Golden Axe - Videogame by Sega

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Golden Axe

Name: Golden Axe
Developer: Sega

Year: 1989
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Sega System 16
Settings: Golden Axe Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 3 [JumpAttackMagic]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Golden Axe Description

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 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Golden Axe was produced include ESWAT Cyber Police, Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, Dynamite Dux, A.B. Cop, Crack Down, Gain Ground, Galaxy Force, Altered Beast, Global Defense, and Galaxy Force II.

Golden Axe - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.86 (7 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.00

     Overall 'Like': 4.00
     Fun (Social): 4.57
     Fun (Solo): 3.86
     Collector Desire: 3.57

Technical Impressions Score: 3.73

     Gameplay: 4.14
     Graphics: 3.57
     Originality: 3.43
     Sound/Music: 3.43

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

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.

Game Play

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.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Golden Axe Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 315 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 117 of these machines are owned by our active Golden Axe collectors. And of these, 15 are original dedicated machines, 19 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 83 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with extra Golden Axe circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Golden Axe.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Trivia

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.

Legacy

Golden Axe (1989)
Golden Axe: The Revenge Of Death Adder (1992)
Golden Axe: The Duel (1994)

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings 2 Pages, 475 kB File.
Golden Axe Installation Owners Manual - 420-0005U 26 Pages, 2.9 MB File.

Video Clips

Golden Axe (Arcade)	Golden Axe Arcade Retro Danuart	Golden Axe (Arcade) [Sega] Retro Danuart
Golden Axe Arcade - Coop playthrough	Golden Axe (Arcade)

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Golden Axe Flyer #424
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Golden Axe Flyer #6033

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