Golden Axe
Progress is made through the game by fighting through Death Adder's henchmen, including men armed with clubs and maces, skeleton warriors, and knights. Players are able to attack using their weapon, jump and cast spells that hurt all enemies on the screen. The force of this magic depends on the number of "bars" of magic power currently available. The bars are filled by collecting blue 'magic potions' attained by kicking little sprites who then drop the potions. These sprites appear during regular levels and during bonus stages in between levels. The male warrior Ax is able to cast earth spells. The dwarf Gilius, casts lightning spells and the female warrior Tyris casts fire magic. Each character has a different number of maximum magic bars and varying ranges of attack. Various steeds known as bizarrians are found in the game. These can be ridden when the enemy rider is knocked off, or if one is found dormant. The least powerful steed is known as the Cockatrice, which can be used to knock down enemies with ...
Details
- IGDB 7.0
- Release date
- 27 Jan 1989
- Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Arcade
- Developers
- Platforms
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS PlayStation Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD WonderSwan Color Xbox ZX Spectrum Nintendo - Series
- Platforms
Amiga — 31 Dec 1990 Amstrad CPC — 31 Dec 1990 Arcade — 27 Jan 1989 Atari ST/STE — 1 Nov 1990 Commodore C64/128/MAX — 1 Nov 1990 DOS — 31 Dec 1990 PlayStation 3 — 26 Jul 2011 Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD — 16 Mar 1990 WonderSwan Color — 28 Feb 2002 Xbox 360 — 17 Jul 2007 ZX Spectrum — 1 Nov 1990 Xbox One — 12 Nov 2015 Wii — 26 Oct 2009
- Game modes
Single player Multiplayer Co-operative
- Perspectives
Third person Side view
- Alternative titles
Golden Axe: Senpuu Golden Axe: Fighting Blades Golden Axe Classic
