Golden Axe by InTheMug in

Runner introduction starts at 00:52. Run starts at 2:01.
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Runner introduction starts at 00:52. Run starts at 2:01.

[@jackal320155]

AlexxShadenk777 probably the most inconvenient thing I’ve ever seen in my life, am I right?!

[@p0tatob0ys]

When there's a signal it doesn't do it, when theres no signal it does. Hope that helps.

[@xXNewManOneXx]

HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@HansMaximum]

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[@Dillo64]

Being an enemy in this game must really be the pits.

[@movingparts6270]

I found this run to be enlightening: it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, skeleton or knight, everyone ends up in the pit in the end.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

This game was so difficult for me as a child. This is quite cathartic for me.

[@tehf00n]

why? do you have no arms? I watched a dozen people complete this game on their first attempt the day they put it in the arcade. I got to the last level myself. It's ones of the easiest ones of this type of games.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

I remember always playing it but never beating it myself. Then again I was likely younger than 10 when playing it. I wonder if I’d stand a chance now.

[@maximomastrolia]

same for me bro! nice memories!

[@OBeDMortan]

I was only 4 when I started playing it and my brother use to get so mad because I always died 🤣 great memories

[@lafridarb3289]

The arcade where i played as a child time had incredible bad controls, and sometimes the button did not worked.. It was a show if someone finish the game..

[@InTheMug]

Thanks for having me there, GDQ! Also thanks to my couch-mates for being alongside me on stage :)

[@ajpiskel]

Fantastic run! I really expected this to be a glitchfest given how short the time was, not being familiar with how speedrunning Golden Axe was and seeing the time. Seeing that it was all just execution was mindblowing and have to say I laughed when EVERYONE (including you) went into the pit.

[@psykoe3]

Amazing run Mug! You and the couch were great! Looking forward to seeing you at another GDQ event.

[@mcbain23]

Cool run Mug!

[@honestinsincerity2270]

Great run but how dare you not ride the dragons?? Do you think you’re better than us??!

[@milesmurphree2364]

Everyone into the pit!

[@Trgn]

Holy shit. I played this a child, and didnt even remember its name. Now to find out ppl still playing it competively.Amazing

[@philipcooper8297]

Did he just went through my childhood in eight and a half minutes?

[@thuff86]

Brings back a lot of childhood memories, didn't get to play games much. But when I got to play this I'd sit there for hours... if not days.

[@introvertedwifi3963]

Grandparents describing their walk to school

[@Anthopants]

Thanks for having me on the couch, InTheMug. Great run from an awesome guy!

[@InTheMug]

Anthopants thanks for being there! Really appreciate it :)

[@medleysa]

Everyone goes into the pit.

[@ChumblesMumbles]

The smart and difficult and skillful (and fast) way is shown here. The dumb and easy but slower way is to just dash attack from one end of the screen to the other. As long as you can position the enemies individually or in groups at the edges of the screen and keep the center clear, the game is totally beatable. Just takes a lot longer. Also, 'everyone into the pit'.

[@benbenzay]

Golden Axe by InTheMug so good

[@chidagamer6497]

Oh my God, I had no memory of this game until I saw the character select and was suddenly like, "Wait, I've seen these people before..." We had a disc on our Dreamcast that had a bunch of older games on it, and this was one of them. I'd totally forgotten about it until just now.

[@rappel322]

This is so awesome. You make it look so easy! Thanks for the memories :)

[@pwatersnh]

Wish I knew these tricks when I was a kid! This gave gives me a lot of nostalgia, one of the best Genesis games!

[@calebokeefe376]

No "shout out" needed for a voice actor on the death screams. That's a straight rip from Conan the Barbarian when Thorgrim dies to the spear trap near the end. Also fun fact, Thorgrim was played by Sven Ole Thorsen you can also see him die awesome deaths in Conan the Destroyer, Twins, Gladiator, and Predator. ** Oops, forgot Blade Runner too!

[@tonyvo3432]

Sweet game! Congratulations

[@VirtuaFighterRPG]

Learned some nice tricks watching this

[@GameMakerRob]

Pretty intense at the end

[@hugh2hoob668]

some of the best speedrunners are in tremendous shape

[@piplup2009]

Love this game as well as altered beast

[@nosirrahx]

This was my crack as a kid. I was a huge fan of both the arcade and Genesis. The only trick I used that I didn't see in this run was was getting the hammer brothers on stage 3 to jump off the corner where the wood touches the stone. If you trick then to run past you a quick up down confuses the AI and they drop off the bottom of the screen. You don't even need to touch them.

[@InTheMug]

Ahh yes I am familiar with this trick :D I was trying to pull off another trick that takes them out in like 5 seconds with downstabbing them. I just screwed it up :P I like the trick you mentioned though, it's funny to just see them fall off the bottom of the screen like that hahaha

[@nosirrahx]

It is, like the collision just turns off for a second. I did by accident once and then struggled to replicate it, took forever to get consistent. Makes me want to fire this up again. Back when I played this I set a goal to never be touched while killing as many enemies as possible via cliff death. Too bad it screws up a speed run otherwise you could include the flying golden knights. I am sure you are aware that unless you hit them he golden knights don't fall when standing over a pit. That also looks really funny.

