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Golden Axe

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3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
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This game is the best arcade game ever made. When I go to the arcade I shovel out quarters to play it. I have never beaten it though and I don't know how many levels there are. You are a guy who is carrying around an axe or sword and you hack at baddies as they move into the screen. Some enemies are more powerful than others and it takes longer to kill them. If you knock a guy off of his lizard then you can jump on it and ride it around slashing at the baddies. The graphics are also very good. You should buy this, no, you must buy this. It is essential in order to survive. It aint no lie, Buy Buy Buy!!!

This is one of the best remembered Genesis games. Tho it's absolutely nothing special. It's almost totally like Streets of Rage with magic spells instead of special kung-fu moves and set in the dark ages.

You can choose the big Conan lookalike Ax Battler, who uses earth magic. Tyris Flare, the She-Ra type amazon woman who uses fire magic or Gilius Thunderhead, the viking dwarf uses lightning magic (and the character who actually uses the Golden Axe) or team up in a two-player (the best way to play the game).

The story is a load of cobblers. Some dude called Death Adder (and his son Death Adder JNR) are up to some amount of evil and you've got to stop him.

So on you go on your journey of hacking and slashing goblins, skeletons and various other guys in armor. It's fun, but not great.

The sound effects are pathetic and do not show off what the Genesis was capable of. David Whittaker's music, while being slightly tuneful and medieval, was pretty bad and wasn't as memorable as Yuzo Koshiro's effort on the Streets of Rage games.

A fun game to play right to the end once (in a two player) but not as memorable as it's following what suggest.

Golden Axe is easily one of the best games for the Sega Genesis. Golden Axe has all the best features a person could ever want in a video game: good graphics, music, and sound effects. The graphics in this game are good. Everything from the character animations to the backround are done well. Another good thing about this game is the music. The music does an exellent job of setting the mood for each level and situation. The third best thing about this game is the sound effects. All the sound effects of Golden Axe really put the shine on an already great game. Nothing quiet wakes you up in the morning, like hearing the crack of your characters weapon on an enemy's head.
In the game you play as one of three characters: a Barbarian, a Dwarf, and an Amazon warrior. In this game you are sent on a quest to save both the prince and princess from the Death Adder. One of the best things about this game is that each character can pick up magic potion, from squirrel carrying bags, that can be used to activate their special ability. Each character has their own special ability. The Dwarf can control lightning, the Barbarian controls the earth element, and the Amazon warrior controls the fire element. The best part of Golden Axe is in its two player mode. Grab a friend and kick some butt together. There's nothing more fun then kicking ancient evil butt with a friend.

Golden Axe was a classic title and to this day, I still can't get tired of this. You are either a axe wielding Dwarf or a Male or Female Barbarian with a sword. Your goal is to find the evil Death Adder and defeat him. Along the way, you use spells and even get to ride on Dragons and use them to help you in your quest to bring peace to the land.

It's your basic beat em up, blast them with a bit of magic and honestly, it's a pretty basic game. I just don't think it ever got boring because it was challenging, great to play with a friend and always a good nostalgia game if you were getting tired of other games.

There were a few games that were required on SEGA Genesis, Any of the Sonics and Spinball, Streets of Rage, Altered Beast, the uncensored Mortal Kombat, Moonwalker and of course Golden Axe. Now that you know which ones you must get, start with this one and enjoy!

No matter how good you are at this game, nothing can prepare you for the lame cheap fest your in for. I beat this game countless times but it never stops pissing me off that the enemies are so cheap, the game is so unfair and how they use the screen layout to their advantage. Half the time no matter what you do you can't move because your getting gang raped and your sword magically goes through enemies running past you preparing for the gang rape, then your screwed. I love games that are challenging, but not insanely hard just because of crippled controls and cheapness. Fun for a little while, but the cheapness is too much.

First of all I am tired of people saying the graphics are pale compared to the Super Nintendo. The SNES won't come out untill late 1991. This game was released in 1989. Sorry had to get that out of my chest, now on to my review. I liked the fact that this game has two more levels than the arcade game. The graphcis are abit pale but another than that I think it is pretty cool. Get this game or buy the Sega Genesis Collection.

This has to be one of the most recognizable games of all time. The Genesis port is pretty faithful to the arcade, though of course the graphics aren't as good and the music is a bit tinny. Still, this is possibly one of my favorite games of all time. Choose from warrior, warrior maiden, or axe-wielding dwarf. The dwarf kicks ASS, though he could use some kind of armor or something. What's with the green pajamas? No wonder he's so pissed.

Golden Axe is a hack 'n slash game originally released in arcades. The Genesis port has two more levels than the original, and some more features.

Throughout the eight stages, you just beat up anybody in your way, as well as some bosses. You choose from 3 characters: A muscular warrior, a viking (Or gnome?), and a female fighter. Each character has their own kind of magic you can activate once pressing A, though that will use up all the pot you have collected from the thieves. Some bosses are easy, others may be hard. Heck, the second Death Adder (Known as Death Bringer) uses magic once he hits you, and that is saying something due to the fact that no enemy uses magic.

What I find odd is that the Death Adder boss counted as a separate stage, rather than entering the castle and the boss being in the same level like in the arcade version. And what just plain bothers me is how Sega recolored the viking/gnome's axe silver in this version, whereas the arcade version's axe is actually GOLD, like how the title is supposed to describe it.

Along with the Normal mode is a Beginner mode and a Duel mode.

The Beginner mode only lets you play through the first 3 levels. I guess that's fair for newer players.

The Duel mode plays like a fighting game since you have to beat up a certain enemy(ies) to move on. You start with so much HP, but if you lose all of it, you can't advance. There are no credits/continues in this mode.

There are a few options that you can change for the regular game. You can have 5 hit points instead of 3, and you can, of course, change the control settings.

Overall, this is a neat hack 'n slash that has been a Sega arcade hit for a while.

That's pretty much all this game entails. However; this is one of the best games ever made for the Genesis. The graphics aren't great, the music and sound are pretty weak, but the gameplay is awesome. You pick from 3 characters, each has their own weapon, attacks, and of course different magical spells, its the perfect balance of streets of rage with dungeons and dragons!

The game can be a little slow at times, but its still a true classic; but not as good as the streets of rage games though or other walk-through beat'em up games like the Punisher.

Since I reviewed that new PS3 360 Golden Axe and told you it was God awful this however was a port of the 1988 arcade game which is a hack and slash beat em up. The music in it is great very playable 2 more levels that were added 1 or 2 players and arcade power stick is a must for it if this game is kicking your butt at the player select screen hold down & left and press B + start. If you own a Genesis get it.