Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe

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Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe

System(s): PlayStation 2

Publisher:

3D-Ages

Sega (resale)

Developer: SIMS

Original system(s): Sega Hang-On hardware

Developer(s) of original games: Team Shinobi

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-09-25^[1]	¥2,500 (2,625)2,500 (2,625)^[1]	SLPM-62385
JP (Resale)	2005-06-27	¥2,500 (2,625)2,500 (2,625)	SLPM-62670

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Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe (SEGA AGES 2500シリーズ Vol.5 ゴールデンアックス) is the fifth entry in the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2.

This game is a remake of the original 1989 arcade release of Golden Axe, presented entirely in 3D. It is mostly the same game as before, but now features cutscenes, magic which regenerates slightly after an enemy is killed, and enemies now have life bars. It also has an arranged soundtrack.

Unlike the previous games in the series, this remake received mostly negative responses from the players due to the poor graphics, clunky controls and overall lack of impact of attacks. Other than the rearranged soundtrack, it is considered one of the worst Sega Ages volumes ever released.

Production credits

Producer: Nobuyuki Okajima
Marketing: Seijiro Sannabe, Kagasei Shimomura
Creating Staff: Daisei Saitoh, Kentaro Takeda, Shinya Takagi
Director: Ryuichi Makino
Programmer: Goro Morishita, Eiji Takahashi, Takeshi Maruta, Tatsuyoshi Satou
Designer: Seiji Ogomori, Hiroko Katoh, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Hiroki Maeda, Junko Nagashima, Tetsuya Takei, Daisuke Itoh
Sound: Makoto Iida
Program Support: Tsuyoshi Kogata, Yasushi Zenita
Design Support: Kouji Ootsuka, Takeo Iwata
Game Support: Akio Kamezaki
Motion Actors: Takumi Endoh, Yuko Nakasu
Sales Staff: Akira Nomoto, Teruyuki Awaji, Hiroshi Iizuka, Tomoaki Ishidao, Harou Imatsu, Koji Uemura, Yoshihito Endo, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Ken-ichi Hashimoto, Yasnobo Masahiro, Katsutosih Memezawa, Masaru Yasuda, Toru Yasuda, Yusuke Watanabe, Mashiro Nannri, Yosihko Suzuki, Akihiko Takasaki
Sales Support: Kazuhiro Asami, Yoko Fukazawa, Ikuo Ishizaka, Tomohiko Hayashi
Advertisement Staff: Takayoshi Ohuchi, Shinya Iitaka
Public Relations: Tadashi Takezaki, Yasushi Nagumo, Masahiro Tanaka, Kouki Akiyama, Tomoni Kiyono, Mutsuhiro Fujii, Mitsuaki Sugibayashi, Yuichiro Shirota, Miyako Satoh
Package Design: Naoi Azahara, Kayoko Maeda, SLS Staff
Special Thanks: Kazuhiro Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Sawada, Tadashi Kojima, Masaki Kojima, Koichi Murayama, Yasunori Matsuki, Eriko Yagi, Midori Mochizuki, Yukie Ehara, Cosmo Kitamoto
Executive Adviser: Seitaro Ozawa, Masanao Maeda
Executive Producer: Yuji Itoh, Tetsu Kayama
Original Game: ©Sega

©Sega/3D-Ages 2003

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc Lliner notes

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	bb046dc5
MD5	38748d50cfb058c340cb8302068414e6
SHA-1	feee7bcfc73a81ae9bcb0f36cdfc62ada3639004

156,622,032

CD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-62385 (V1.02)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (Resale)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62385.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-05-14 11:23)

Golden Axe series of games
	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
	Golden Axe I & II (2016)
	Sega Mega Drive Attack Manual Book Tatsujin & Golden Axe (1990) \| Golden Axe (1992) \| Golden Axe: Beast Rider Official Strategy Guide (2008) \| The Art of Golden Axe: Beast Rider (2008)

