Mega Drive Longplay [323] Golden Axe

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Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series.
Makoto Uchida was the primary developer of the game and also was responsible for the creation of Altered Beast. The game was ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, among others.
The game where it all began for Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilus Thunderhead as they set out together again a common foe... Death Adder for the Golden Axe... the game's a classic and I played through three times with all characters to show off their various skills, techniques and what not. -
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[@danielsan2142]

Absolutely, one of my favorite Mega Drive titles of all time!!! Masterpiece!

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

@Johan Fouche This ones a mega drive title (the arcade title has better sound effects)

[@Syklonus]

@Johan Fouche He's clearly referring to the Megadrive port and not the arcade game you idiot.

[@matteoboldizzoni9870]

Golden axe is one of the best games in history.

[@javieralejandro1977]

Y Double Dragon

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

@@javieralejandro1977 kkkkk

[@d3vsy]

Street's of rage medieval style

[@gabrieltorres8842]

@@AndrewSouzaGames555 Racist? ku klux klan?????

[@luxuri5515]

@@gabrieltorres8842 oh yeah kkkk in brazilian is the equivalent to laughing

[@mr_selfdestrukt]

Ax=Battler: The Barbarian - His mother was killed by Death=adder. Tyris=Flare: The Amazon - Her father and mother were killed by Death=adder. Gilius=Thunderhead: The Dwarf - Got drunk, wanted to hit something.

[@nuruddinpeters9491]

+thundernegro lol...

[@Infernal460]

+C-c-c-ombo Breaker! Gilius=Thunderhead: The Dwarf - Got drunk, wanted to hit something.- Turned out to be his Brother.

[@KickboxerKyo1]

+C-c-c-ombo Breaker! Ax Battler = Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger); Tyris Flare = Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)/Valeria (Sandahl Bergman); Gilus Thunderhead = Subotai (Gerry Lopez)

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

Best Cast!

[@adamkhan985]

@@KickboxerKyo1 would definitely watch

[@shaunthesheep24]

This game takes me back. I used to always go the Dwarf. My friend usually went the barbarian, only this time, I decided to try out the Amazon woman. When I maxed out the magic and used it before I died, neither of us were expecting her to summon a dragon and burn everything.

[@prodkwop]

I miss games like this, they were so original and unique and straight to the point. I miss the oldies

[@thecowboy2]

Fun Fact: The Chicken Legs mounts first appeared as enemies in Altered Beast.

[@lalolanda8458]

Interesting. Good tip, thanks.

[@kron3409]

looooooooooooooooooooooool

[@marleymcleay9228]

never thought of hat, but what an awesome observation

[@gdp1121]

it's not fun

[@Toongamer]

Somehow that makes me believe Golden Axe and Altered Beast are connected in a way.

[@depressorfull]

The sounds of the guys dying "AAAEeeeAAAUUHHHH" always made me laugh.

[@angusking1593]

The really changed it in Golden Axe 2. "Pleh"

[@zachariejf1293]

That sound comes from the movie "rambo"

[@lsadin2457]

Haha the graphic is very good for this time, but the sound is lachflash of death haha!

[@BigBoct]

Name: Ax=Battler. Weapon: Sword Yeah, that makes sense.

[@animalchandler]

It kind of does make sense if you want it to; he is either a battler that uses an ax, or a battler with a history of defeating opponents who use axes. If that’s the case he could use any weapon.

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

I think it means he fights the big evil dude that has the golden axe, but yeah bit of an odd name

[@Syklonus]

Battles people who have axes. Makes perfect sense.

[@Floppauuugh]

Maybe he had issues with his parents and after several years away at preparatory school realized that living up to his birth name wouldn't result in the best weapon of choice for defeating the evil, which coincidently had killed his parents whilst away boarding. The fateful information was to be delivered by Alex who was also killed shortly after in an unrelated incidence. Avenging his friend became the reason for taking up the sword and restoring peace to the land.

[@dalaxdercrisper957]

He has upper hand because of weapon triangle

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

Some of the best game music even to date.

[@Larzuk06]

One of my favorite games for the genesis. There were quite a few times where you could have used the special attack to get the enemies behind you. That's pressing the attack+jump button at the same time. Sadly it won't always save you but it's quite useful to know.

[@kurukblackflame]

5:53 They didn't hack wildly at the villagers. This person does not know how to Golden Axe ;)

[@paranormal_bass1324]

My sisters, cousins and I would cry laugh when we tried to kill the villagers. Better times.

[@ppgranja3]

I finished this game sooooooo many times playing along with my bro and sis...great times back on the 90's!! Thanks for the walkthrough!!

[@Mizukitron]

Adult life for people in this exact nostalgia time frame is nothing but a lifelong quest: to find something that gives you the same feeling as baiting 2-3 enemies into diving off one of the cliffs as you play it cool waiting for the Go! sign Too often though - it is not being able to quite get all the potions from the little potion troll as he runs off and you get like one potion haha

[@MiguelCoBMaggot]

The three heroes all have such varied motivations for fighting, one lost his mother, another her mother and father and finally the last one lost his brother to Death Adder. Amazing...

[@raven_andromeda031]

Year after year I came here to get the nostalgic memories of my childhood.. good times that will never came back

[@CademanLillywhite]

😢

[@ThePolicenaut]

I grew up playing this game and it still holds up really well today ,too bad none of the sequels could match it.

[@CiroGalli]

One of the best games ever conceived by humankind. The arcade version is simply flawless. And this one is not a bad port at all. Totally faithful to the original. Watching this makes me just wanna go play it instead.

[@ValiantWrestling]

It's not totally faithful, they removed the bit with Alex explaining what has happened and then being clubbed to death.

[@BarakAvinoam]

better than many current holywood movies.

