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Game #1897
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Golden Axe    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Action   Beat em-up

Rating: 8.57 (616 votes)

Golden Axe box cover

Golden Axe screenshot
Here's a decent conversion of SEGA's smash hit arcade beat'em up Golden Axe... decent for PC standards of that time, that is. At least the VGA graphics are faithful although gameplay is far inferior to the original, though if you have never played the arcade original (or SEGA Genesis version), you won't be disappointed with Golden Axe's addictive arcade fun despite occasional sticky controls.

In Golden Axe you can choose to play as one of three warriors, with each having their own characteristics. Gillius Thunderhead has great attack power but little magic, Axe Battler the Barbarian has average attack and magic skill, and Tyrus Flare has great magical power but weaker weapon attacks. Each character has standard attack moves where successive hits on an opponent generate a "combo" of several different attacks. Your characters also have a rear attack, a charging attack, a throw attack, and a jumping attack. Each character has a magic meter each of their own length which can be powered up by collecting Magic Pots dropped by elves that you smack with your sword at various points in the game. You encounter enemies riding on "Bizarrians" such as Dragons. You can knock the enemy off the beast and ride it yourself, which gives you access to the beast's attacks until you are yourself dismounted.

Overall, Golden Axe is fun in a classic old-school sort of way. The setting, enemy and character design, music, pace, and gameplay are all very good and help to elevate it above its seemingly quite standard gameplay and banal fantasy plot. If you have played other versions of the game, you might be a little disappointed, though. Two thumbs up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Unknown
Developer: Synthetic Dimensions
Publisher: SEGA
Year: 1990
Software Copyright: SEGA
Theme: Fantasy
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System Requirements: DOS
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If you like this game, try: Savage, Tower of Fear, Karnov

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