Games in the Sega Ages Series
	Shukudai ga Tant-R (1996) \| Space Harrier (1996) \| OutRun (1996) \| After Burner II (1996) \| Rouka ni Ichidant-R (1996) \| Fantasy Zone (1997) \| Memorial Selection Vol. 1 (1997) \| Columns Arcade Collection (1997) \| Memorial Selection Vol. 2 (1997) \| Power Drift (1998) \| Phantasy Star Collection (1998) \| Galaxy Force II (1998) \| I Love Mickey Mouse/I Love Donald Duck (1998) Sega Ages: Volume 1 (1997)
	Vol. 1 (2003) \| Vol. 2 (2003) \| Vol. 3 (2003) \| Vol. 4 (2003) \| Vol. 5 (2003) \| Vol. 6 (2003) \| Vol. 7 (2003) \| Vol. 8 (2004) \| Vol. 9 (2004) \| Vol. 10 (2004) \| Vol. 11 (2004) \| Vol. 12 (2004) \| Vol. 13 (2004) \| Vol. 14 (2004) \| Vol. 15 (2004) \| Vol. 16 (2004) \| Sega Classics Collection (2005) \| Vol. 17 (2005) \| Vol. 18 (2005) \| Vol. 19 (2005) \| Vol. 20 (2005) \| Vol. 21 (2005) \| Vol. 22 (2005) \| Vol. 23 (2005) \| Vol. 24 (2006) \| Vol. 25 (2006) \| Vol. 26 (2006) \| Vol. 27 (2006) \| Vol. 28 (2006) \| Vol. 29 (2007) \| Vol. 30 (2007) \| Vol. 31 (2007) \| Vol. 32 (2008) \| Vol. 33 (2008)
	Monster World Collection (2012) \| Sega Classics Collection (2012) \| Golden Axe Collection (2012) \| Bare Knuckle Collection (2012) \| ToeJam & Earl Collection (2012)
	Sonic the Hedgehog (2018) \| Thunder Force IV (2018) \| Phantasy Star (2018) \| OutRun (2018) \| Gain Ground (2018) \| Alex Kidd in Miracle World (2019) \| Puyo Puyo (2019) \| Virtua Racing (2019) \| Wonder Boy in Monster Land (2019) \| Space Harrier (2019) \| Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (2019) \| Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R (2019) \| Shinobi (2019) \| Fantasy Zone (2019) \| Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2020) \| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2020) \| G-LOC: Air Battle (2020) \| Thunder Force AC (2020) \| Herzog Zwei (2020)
Sega Ages related media
	Sega Ages Sound Track The Best Plus (2004) \| Space Harrier II: Space Harrier Complete Collection Original Soundtrack (2005) \| Sega Classics Collection (2006) \| New Century (2006) \| Bare Knuckle Original Soundtrack (2012) \| Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (2019) \| Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (2023)

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Games in the Sega Ages Series
	Shukudai ga Tant-R (1996) \| Space Harrier (1996) \| OutRun (1996) \| After Burner II (1996) \| Rouka ni Ichidant-R (1996) \| Fantasy Zone (1997) \| Memorial Selection Vol. 1 (1997) \| Columns Arcade Collection (1997) \| Memorial Selection Vol. 2 (1997) \| Power Drift (1998) \| Phantasy Star Collection (1998) \| Galaxy Force II (1998) \| I Love Mickey Mouse/I Love Donald Duck (1998) Sega Ages: Volume 1 (1997)
	Vol. 1 (2003) \| Vol. 2 (2003) \| Vol. 3 (2003) \| Vol. 4 (2003) \| Vol. 5 (2003) \| Vol. 6 (2003) \| Vol. 7 (2003) \| Vol. 8 (2004) \| Vol. 9 (2004) \| Vol. 10 (2004) \| Vol. 11 (2004) \| Vol. 12 (2004) \| Vol. 13 (2004) \| Vol. 14 (2004) \| Vol. 15 (2004) \| Vol. 16 (2004) \| Sega Classics Collection (2005) \| Vol. 17 (2005) \| Vol. 18 (2005) \| Vol. 19 (2005) \| Vol. 20 (2005) \| Vol. 21 (2005) \| Vol. 22 (2005) \| Vol. 23 (2005) \| Vol. 24 (2006) \| Vol. 25 (2006) \| Vol. 26 (2006) \| Vol. 27 (2006) \| Vol. 28 (2006) \| Vol. 29 (2007) \| Vol. 30 (2007) \| Vol. 31 (2007) \| Vol. 32 (2008) \| Vol. 33 (2008)
	Monster World Collection (2012) \| Sega Classics Collection (2012) \| Golden Axe Collection (2012) \| Bare Knuckle Collection (2012) \| ToeJam & Earl Collection (2012)
	Sonic the Hedgehog (2018) \| Thunder Force IV (2018) \| Phantasy Star (2018) \| OutRun (2018) \| Gain Ground (2018) \| Alex Kidd in Miracle World (2019) \| Puyo Puyo (2019) \| Virtua Racing (2019) \| Wonder Boy in Monster Land (2019) \| Space Harrier (2019) \| Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (2019) \| Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R (2019) \| Shinobi (2019) \| Fantasy Zone (2019) \| Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2020) \| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2020) \| G-LOC: Air Battle (2020) \| Thunder Force AC (2020) \| Herzog Zwei (2020)
Sega Ages related media
	Sega Ages Sound Track The Best Plus (2004) \| Space Harrier II: Space Harrier Complete Collection Original Soundtrack (2005) \| Sega Classics Collection (2006) \| New Century (2006) \| Bare Knuckle Original Soundtrack (2012) \| Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (2019) \| Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (2023)