players can change the amount of time allowed per round (40, 50, or 60 seconds or unlimited), toggle green elves and their health pick-ups (which are off by default), or change the starting number of potions for each fighter (between 1 and 5).
Characters
Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.
S | Any slash button |
LS | Light slash |
MS | Medium slash |
HS | Hard slash |
K | Any kick button |
LK | Light kick |
MK | Medium kick |
HK | Hard kick |
Playable
Characters have three color schemes depending on whether they are selected with a light, medium, or hard attack button.
Unplayable
Golden Axe | |
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A physical manifestation of the Golden Axe itself. He is the final boss of the game. |
Stages
Every character has his or her own stage where matches are hosted, except for Jamm, who fights in her opponent's stage (or Wenpa Harbor when facing herself). Jamm's pet bear, Corgon, appears in the background of any stage when she is fighting.
Versions
The Saturn version is missing some frames of animation and has slightly remixed music. The English text for the endings has been rewritten.
Production credits
- Main article: Golden Axe: The Duel/Production credits.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Golden Axe: The Duel/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Sega Titan Video version
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Technical information
- Main article: Golden Axe: The Duel/Technical information.
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 135
- ↑ File:Goldenaxetheduel sat us manual.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:GAtD Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-04 08:13)
- ↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/other/june-n.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:51)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/Jo3KH0OoNpk/m/CtBfYXbDFZwJ
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 72
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 80
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 85
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
- ↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 20
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 132
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 92
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 100
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 140
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 56
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-04-17)
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 26
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 12
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 72
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 76
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 5, episode 10" (1995-11-23, 24:00) (+10:45)
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 59
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 86
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 87
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 64
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 40
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 146
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 38
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 80
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 71
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 91
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 94
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 73
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 116
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 60
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 78
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 15
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 42
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 177
- ↑ ', "October 1995" (; 1995-09-08), page 62
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Golden Axe series of games | |
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Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (1992) | Golden Axe: The Duel (1994) | Golden Axe (slot machine) (2010) | |
Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe II (1991) | Golden Axe III (1993) | |
Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe Warrior (1991) | |
Golden Axe (1990) | |
Electronic Golden Axe (1990) | |
Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe (1991) | |
Golden Axe: The Duel (1995) | |
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe (2003) | |
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (2008) | |
Golden Axe (2009) | Golden Axe (2017) | |
Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (2012) | |
Golden Axed: A Cancelled Prototype (2020) | |
Golden Axe related media | |
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