[@ShapeyFiend]

Interesting. I finished this probably a couple of hundred times back in the day thought I knew all the ways to cheese the enemies but this is insane.

[@hardcoredoom5892]

Good shit, man.

[@chanceaaronblack2792]

Good times baby!

[@introvertedwifi3963]

I've only heard about this game an hour ago

[@TheSupremeSkill]

Great game!

[@HylianHero69]

I was so young when this was out for sega. I remember beating it a handful of times but I swore it was hours long hahaha

[@alystair]

Are you sure you weren't playing Pitfall?

[@DavinciWhite]

Awesome !!

[@arcengal]

Game was sweet as a kid. No-one believed me in the playground when I said you can kill the skeletons in Stage 8, they assumed I was making it up because they have so much health. For me, they're the game's true final bosses.

[@Borene999]

i played this, altered beast and alien storm endlessly between the ages of 4-7.

[@Paul_Henshall]

OMG, like a boss!

[@happywesley]

I played this game when I was young and it was SOO hard ..I never finished the final boss...I believe is the final boss :P

[@THEmuteKi]

Andy Dwyer's favorite game

[@MVPGame]

Everyone into the pit!! 😂

[@ElPincheDruk]

No shout out to the pit?

[@InTheMug]

Late shout out to all pits :P

[@Shining4Dawn]

It's sad that to this day no one does speedruns of the DOS version. It's really fun and full of glitches. For example, you can just knock the first stage of Death Adder off the screen if you hit him with a jumping attack right when he comes out the door. How's that for a quick boss kill?

[@tylerlyons6038]

I always picked the green Dwarf guy cause he was a total BOSS

[@harley-wp6xt]

the only way i managed to beat this game was shoulder-shoving every boss as the dwarf. still, its pretty fun

[@Gggmanlives]

I went to take a piss, came back and he's at Level 7. Da fuq

[@AlexG3Z]

I played it on Summer sports camp 2017 and 2018 (sweden)

[@Amcor09]

I like the parts where it says "NO SIGNAL" in the middle of the screen.

[@mrgrimrjs]

5:58 props to the VA

[@ZapWires]

The extra level at the end in the genesis version kicks my ass a lot, I have beaten it before but usually I die at death bringer.

[@burdenonsociety1968]

kandriod yeah and castle-vania was a good one too

[@vaclavnejezchleb8402]

Good boy

[@trevormoses5061]

8:40 "Aaannndd... he's wearing no pants." LOL

[@casshotwheelsoday5399]

I pushed play made a sandwich Sat down and done

[@djangoreinhardt3795]

Does anyone know the name of that Metroid looking game that flashes quickly at 13:13? It looks cool, I wanna play it

[@notskrub7013]

I remember this game as a kid....Dude this was way too hard :D Ofc i was dumb and didn't know strats as a kid but goddamn did i play the shit out of it... Also i never finished it :(

[@existenz3883]

lol the sound when the enemies die

[@Grinder1999X]

5:59 the scream is from a conan movie. Look it up : D

[@InTheMug]

The designers of this game were inspired by Conan, so I'm not surprised!

[@brantnuttall]

I always called the king Ade, because he reminded me of Ade Edmonson! lol

[@anysnail6390]

Everyone into the pit.

[@augustgreig9420]

I remember beating this I. the arcade when I was a kid

[@terminator1973]

What control pad was you using? Also was you using digital or analog?

[@InTheMug]

Kevin Higginson I was using an original Sega genesis controller, which is a digital controller

[@bebaessacerveja]

6:13 What is dead may never die - OH WAIT

[@aggroknight4259]

João Gonçalves Jr. "How can you kill what's already DEAD!?" ~Skeleton King, Dota 2.

[@michaelknoblach83]

How long would it take for a "normal" player?

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

1:30 "That's the only reason that we really pick her..." Yeah, I'm sure that is...

[@InTheMug]

Trygve Plaustrum hahaha :D

[@geuwglesuxballz6074]

Yes, that's what he said.

[@MagicPumpkin]

Yea because that pixely mess is such a turn on right?

[@MrFancyKisses]

Pixely messes were all we HAD! :3

[@sosalish441]

8:47 helps the case.

[@Werorn]

So what's the story of this game?

[@HollowaysIdea]

Is the Downward Stab that OP??

[@johndilo9922]

Ive never finished this game without infinite coin :o

[@garymarshall7559]

7:35, challenge accepted, if I can find that game again

[@InTheMug]

You are free to use an emulator, console, virtual console, or the steam version of the game! They are all accepted if you want to start posting runs on the leaderboard :)

[@koldosebastian5096]

Bikini girl kills an army and saves kingdom in under nine minutes

[@lastsc7429]

Is this the MegaDrive ver or Arcade?

[@InTheMug]

last Sc this is the genesis version!

[@ghost96369]

What console is this being run on?

[@InTheMug]

ghost96369 Sega genesis!

[@wonderboy4993]

This game is soooooo easy. I remember when I got this game as a kid I beat it the first night I played it

[@chrisgiles9139]

shame about the breathing down the mic :(

[@nAmE7056]

How different someone who is just good at the game and not just glitching it out.

[@Ocelot35]

Too fast. Take it slow and have fun.

[@iwantsquareballoons]

remember tide pods?