Golden Axe
Released: 1989
Players: 1
Type: Licensed
Developer: SEGA
The residents of the once-peaceful city of Yuria have lost the legendary Golden Axe - the very thing that had shielded them from evil for so long. It is now in the hands of the unscrupulous titan, Death-Adder. Tarik, the seasoned warrior whose skill with his giant sword is both praised and feared throughout the land, has come forth to try and wrest the Axe from the grasp of the black-hearted warlord. Help Tarik to battle the many types of bandits that Death-Adder has amassed to protect himself. Using the sword, and certain very special magical powers, guide Tarik through the gauntlet of bandits to Death-Adder's castle! He'll be waiting there for you, and he's terribly reluctant to give up the Golden Axe! Are you brave enough to bring back the Axe, and thus restore tranquility to Yuria, or will you wind up just another victim of the evil warlord?
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Ah, Golden axe, one of the absolute best games on the Megadrive/Genesis, when i heard that there was a Master-System version, I was overjoyed. Mistake.
The once great music has been ruined by tuning it down to Master-System quality, it seems like a the music was ripped, then sent through an audio filter.
The Graphics, admittedly looked a bit wishywashy (the palette) on its 16-bit counterpart, but they look like a 6 year old crayoned it in while half asleep, and they are obviously missing animation frames.
The gameplay is its only redeeming factor, it retains the hack and slash style of the Arcade original, and is admittedly, quite fun.
Great opportunity, Ruined.
User review by Sparky101 
Golden Axe Cheats, Hints, Tips and Walkthroughs
Extra continue
Hold UP+BUTTON1 or UP+BUTTON2 at the Game Over screen after using the last continue. You will then get an extra continue.
Golden Axe Trivia
GRAPHICS
This game uses background tiles for some of the characters instead of using sprites. This allowed it to show more characters on the screen without flicker, however it also limited movement and animation potential as the game had to redraw background tiles on the fly (erase the background tiles where the character was, then redraw it).
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