Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19093 in Video Games
• Brand: Sega - Virgin Games
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Sega Genesis

Customer Reviews

Best game of all time for any system
This game is the best arcade game ever made. When I go to the arcade I shovel out quarters to play it. I have never beaten it though and I don't know how many levels there are. You are a guy who is carrying around an axe or sword and you hack at baddies as they move into the screen. Some enemies are more powerful than others and it takes longer to kill them. If you knock a guy off of his lizard then you can jump on it and ride it around slashing at the baddies. The graphics are also very good. You should buy this, no, you must buy this. It is essential in order to survive. It aint no lie, Buy Buy Buy!!!

A Magic Twist
This is one of the best remembered Genesis games. Tho it's absolutely nothing special. It's almost totally like Streets of Rage with magic spells instead of special kung-fu moves and set in the dark ages.

You can choose the big Conan lookalike Ax Battler, who uses earth magic. Tyris Flare, the She-Ra type amazon woman who uses fire magic or Gilius Thunderhead, the viking dwarf uses lightning magic (and the character who actually uses the Golden Axe) or team up in a two-player (the best way to play the game).

The story is a load of cobblers. Some dude called Death Adder (and his son Death Adder JNR) are up to some amount of evil and you've got to stop him.

So on you go on your journey of hacking and slashing goblins, skeletons and various other guys in armor. It's fun, but not great.

The sound effects are pathetic and do not show off what the Genesis was capable of. David Whittaker's music, while being slightly tuneful and medieval, was pretty bad and wasn't as memorable as Yuzo Koshiro's effort on the Streets of Rage games.

A fun game to play right to the end once (in a two player) but not as memorable as it's following what suggest.

Golden Axe, the best Sega Classic game
Golden Axe is easily one of the best games for the Sega Genesis. Golden Axe has all the best features a person could ever want in a video game: good graphics, music, and sound effects. The graphics in this game are good. Everything from the character animations to the backround are done well. Another good thing about this game is the music. The music does an exellent job of setting the mood for each level and situation. The third best thing about this game is the sound effects. All the sound effects of Golden Axe really put the shine on an already great game. Nothing quiet wakes you up in the morning, like hearing the crack of your characters weapon on an enemy's head.
In the game you play as one of three characters: a Barbarian, a Dwarf, and an Amazon warrior. In this game you are sent on a quest to save both the prince and princess from the Death Adder. One of the best things about this game is that each character can pick up magic potion, from squirrel carrying bags, that can be used to activate their special ability. Each character has their own special ability. The Dwarf can control lightning, the Barbarian controls the earth element, and the Amazon warrior controls the fire element. The best part of Golden Axe is in its two player mode. Grab a friend and kick some butt together. There's nothing more fun then kicking ancient evil butt with a friend.