Golden Axe: The Complete History | RETRO GAMING DOCUMENTARY
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On The Complete History show this week we are looking at the creation of the Golden Axe franchise, who made it, why it got made and what has happened to it in more recent years.
It's a series with a lot of ups (including in the arcade with the often over looked revenge of death adder game) and the rather obscure 3rd entry which was only ever released in the states via the sega geneses / mega drive online service... very strange
Also, we will not be forgetting about the (100% not a rip off from zelda) Golden Axe Warrior game too. And the long lost Golden Axed game too
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Fun fact. The dwarf from Golden Axe also makes a cameo appearance as the weapons shopkeeper in Sega Genesis' "Shining In The Darkness" game.
I've been playing both games recently lol
I'm sure you've been told this a million times but the reason Japanese devs used aliases in credits was because they were forced to so other companies wouldn't poach them.
That's sad, honestly. You don't get credit and you don't get offered higher salaries elsewhere. The better solution is to just pay your employees more than your competitors.
Your prayers may have been answered! SEGA just announced five new games from long dormant franchises today, including Golden Axe! We only got about five seconds of gameplay footage, but I'm really intrigued by what we see, and it looks as if the original 3 heroes are back with some slight redesigns. Ax looks more barbariany with some furs and a much bigger sword, Gilius is buff to the point that he looks like a square made of muscle (and I mean that as a compliment, that's how dwarves should look), and Tyris has some kind of double-bladed sword weapon now, which makes her the coolest.
I think it's unfair to call Tyris Flare a "token" female character. When I was a girl and teen I loved playing Golden Axe as Tyris and thought she was the coolest. Her character was given the same care as the other two in the first game and her animations are great.
Not to mention she had the most impressive magic spells. Also, Golden Axe is the earliest beat 'em up I can think of which *has* a female character option, so it was hardly a token at the time.
xelena as a boy I always played with Tyris for she had the most balanced set of skills.
gillius was #1 dwarf power!!
I always played Tyris as well. I mean. Who wouldn’t want to be able to Call down a Dragon on command? I basically went with my favorite spell user of the game.
I'm a guy and I consider my most favorite characters in the franchise to be Tyris, her descendent Milan from GA: The Duel, Sarah from GA3, and Dora from GA: Revenge of Death Adder.
Oh, golden axe warrior did get a port, it's a hidden game on the sega mega drive collection on ps3/360
***** DAMMIT!!!!
But isn't it good to leave one false truth in order to have other UA-camrs not steal your videos, like a video from Watchmojo, whom accidentally stole one of your videos +Larry Bundy Jr? Hahaha...
Barry Lundy Rj a response for the win.
@@slopesgameroom I've actually been streaming and doing a series on UA-cam of that port. It is a fantastic game
I doubt you will read this as you released this forever ago lol, but have you done one of these on Gauntlet? My first arcade experience and the main reason I invested in a multitapper for my NES for loads of mountain dew fueled nights with my friends. I may have missed it digging around but if you havent done one on that series I would LOVE to watch it. Such a great series Im sure has an interesting story or two behind it.
dude, this is such a great video, I love it, I think it needs a lot of recognition. you deserve more watch and subscriber, I am in man!
the softhouses forbbided the workers to put their real names , afraid of them being hired by enemy companies.
This was very common back them.
+A Voz de Azeroth crazy business strategies back then lol
+Daniel “Slope's Game Room” Ibbertson actually you can play golden axe warrior on the sonic ulimate Genesis collection for the ps3 and Xbox 360
Yes... that was also the case with the original _Legend of Zelda_ (and its sequel, _The Adventure of Link_). For example, Shigeru Miyamoto went by "S. Miyahon," Koji Kondo as "Konchan" and Tadashi Sugiyama used "Sugiyan."
usually they put their real names hidden away in the games codes if you tinker about with it's data. some even put their phone numbers.
did you play Dungeons and dragons side scroller games when you were a kid? imo it is the best side scroller game ever. character designs and skills for each characters are just awesome.
They should start doing that again! Prevent EA games for buying up talent and running it through the meat grinder.
Golden axe is brilliant. I still play it today on the PS3 mega collection!
