Golden Axe (video game)

Golden Axe
Golden Axe
	North American cover art
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Designer(s)	Makoto Uchida
Composer(s)	You Takada; Jeroen Tel (C64)
Series	Golden Axe
Platform(s)	Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, Sega CD, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, IBM PC, PC-Engine CD, WonderSwan Color, ZX Spectrum
Release	Arcade JP: January 27, 1989; WW: May 1989; Mega Drive/Genesis NA: 22 December 1989; JP: 23 December 1989; EU: 30 November 1990; PC Engine CD JP: 1990; Master System EU: February 1990; NA: 1 March 1990;
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up ; Hack and slash
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Sega System 16B

Golden Axe^[a] is a side-scrolling hack-and-slash video game released by Sega for arcades in 1989, running on the Sega System 16B arcade hardware.^[5] Makoto Uchida was the lead designer of the game, and was also responsible for the creation of the previous year's Altered Beast. The game casts players as one of three warriors who must free the fantastical land of Yuria from the tyrannical rule of Death Adder, who wields the titular Golden Axe.

The game was well received at the time of release, Golden Axe was later converted for play on many different home systems, including Sega's own Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System. The game's success spawned an entire franchise consisting of several sequels and various spin-offs.

^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.
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^ "Golden Axe (Registration Number PA0000418002)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Do Me a Favour... Plug Me Into a Sega". Computer and Video Games. No. 100 (March 1990). 16 February 1990. p. 56.
^ "Golden Axe". The International Arcade Museum.

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[1] Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.

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[3] "Golden Axe (Registration Number PA0000418002)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[4] "Do Me a Favour... Plug Me Into a Sega". Computer and Video Games. No. 100 (March 1990). 16 February 1990. p. 56.

[6] "Golden Axe". The International Arcade Museum.

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