Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
System(s): Sega System 32
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
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Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, known as Golden Axe: Death Adder no Gyakushuu (ゴールデンアックス デスアダーの逆襲) in Japan, is an entry in the Golden Axe series, and the second arcade release. It was developed by Sega AM1 for Sega System 32 arcade hardware and released in 1992.

Like the original Golden Axe, the game is a 2D beat-'em-up, though as it is running on System 32 hardware, it is able to provide the user with superior graphics and sound than all previous entries in the series. It also offers four completely new playable characters.

The game has never been ported to a home platform. It was officially released for the first time outside arcades on the Astro City Mini.

Gameplay

Playable characters

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Stern
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Trix
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Goah
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Dora

Levels

The game consists of 5 levels, with levels 2 and 4 each offering 2 levels to play through. In-between levels, the map screen shows each location with a name, or rather a notable landmark, written in Greek: Waterfall (Χείμαρρος), Cave (σπήλαιον), Mushrooms (μυκης), Town (πόλης), Grave (νεχριει), Sea (Θάλασσα) and finally ??? (hard to read).

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Scene 1: Rescue the villagers!

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Scene 2: The trail to the enemies' town...
It appears the villagers were captured and taken to the enemies' town. We are on our way to that town.


The west route leads to a cave while the east route leads to a forest.

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Scene 3: Sneak into the town...
Seeing the enemies' town, we renewed our oach to save the villagers.

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Scene 4: March forth to the Castle of Death-Adder.
We rescued all of the villagers, but some of them had been recaptured and taken to the Castle of Death-Adder!


The west route leads to a desert while the east route leads to a ship .

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Scene 5: Defeat The Death-Adder!
Now, we do battle in the castle...

The dragon takes the warriors from area to area of the Death-Adder-shaped castle. Clearing each area destroys a piece of the castle. In order, these areas are the left arm, chest, left shoulder and right shoulder, each with a miniboss at the end fought in previous scenes. The final boss fight is Death-Adder, who is fought in two phases.

History

Legacy

While not as frequently referenced as the original Golden Axe soundtrack, the music of The Revenge of Death Adder has occasionally resurfaced, first in 2008 when a remix of "A Hope for Tomorrow" was created for Golden Axe The Music by original composer Tomoyuki Kawamura, while the game's theme for series antagonist Death Adder was used in Golden Axe: Beast Rider later the same year. Several songs from the game have been available as background tracks in the MJ series since Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ5R Evolution [3].

Production credits

Main article: Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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JP flyer
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Print advert in Gamest (JP) #80: "November 1992" (1992-09-30)
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Physical scans

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Publication Version Score
Digitiser (UK)
60
[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
80
[5]
Sega Zone (UK)
60
[6]
User (GR)
92
[7]
Arcade (System 32)
73
Based on
4 reviews

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

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References


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Arcade
Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (1992) | Golden Axe: The Duel (1994) | Golden Axe (slot machine) (2010)
Sega Mega Drive
Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe II (1991) | Golden Axe III (1993)
Sega Master System
Golden Axe (1989) | Golden Axe Warrior (1991)
Windows PC
Golden Axe (1990)
LCD handheld game
Electronic Golden Axe (1990)
Sega Game Gear
Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe (1991)
Sega Saturn
Golden Axe: The Duel (1995)
Sony PlayStation 2
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe (2003)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (2008)
iOS
Google Android OS
Golden Axe (2009) | Golden Axe (2017)
Xbox Live Arcade
Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (2012)
Steam
Golden Axed: A Cancelled Prototype (2020)
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Music
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Book
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