Its such a great game to pick up and play :D
Thank you so much for this history. I must say I am an old schooler (I was 13 in 93) and Golden Axe always stood out for me. I first remember playing it on arcade in one of my favorite department stores. I spent more on the game than in the store! Just brought back so many memories. I am now a subscriber to your channel :)
Great vid! Thanks for taking us through the years of Golden Axe! Very fond memories of this game. I used to spend so much money in the arcade and definitely one of my favourites of all time!
+FrappMocha Thanks so much, glad it was able to pull on your nostalgia as much as it did :D
Am I the only guy in existence who DOES like Golden Axe 3?
RoqueFortStu i loved it.but that was like my whole childhoud so maybe im biased
RoqueFortStu I love it even though I wasn't born in the 90's. I have this portable Sega Genesis that has a crapton of old Sega games on their and the Golden Axe series is one there among others like Sonic, Ecco the Dolphin etc.
I like the third. I recently made Chaos Lait on the new Soul Calibur 6 game. Imagine it. After the matters of Golden Axe III, Chaos winds up taking the Golden Axe and forced into a new world by the colliding powers of Soul Edge and the Golden Axe pulling him through the Astral Plains. Another venture that must be seen through after his famed fight with the Lord Hellstrike.
Also set up a bit of something where a descendant of Chronos, or his tribe, covers his head and face in a hood wrap, takes the Golden Axe and the name of Chaos Lait as he goes forward on his quest.
Yes.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and I liked the PS2 reboot.
I believe Golden Axe 3 was a decent game. Sure, lost some identity, but was fun to play with good graphics and outstanding music.
Think that often tends to happen when you put so much on your original characters, and then try to move onto a new generation. I think that's part of the problem Soul Calibur V had. Thankfully you could take the weapon styles and create some replacements of your own, but also re create older characters no longer there. However there, there were also some slight game mechanic miss steps.
Soul Calibur 6 is right where it should be and hopefully may be the return of the franchise's greatness. So far it seems to be. It's an extra good thing because many of the upstairs guys at Namco were ready to leave the franchise in the graveyard.
Indeed. I don't understand either why Golden Axe 3 get so much flak.
Although the graphics are worse than the previous two entries, the game mechanics are better and more complex, it has branching paths, combined attacks and magic, more moves, and a great soundtrack. And the story is neither better nor worse than the previous entries. Kind of the same.
For me, the best GA game ever.
Telephantasm true, golden axe 2 was basically the same thing. I liked the 2 new characters especially that panther man.but I do miss thunderhead and I do hope golden axe 4 (if they even make one) is either a remake of revenge of death adder or just that with 1 or 2 characters like they did with streets of rage
Yes. Agreed still playing it.
@@mgm6229 agreed the gameplay was much better than the first 2 games. We played on emulator and were able to make considerable progress only in the 3rd game. The first two games we didn't do well at all...
loved the presentation. Great work Sir!
the Golden Axe Trilogy is also available on the Sega Genesis classic console as well.
Gilius is how you survive. Dwarf FTW
‘James Avery of all people’. He had good form for voicing bad guys...he provided the voice of Shredder in the original run of TMNT.
Another superb slice of nostalgia here buddy. Enjoyed the editing massively. The advert where the kid got all the arcades but the one who had the Megadrive was seen as the winner...Ummm ok. Hey I love the Megadrive but a room full of Sega arcades is no contest! How did we not see that as kids eh?
It's up on the website already dude and once again it's brilliant mate, really really brilliant. The Master System exclusive game is so damn expensive though... Sadface
If I ever start up my master system collection again I think I might start with that bad boy :) Massive thank for noticing the editing man, I spend a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time on it so thanks for mentioning it :) MegatronsFury
MegatronsFury that promo advert is soooooo good, check it out its really really funny so many wicked quotes ua-cam.com/video/NTGvc2FE-O4/v-deo.html (I will chuck it up on the forums too)
I discovered Golden Axe very young in a... Taco USA. A little taco place in my home town. All the eating joints had one of two cabinets in the back somewhere.
Little Italy's had Galaga and something else.
Pizza Hut had the 4 player wheel version of Off Road, and eventually one of the Teken games.
CiCi's had 1941, Raiden I/II, and something else.
One of the Dairy Queens had Final Lap.
Golden Axe Warrior was actually ported (I believe as an unlockable) in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (North American name), which I guess for you would be called SEGA Mega Drive Collection.
Chowdaire correct.
Now, only if we were to get a rerelease of Revenge of Death Adder...
