Golden Axe

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Golden Axe
System(s): Sega System 16, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, iPhone, J2ME/BREW, Tapwave Zodiac, TurboGrafx-CD, Virtual Console, WonderSwan Color, Xbox Live Arcade, ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Genre: Action
Series: Golden Axe series
Number of players: 1-2
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Golden Axe is a beat-'em-up developed by Sega in 1989 for the Sega System 16 arcade board. It was subsequently ported to a wide variety of home consoles, such as the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Master System. It was later rereleased as part of 6-Pak and remade for the Sega Smash Pack compilation for the Game Boy Advance and Sega PC Smash Pack for PC.

Death Adder has kidnapped the royal family, and it is up to a band of three heroes to stop him, get revenge for past crimes he committed to them, and save the land. You play as one of three soldiers: Ax Battler the Barbarian, who (despite his name) uses a sword and carries earth magic and is fighting to avenge the murder of his mother, Tyris Flare the Amazon, who uses a sword and carries fire magic and is fighting to avenge the murder of both her parents, and Gilius Thunderhead the Dwarf, who uses an axe and carries thunder magic and is fighting to avenge the murder of his brother. All three use their magic with , use their weapon with , and jumps with (pressing in midair does a midair attack). Each player carries a limited supply of magic (indicated by a meter at the top of the screen) and will use it all at once when is pressed. More magic can be collected by attacking the short Thieves clothed in blue who appear at certain points throughout the levels and after each level in a separate screen. Green Thieves carry life energy.

Console ports added an extra level and a "Duel" mode, which allows players to battle each other in a field.

Production Credits

Software Design: Takosuke, Moto Cbx1000, Ham Tak, Waka
Visual Effects: Kyonsy Kyonsy, Cane, Chisuke, Roco
Sound: Nankyoku, Decky, Imocky
Assistant Programmer: S2 , Yang Watt, Vinyl Boy
Producer: Kanako Kohyama
Director: BROS400
Assistant Director: Opa‑Opa
English Translation: Niya, Tsugu

Manuals

Mega Drive Version

• JP manual ^(info) ()

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Golden Axe

Physical Scans

System 16 Version

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Mega Drive Version

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  US 'Sega Classic' cover

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  JP cart

Master System Version

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Amiga Version

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  EU front cover

Commodore 64 Version

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  EU back cover

• Golden Axe C64 EU Tape.jpg

  EU tape

TurboGrafx-CD Version

• GoldenAxe TG16 Box Front.jpg

  JP front cover