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Golden Axe


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Golden Axe - Japanese Title

Manufacturer: Sega
Year: 1989
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Sega System 16
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 3

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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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.

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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.

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Very Common - There are 95 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 9 of them are original dedicated machines, 15 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 71 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 69 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 4 VAPS members currently looking for this game.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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1. Golden Axe pcb working but no sound 100% original

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2. GOLDEN AXE VIDEO ARCADE GAME CABINET - WORKING

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3. Golden Axe Arcade Game revenge of death adder

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4. GOLDEN AXE SEGA video game manual

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5. Sega Golden Axe Installation / Owners Manual 1989

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6. GOLDEN AXE ARCADE VIDEO GAME WITH COIN ACCEPTER

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8. Sega GOLDEN AXE video arcade game manual Original

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9. *Golden Axe Arcade Game FULL Service/Repair Manual SEGA

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Legacy

  1. Golden Axe
  2. Golden Axe: The Revenge Of Death Adder
  3. Golden Axe: The Duel


Golden Axe - Title screen image


Golden Axe - Title screen image

Golden Axe - Title screen image

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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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Golden Axe - Title screen image
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