Football Italia 90 was banging! :P I had 2 and 3 as a kid (they came with the mega drive when my dad bought it) and had forgotten how infectious the menu music was, so so good. Shinobi kicked my ass but a golden memory of childhood was me and my dad beating streets of rage coop :)
Such great games, Altered Beast, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and of course... Golden Axe.
When you mentioned that you would still be playing Golden Axe in the old people's home I couldn't help to shed a tear at the thought. I understand that sentiment, and agree wholeheartedly.
Gamer Garm It shows just how great these games are that when you play them with people nowadays and they still hold up just as well as they did in the past, fully worth the time
Daniel Ibbertson
And goes to show that it's not just the "nostalgia goggles", but really clever design and huge effort on the part of everyone involved to keep pushing the limits of the hardware more and more.
Yay, I got a mention!!!
***** HELL YEAH YOU DID! like adding subtle things like that in my videos :) and I annotated it to your youtube channel too :D
Daniel Ibbertson guys...guy...this is all very confusing to a stoned yank
Looks like the closest thing to this in the U.S. was the "6-pak", if only they made more compilations on the Genesis...
When the SEGA Golden Axe (and Streets of Rage) collection came out on 360 I bought it the same day.
I still play all of those games regularly. It's just too much fun!
No joke about Revenge of Death Adder. It is so fun and it's actually surprising how impactful the fighting feels. It might be one of the best beat em' ups there is.
Without a shadow of a doubt.
My college had it underneath our cafeteria way back when. We had the 3 player cabinet. SO fun.
Same. It still shocks me that SEGA never ever decided to port that game to anything. Makes me wonder if they lost the assets to do it or something. However, they could even do it via emulation so I don’t know why they don’t port and sell it given how everything is more than capable of running it.
Love the Decap Attack music in the intro.
I loved Golden Axe 1 and 2, I even have a t-shirt of Golden Axe lol. Me and my friends also reviewed GA 1 and 2 sometime after we did the SOR series. Good stuff.
Ron Mower ahhhh thats fantastic buddy :) Will defo be checking that
Just been reminded of Golden Axe by a random comment on LinkedIn. Immediately went on a nostalgia binge and found your channel.
So glad I did too. New sub
On LinkedIn?
@@slopesgameroom haha yea. I'm a game designer so my LinkedIn is just full of game industry peeps
Golden Axe 3 is my personal favorite in the series. I cannot understand the hate it gets at all.
retrospiel Maybe I should try it again, it just didnt grab me how I wanted it too, Revenge of death adder is defo my fav
How did you want it to grab you, exactly? Like from the front- or from the back?
It's my least favorite. It almost felt like it lacked that special something. I love Golden Axe One & Revenge Of The Death Adder.
GA3 is the biggest crap ever taken
So true, I love the whole series, but I haven't seen any 2D hack'nslash / beat'em'up games, that has better fighting system than Golden Axe 3. Replayed it kinda 30 times, each time its gameplay proved to be even better, than I thought before.
Revenge of Death Adder is fun, ofcourse, but fighting there is quite shallow to replay it that many times.
That was the thing about back in the day. You happened on the games you fell in love with. They weren't jammed down you throat
This was one of my favorite games :)
+Hippo Reddy at the time mine too :)
The Wilderness theme was the first Sega tune to forever stick in my head. Loved it in the arcades and always enjoy Golden axe cameos showing up in other Sega games and ip's. Brilliant ep Dan.
hahaha watching some old longer eps on ur journey :)
Indeed
Great vid once again, Daniel. Any plans to do a Street Fighter complete history?
+Toyin Oshodi oooooo i dunno, i sadly dont have much nostalgia with that 1
Toyin Oshodi yeah good one
Daniel Ibbertson hey could you please do a shadow run complete history I think it was the best game on sega ever and I don't think THON died hat easy!!! PLEASE been waiting along time
These complete history videos are so much fun to rewatch. I always enjoy the personal details put in at the beginning to give us some context of the era each series began
Golden Axe movies already happened!!!
We were treated to Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Conan the Barbarian" and "Conan the Destroyer" as well as "Red Sonja" starring Brigitte Nielsen
+KickboxerKyo1 Not really based on Golden Axe tbh but the game was defo inspired
8:46 That's an awesome Easter egg as well as the video, well done!
