Golden Axe - Videogame by Sega

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Golden Axe

Name: Golden Axe
Manufacturer: 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

Golden Axe was produced by Sega in 1989.

Sega released 588 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 A.B. Cop, Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, Crack Down, Dynamite Dux, ESWAT Cyber Police, Excite League, Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan, Tetris (Sega), Scramble Spirits, and Power Drift.

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 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.86 (6 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.00

     Overall 'Like': 4.00
     Fun (Social): 4.50
     Fun (Solo): 3.83
     Collector Desire: 3.67

Technical Impressions Score: 3.72

     Gameplay: 4.17
     Graphics: 3.67
     Originality: 3.33
     Sound/Music: 3.33

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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 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,577 machines (6,538 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 298 known instances of this machine owned by Golden Axe collectors who are active members. Of these, 45 of them are original dedicated machines, 59 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 193 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with Golden Axe machines for sale. There are 13 active VAPS members with extra Golden Axe circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Golden Axe.

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 7 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

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 #453
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Golden Axe Flyer #6342

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