The player controls one of three characters in this horizontal-scrolling fighting game that features many different enemies and scenes. Mounted enemies riding dragons, etc. can be knocked off and the players themselves can then ride the creatures.
Golden Axe was produced by Sega in 1989.
Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.
Other machines made by Sega during the time period Golden Axe was produced include: Excite League, Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan, Tetris (Sega), Scramble Spirits, Power Drift, A.B. Cop, Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, Crack Down, Dynamite Dux, and ESWAT Cyber Police
Name | Golden Axe |
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Developer | Sega (United States) |
Year | 1989 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7966 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Scrolling Fighter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Sega System 16 |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Either |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Golden Axe Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Golden Axe Side Art Image |
PCB | Golden Axe PCB Image |
There are three different player characters and each of them uses a different kind of magic: Ax Battler, the barbarian uses earth magic Tyris Flare, the amazon uses fire magic and Gilius Thunderhead, the viking dwarf uses lightning magic. Each player character also each has a different weapon: Ax Battler and Tyris Flare both use swords and Gilius Thunderhead uses the Golden Axe.
The object of the game is to find and destroy Death Adder in order to rescue the king and princess whom he had kidnapped. Also, Death Adder killed Ax Battler's mother, Tyris Flare's mother and father and Gilius Thunderhead's brother. So, you must also help each player character avenge the deaths of their loved ones.
Each character in the game has a special move that is activated by pressing both Jump and Attack at the same time. Also, double-tapping the joystick right or left will cause the player to charge and smash into opponents.
Once the game has been beaten, the ending will show a view of an arcade where the characters "jump out" of the game, run out of the arcade and down the street.
Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.57 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.86 |
Collector Desire | 3.57 |
Gameplay | 4.14 |
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Graphics | 3.57 |
Originality | 3.43 |
Sound/Music | 3.43 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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Some of the voices used in this game have been taken out of various movies such as Conan the Barbarian, Commando, First Blood and An American Werewolf in London.
One of the mounts in this game is also an enemy in the game Altered Beast.
There are 15,167 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 326 known instances of this machine owned by Golden Axe collectors who are active members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines. 63 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 208 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 7 active VAPS members with a Golden Axe machines for sale. There are 14 active VAPS members with a Golden Axe circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Golden Axe. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Golden Axe circuit board set.
This game ranks a 70 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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Our members have reported that Golden Axe is playable at 1 locations:
Name | Location | State | Country | Details | Check-ins |
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PinBar | 501 17 Ave SW, Calgary | AB | Canada | Arcade | 2 |
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