RIP uncle Phil
:(
gwald
James Avery did a lot of voice acting for instance he was the voice of Shredder in TMNT (yes, the original one) and War Machine in the Iron Man series from the 90's
the connected universe idea is so cool, it could work as a cinematic universe to
Fantastic work Dan!.
Oliver Harper Cheers ol' buddy ol' pal :)
People have asked me to do retrospectives on video games, I think I will leave that to you!
Oliver Harper Send em over man, there's plenty of slope to go round... no seriously there is LOADS!!! like I said before, if you ever decide you want to do something similar to this, get in touch :)
Damn, Electronic Boutique! I remember going in there all the time! N64 and Gameboy's on the display in the from the front window. Bonus, in my town, it was next door to Burger King. Weekend was sorted back then.
wait. did you not know golden axe warrior was on sonic ultimate?
Yeah, i was about to comment about that too. it's unlockable, but it is available on the ps3/360 compilation
Gilius Thunderhead!
Is Ax Battler unlockable also?
Great trip down memory lane! Some corrections and extra tidbits of knowledge however...
Japanese programmers of the day weren’t encouraged to use their real names in the credits. In fact, the Genesis/Mega Drive era was sort of new ground for this. Hence the nicknames.
The PC Engine/Turbo Grafx 16 was an inferior system. In fact, it wasn’t even a true 16 bit system. It used two 8 but CPUs instead of a single 16 bit chip. And it showed with every single multi platform port. TG16 had performance just about in the exact middle between a Master System and Genesis.
Golden Axe II was indeed sold on the Genesis on the NA region as well.
Bonus factoid: Alien Storm uses the same game engine (among other things) as Golden Axe. It’s pretty much a reskinned Golden Axe with FPS levels added.
I had Sonic, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi 1, Columns, and one other games... I couldn't think of in a 6 in 1 cart.
It was super hang on. Basically SUper Mega Games vol 6 but with Sonic instead of tennis.
They are great to own, but weirdly messed them up for the later 3 releases
I can't even think of what the US version was called. But it was literally Sonic, Super Hang On, Shinobi, Streets, Golden, and columns. I remember playing the hell out of the game.
Didn't work with S&K unfortunately.
It was the 6-pal. This Daniel bro would have shit bricks- seeing he was so stoked about his little three pack.
Yeah, and Mega Games 2 is just half of the Sega 6-Pak.
made it to the end 👊. first play i had of the Axe franchise was in a department store in London when it launched (89 i guess). was hooked immediately, but had to settle for the 1 player SMS version (which after having watched this video I now understand stands up pretty well in comparison to some of the later ports!)... informative vid, thx
Sega 6-pack was legendary:
1. Columns
2. Golden axe
3. Streets of rage
4. Revenge of Shinobi
5. Super hang on
6. Sonic the hedgehog
Have it
I'm jealous of the fact that Slope got £5 pocket money each week! I never got that much pocket money a week! Though I did get games bought for me, so I suppose that evens it out and the fact that my mum loved the Mega Drive when it was relevant and my Dad played all of the PC games out at the time, I had both bases covered.
The mega games puzzled me too, why not stick their other early games like ESWAT, Zoom, space harrier 2 or Alex Kidd on them?
But they also did a mega games collection for the Mega CD and the Master System, where you had to press reset to change games!
The change from World cup Italia 90 to Sega Soccer was due to the ending of the licence agreement with FIFA. In order for 94 world cup game to be the only one on the market known as a world cup title.
It's quite sad that I know this...
I own the mega CD one, wasn't it supposed to have like 10 games but for some weird reason it went down to 5? not sure where I heard that from. also the mega CD version had the later version of revenge of shinobi so its DEAD to me lol Didn't know about the master system version, looking up now *****
MegatronsFury Hahahaha I knew it was something like that, I went to Meg and now I know the FACTS!!!!
Daniel Ibbertson
Oh yeah, It was called "Master Games" (obviously) I think they only ever did the one, but you're going to love what three games are on the cart :D
***** just looked, super monico gp, columns and world soccer hahahaha goddam you sega, just looking at the cover is annoying me that i dont own it! Might need to go on ebay now lol
Your videos are incredible! I love how you add all your nostalgic memories.
Gilius Thunderhead, the celebrated ancestor of Chad Thundercock
Excellent video, I still remember playing Golden Axe in the arcade as a kid and bought every version I could get my hands on growing up.
Have you guys played Golden Axe Myth already? It's great!
MaximusPayne wat?
