Golden Axe
type: beat 'em up
genre: Fantasy, Belt scroller, Hack and Slash
series: Golden Axe
perspective: side view
player options: single player, shared-screen
languages: eng
genre: Fantasy, Belt scroller, Hack and Slash
series: Golden Axe
perspective: side view
player options: single player, shared-screen
languages: eng
4.1/5
Personal review
This has nearly picture-perfect graphics that are nearly on a par with those of the Genesis, but suffers from some slowdowns at times. Its sound is also limited to blips and chirps from the PC speaker and so music is not an option.
The year is either 1990 or 1991 as records vary.
Trivia from Mame.dk Golden Axe page
'The kanji [Japanese character] on the title screen actually reads 'Senpu', meaning 'Fighting Axe'. This is an example of 'gikun', where Japanese artists use the phonetic value of a character to determine the game's name, and not the meaning of the character itself.'
(Garrett) - # 2006
The year is either 1990 or 1991 as records vary.
Trivia from Mame.dk Golden Axe page
'The kanji [Japanese character] on the title screen actually reads 'Senpu', meaning 'Fighting Axe'. This is an example of 'gikun', where Japanese artists use the phonetic value of a character to determine the game's name, and not the meaning of the character itself.'
(Garrett) - # 2006
Technical specs
Editor notes (4)
The unpatched game will indeed run in Hercules graphics mode but will not run on a Hercules card. The game checks for a CGA card when loading and goes crazy when it doesn't find it. A patch will fix it.
zerothis # 2019-04-27 14:34:25
zerothis # 2019-04-27 14:34:25
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John Sanderson (programming)John Sanderson (pc conversion)Kenn Sanderson (programming)Kenn Sanderson (pc conversion)Tags (31)
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External reviews (2) - average: 82.5%
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