![]() Each character can cast magic spells and the higher the magic level, the more powerful the spell. Thieves will appear throughout the stages and attacking them will cause them to drop magic potions that level up your magic when acquired. You can adjust how many health bars you have from the options menu and I would recommend first-time players select the maximum amount of health bars possible because this game will kick your ass. If you have no credits left and lose all your lives again, it’s game over. Lose all of your lives and you can use a credit to continue. Lose all of your bars and you lose a life. Your life meter shows how many health bars you have and when you take enough damage, you lose a bar. Like most beat ‘em ups, the goal of each stage is to walk from one end of the stage to the other and kill the enemies in between. You can perform a few different attacks, cast a spell that can wipe out multiple enemies on the screen, and you want to avoid getting overwhelmed. If you’ve played more modern beat ‘em ups or even later ones released during the 16-bit era, you’ll notice fairly quickly that Golden Axe feels a bit on the stiff side and there’s not much depth in terms combat. You can dash into enemies, throw them, perform a back attack by simultaneously pressing the attack and jump buttons, and perform a down thrust. Casting a spell pauses the gameplay which can be a nuisance. You can walk, dash, jump, attack, and cast magic spells. The three playable characters have their own strengths and weaknesses and can perform the same basic functions. The Arcade mode is the real meat of the game but there is a Beginner mode that is much easier but you can only get to the end of a certain stage before the game tells you to play the Arcade mode. Unfortunately, both players can hit each other during gameplay which can be very, very annoying and there’s no way to turn it off. Golden Axe is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up that supports up to two players. Golden Axe is a very short but challenging game and the story is told through text in between stages and during specific events. ![]() ![]() Three warriors with their own vendetta’s against Death Adder set out to defeat him and save the land – the battle axe wielding Dwarf, Gilius Thunderhead, the barbarian, Ax Battler, and the longsword wielding amazon, Tyris Flare. He also discovers the magical Golden Axe and threatens to destroy it along with the King and Princess unless he’s accepted as the new ruler of the land. The story is set in the fictional land of Yuria where the evil Death Adder has captured the King and his daughter. I was originally going to play Golden Axe: Beast Rider since I hear it’s terrible even though it looks cool but I decided to play the previous games first and see and what all the fuss is about. For this review, Jeremy and I teamed up to play the Genesis version from the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics collection on Steam. ![]() It was ported to the Genesis in December of that same year and the Master System in March, 1990. Developed and published by Sega, Golden Axe was released as an Arcade game in May, 1989. It’s one of the most well known beat ‘em up series in history and I while I thought I played at least one of these games in the past, I discovered I actually played Altered Beast and somehow got them confused. Whenever I research I the beat ‘em up genre, Golden Axe always seems to get mentioned.
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