Yes!! It`s really nice!!!
What is that?
Draconian Alchemist It's a new Golden Axe game, made by fans. It's free, so search for it and get it.
MaximusPayne ooooooo!
Golden Axe Trilogy is a perfect example of a Masterpiece, a crowning achievement for a system.
For what it's worth, the arcade version of Golden Axe is available on Xbox 360 & Xbox One via backwards-compatibility as is SEGA Vintage Collection Golden Axe, which includes all 3 SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive games. Golden Axe lives on!
Arcade and Mega Drive versions are still downloadable on Wii VC, too.
***** - The problem will be w/once the Nintendo Switch comes out. The console doesn't seem to be backwards-compatible.
And Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder is playable on MAME, only way to have it at home short of having the actual arcade unit.
Woah I haven't heard that music in years (the opening music) it brings back memories of those multi game cartridges I had 2 of them, one with Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage (absolutely awesome cartridge) and one with World Cup Italia 90, Columns and Super Hang On, many a happy hour playing those with my brother, thanks for the memories and great video as always!
Haha just realised you covered this in the video, my bad. Anyways I just subscribed :-)
+WallStreetBlues hahaha no pribs, thanks for subbing mate :)
monaco GP was awesome what you on about!
mrmong Yup. Definitely the best of the three on that collection.
scrolled to see if several hundred people had commented this. They didn't. They should have.
About the credits being fictitious names:
In the 80's and 90's, when people specialized in videogames were harder to find and hire, that was a common measure to prevent headhunters from taking away your talent.
Golden Axe 3 is bad? Are you fucking serious?
Yōjinbō 用心棒
In all seriousness, I wanted to use some really bad words/phrases when I wrote my first comment, but then decided against it. You are right, some guys really don't know what they are talking about.
lol, I tried to hold back as much as I can. But I guess I couldn't help myself towards the end. hehe.
Yōjinbō 用心棒
:D yeah, I know the feeling. I don't like a bad job done by people. One can clearly see that the other one does a terrible job.
Yes, I did not like it. Glad you enjoyed it though :D
I'm glad I enjoyed it too. All it takes is one shitty opinion- in my eyes- all of your opinions then become invalid.
I first and only ever played Golden Axe at my friend's house, who owned a copy of it for MS-DOS, and I loved it. I was far too young to remember the name of the game. But decades later while listening through a long list of video game music, I heard that familiar theme play again and was instantly taken back to that childhood. Personally I haven't played the game since I was a kid. Because I am afraid of being disappointed, but also because my memories of the game are tied to playing it with my friend. And I would like to keep it that way. However I gladly listen to the music from it, just to get that warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia again.
Well your in luck! One of my next few vids will be an unboxing of the soundtrac k to this very game :D
26:40 The fact that SEGA cancelled this prototype is a clear indication that they hate making money.
No, its because Bondi Studios and Rockstar completely destroyed the Australian video game industry. At the time i was actually hoping to become a developer, but all the Australian studios shut down after the whole LA Noire debacle.. Bondi were treating employees like slaves (wouldn't give a dev time off to see his child being born etc etc etc) and Rockstar pretty much shut them down, which caused the entire industry here to crash... After all Bondi were pretty much the top studio.
Yeah. Still really sucks, I love what that prototype looks like, and the idea of the others being re-made... and connected?? Actually I know a guy that worked on Castle Of Illusion before they disbanded - they were actually firing people as the game was winding down, and he got let just before the end - and the team accidentally stomped over some of his facial animation of the main baddy in the end cutscene, dulling down what would have been more impressive, Disney style animation.
The prototype looked pretty shitty, to be honest.
Quite possibly the greatest 5 minute intro to a video ever. Pretty much nailed my reaction to the game back then too
Dislike all the grief over in-game stories. Gameplay trumps story, especially in beat'em ups.
i played sonic all stars racing transformed this morning for 3 hours and I found these wonderful videos after I decided to learn about all the sega characters. thanks.
Golden Axe 2 is way better than the first one.
Only if you're talking about the Genesis port of the first game.
I love Golden Axe One & Revenge Of The Death Adder.
In the US, we had the 6-Pak, which was Mega Games 1 & 2 with Sonic replacing World Cup. That was how I was introduced to Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, & Super Hang on.
Absolutely brilliant, I'm the perfect age and grew up during the Golden Age of Arcades and consoles and remember playing the original Shinobi on the Game Gear during a family holiday to Spain looking back I think it was a miracle my Mum and Dad bought me a Game Gear and kept forking out for the huge amount of AA batteries it used, Anyway Loved the videoI'm gonna relive a few more wonderful memories by watching some more, Subbed and liked.
"possibly the best the genre has to offer." -- Dungeons and Dragons Shadows over Mystara wants to have a word with you.
Having played both, I'd vote on revenge of death adder. Shadows got some other nice fun things, but Revenge just flows better. It got mounts you can ride, and while riding pick up small ballistas or catapults. Moving inwards and outwards, not just sideways. Yeah... to each their own, but I'd go with Revenge any day.
I've just finished the arcade version of Golden Axe, and have to say that for all it's extra beefyness, the Megadrive version is still the best way to play the game. Far smoother, more polished, and the extra levels really help too.
Golden axe,super hang on,football italia,streets of rage,revenge of shinobi and columns on one super package of 6 was awesome
Simply a classic. A must play for kids of any generation!
Couldn't agree more
Really enjoying your channel, it's inspired me to replay my fav games of old and with streets of rage free on Xbox this month. It seems like the perfect time to go retro again.
A neat trick in the original Golden Axe arcade, is that you can give full health to another player. To pull it off, the player has to have one health bar left.
During the camp/thief state, the player with the most health has to smack around the one health bar player, but not knock him or her down. Repeat til the last health bar is gone showing zero health.
Next stage, tadaa! The player with the zero health bars is now at full health. It is a tad hard to pull off due to the limited time you have at the camp stage, but doable and to save you a quarter/token or two at the arcade.
When I wanna play Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder, I simply walk downstairs to my arcade and fire it up. I completely agree with your assessment on someone dropping what they are doing to go and play it should they ever see one. This machine gets the most game play of any game in my arcade room when I have guests come over. As always, spectacular job on the video. Very much enjoyed it.
I loved this game as a kid, but now, for the first time after twenty years, I just noticed that Tyris has her right foot almost perpendicular to her hips and in that kind of stance, I'm not sure she isn't going to tear her ACL. Also, not sure how many people know this trick for an almost thirty year old game, but the skeletons during the last fight are actually not invincible, they just have HUGE health pools. The best way I found to kill them (because I played this game so much I challenged myself to do stupid things) was to use the dwarf and catch them with the outside edge of his axe and very attack so that you only did the first two animations (the back and forth swing) and keep them locked into a stunned animation.
Just discovered your channel today. Already subscribed and watched this one, Shinobi, Ghosts and Goblins, and Double Dragon. You are giving me a major case of Nostalgia and the urge to replay some of these classics!
great vid, you did a really great job on this video, really well made :)
Odd pod Ahhhh thanks mate, I am really glad you are working your way through my vids :) PLENTY MORE TO COME
Daniel Ibbertson really looking forward to seeing what you do next :)
I almost cry 😭 for the nostalgia, thanks for the video
You deserve more subscribers!!
The amount of information and the great animations are truly amazing!
+SergioPL ahhhhhh thanks buddy
I love golden axe! It hasn't aged well but I still love playing it! + those last 3 mega games collections, they're a bit weird. I think originally they came as/with console bundles, rather than being sold separately? I may be wrong though. Also, thanks for the shoutout!!! :D
MyGamerXP No problem holmes:) and yeah they was bundled
Hey Dan...just a heads up, Arcade1up just announced a dedicated Sega cabinet featuring the Golden Axe arcade games including REVENGE OF DEATH ADDER!!!!
This was a superb video retrospective mate. Weirdly I've been on the tubes since 2011 and I'd never come across your channel before. I'm subbed now and look forward to going through the rest of your vids in my spare time. I see you got a SOR retrospective. Looks like that will be my next watch :)
I have to say that as a massive fan of the beat em up genre I was never too gaga for the original Golden Axe. I played it in arcades and on the megadrive and while I did like the arcade version the MD port I thought was just ok. I actually prefer 2 over the first but I think that's mostly because it looks nicer. Of the three MD titles I do really like the 3rd. I know you said it didn't measure up as you felt it lost that GA feel but to me I thought it played better as the gameplay was a bit faster and more fluid. GA 3 is the one I go back to the most. My absolute favourite is definitely Revenge of Deathadder. That was a quality beat em up and I can't believe Sega has still to release a home port of it. You would have thought Sega would at least re release it digitally on psn and xbox live like Capcom did with Dungeons & Dragons. Missed opportunity if you ask me.
+Champion 2D Rob Huge thanks bud, glad your enjoying the channel :)
If sega did a arcade collection, I recon it would sell pretty damn well. Plus surly it cant be that hard to compile them in a snazy box with a few historic interviews.
COME ON SEGA!!!! YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
13:25 That makes Sega of America's attempt to cancel Gunstar Heroes even MORE baffling.
In America we had something called Sega 6pak. It had Sonic 1 , golden Axe 1, columns, revenge of shinobi , hang on and streets of rage 1 . It was awesome
Golden Axe logic- enemies fall dead BUT STILL have energy to scream like nobody's business.
!!! I have been googling all over for that decapitation intro, but never found anything about it. I remembered it from the arcades as a kid (in Norway), where we at some point must've had a japanese version of the game, which was not unusual at the time. I was starting to question my own sanity, if it was something child-me had invented in my head, but I am glad to see that it wasn't. Thanks!
I think an important fact that isn't mentioned is that the Sega Megadrive game is different from the arcade in that it has an extra level. When you free the king and queen, the door opens and you go into a final level.
Golden axe megadrive/genesis version has one extra level, the arcade version ends after you reach the castle.
The mega version continues inside the castle to finally face the real death adder. that was really cool.
Unbelievably detailed video bro, nice. Revenge of DA is 1 of my all time favorite games, just puts me back to a more innocent time in my life. Loved my mega drive. Also love streets of rage and moonwalker games. Did u have herzog zwei as well or tried playing it? It was also one of my faves on the mega drive. Wud love to c a detailed video as gud as yours cover that game. Nobody has ever really given that game any love, thnx. I'm a big fan of your work!
I am not 100% sure I know of that game, will defo be checking it out. Massive thanks mate for the love :D
Ur welcome, keep up the outstanding and brilliant job ur doing
You can play that Master System game on the Ultimate SEGA Megadrive collection as an unlockable. Great video, I loved the story at the start of how you first encountered Golden Axe.
You are correct sir, A mistake made by me :D 10 slope points go to you
I'm sure you knew, I was just letting people know in case they wanted to have a go at the game, I've played it and it's pretty good. It's great watching videos from a fellow SEGA fan.
Oh and what do Slope points get me?
respect from me hahaha, everyone else will hate you
Good video. Thanks. Brings me back although i wasn't.justf a sega-head back then, just got any console that came out still wish turbo grfx 16 had more games. Anyway Thanks again guys I'm feeling the nostalgia.
Damnit. The dwarf is the exact height and weight as me? This makes me think I should shave my beard too.
I remember reading about a Golden Axe port on the Dreamcast, perhaps unofficial though. Basically the original arcade with improved graphics (like shadows, blood etc) and without the SFX interrupting the music like it does on the MD.
Oh my. That music at the start of the video... is that Gadget Twins? I loved that game,
Wow, I just found your channel. You've put a lot of work in to these videos and I'm thankful for your diligence. Terrific video.
This video is Gold. Worthy of plating onto the axe. Well done sir. Did you try Gauntlet Legends yet? Wondering your feedback on that. I find it similarly themed.
I only recently discovered you but I absolutely love the context you give with reviews. So many times I wish reviewers would tell me what they thought at the time about games and stories connected to them. Basic reviews of the mechanics are so boring.
Huge thanks mate. I love that you understand what I am going for
Thank you very much for making this.
Golden Axe is the reason I'm the nerd I am today. It's either inspired some of my miniature/rpg projects.
Golden Axe Warrior is an easter egg (unlocked by getting enough achievements.) on the megadrive collection for xbox360 (I think it's also on the PS3, but haven't checked)
+l0stndamned Ahhhh im so happy the video conects with you :) and yes you are not the first to mention that lol, good spot
I got lucky, my Genesis came with "6 Pak" Which was Super Hangon, Sonic 1, Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Columns. Literally all winners.
This was the exact copy I had as a kid. I never had SoR or Shinobi separately like you!
Fantastic video! Thank you so much for making this. Cheers!
Daniel, great videos! I believe classic Japanese games in those days used aliases instead of real names in the credits to prevent other companies from headhunting and recruiting their staff (sorry if this has been mentioned!).