[@DCHurlford1]

This particular port of the game was superb.

[@Valduria]

22:33 Golden Antigravity Knight has discovered Antigravity.

[@Valduria]

That's as bad as the Chaos Marine in Dark Crusade that ran down the side of a vertical cliff in the Eldar Stronghold fight.

[@wolfelord9216]

My God I remember playing this game on the Genesis when I was barely even 5 years old. I sunk so many hours into it it wasnt even funny. I stopped playing the genesis for a while and when I went to play it again, I couldn't find the game. I cried so hard because of this. Now, Im 27, and I've spent the past 22+ years searching for this gem, and now I'm crying because I've finally found the game again. I didn't remember the name, only what it roughly looked like. Can't wait to play this again after so, so, so, so long. Our memories might dull over time, but we never forget. Thank you

[@Luzitanium]

I remember of always crack laughing with my friends everytime we paused the game and see the skeleton face on the floor like this 12:43

[@mmetaverso]

20:30 lol

[@andrewdreowusu-asiedu5082]

Dude you’re good... defeating Adder with barely a hit? I salute you... That’s where I use all my continues

[@junaidahmedkhan1574]

One of my favourites! Feeling nostalgic 😢

[@cybernautadventurer]

Interesting fact: the 2 skeletons in the final boss fight can in fact be killed, but they both have TWICE the HP as the final boss himself!!!! When using the special attack (pressing B+C), this has to be done 22 times on the skeletons to kill them. For the boss, it only takes 11 times. In fact, Death Bringer has the same HP as Death Adder. The difference is that the skeletons in the Death Bringer fight have 5x the HP of the skeletons in the Death Adder fight. Basically, the skeletons are the true final boss.

[@amandacook653]

Wow this brings back memories... I used to play this with my dad 😂

[@marleymcleay9228]

I miss the insidious snakes that form Death Adder. As seen in the Arcades. That aside, what a translation. Beautiful.

[@douglasaroni2234]

Kkkkk que top jogava de mais lembrei da minha infância

[@davidmurphy8364]

That legendary soundtrack😍😍😍

[@devonakimmer9402]

Happy anniversary to another of my childhood games🎉

[@josephschneider5050]

Tyris flare 😍💕💕💕💕....

[@sarnobat2000]

The irony is that I stopped playing this just before getting to "that" stage of puberty.

[@TheItalodancers]

The best port arcade game to console!!!

[@nadz5286]

this is so nostalgic

[@Rakshasa_Okay.]

THIS IS THE FRICKIN' GAME. AS A KID, I FUCKING LOVED THIS GAME SO FUCKING MUCH/

[@81mookthespook]

what a classic love both golden axe games for genesis

[@MrZillas]

There are 3 games. I have all 3.

[@81mookthespook]

@@MrZillas oh yeah I can't believe I forgot ty

[@afriend9428]

*Almost arcade perfect!!* ⭐️

[@BomazXD]

I forgot how Death=Adder just went on a rampage against adventurers families but spared the king and queen

[@Wolf3fd]

1:56:53 nice joke there! Tyris Flare - height - 5'08; weight - ? ... woman never tell you about their weight.

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

I was thinking just that, she especially would take your head off for asking

[@paxhumana2015]

For that, there are scales, and slipping them mickeys.

[@thorgrin199]

I love this game!

[@jujuju20121]

I love the music at the end

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I'm not gonna watch this for 2 hours, but... so many weekends and weekend nights wasted with this game when I was in secondary school. The dwarf had been my favorite toon, and I think I've beaten the game 5 or 6 times within an year... but I don't remember too much from it.

[@coaldust01]

Remember this only being in the arcades and then all of a sudden we had it at home? it was like a dream come true, I miss my childhood so much, These fortnite teens have no idea what is was like to get a super Nintendo or sega mega drive and start actually having arcade graphics at home.

[@juniororiginalone4659]

Golden axe is super nostagia man that was the super and excellent game in the history of mega drive

[@EmmanuelEXEf06]

Goold old times, damn, those skull were so boring but fun :p 23:40, epic theme :)

[@williamfiuza8328]

Memories.

[@garrettp6942]

Amiga had the best sounds and music from what i experienced

[@deoglemnaco7025]

My parents were also killed by Death=Adder. But you don’t see me making a huge fucking deal about it

[@williamfiuza8328]

Jogo inesquecível.

[@sandrasandradewi6061]

The Legend....Memory in 1991/1992....

[@heroic-manrhoden2650]

Bad Brothers vs. Hammer Brothers

[@mangala76]

Minions have the best AI compared to other similar fighting games

[@100kgsex]

best game ever.....still in 2024.....sega16bit.......sounds and music.....rules

[@hpalpha7323]

when I was a kid I thought the elves that steal your magic between levels were giant squirrels

[@MrX-ok3jq]

I know, limitations and all ... but I quite liked the additional levels the Gen/Megadrive added, although I'd prefer Death Bringer to be Death Adder using the titular Golden Axe (hence, power up).

[@scm64entertainment44]

did you notice something? the genesis is missing alot of voice samples from the arcade.

[@all-american469]

I used to play Golden Axe in 2014 & 2021 on Sonic's Ultimate Collection on ps3. That's my favorite. Since I beat Streets of Rage 2 & Altered Beast on ps3.

[@JutifiedGamma]

The bad guy at 20:29 went out like a stone cold G.

[@jackmehoffe9372]

You know its not tool assisted when he misses all those elves with potions the slag!

[@dorgodorato]

So the only way to get magic is to commit highway robber of the gnomes passing by? What has this world come to?!

[@cadenmonier218]

This game would surface on the genesis close to Christmas in 1989

[@loxishortridge1135]

When I was a kid I used to think the little thieves were squirrels

[@lsadin2457]

Yeah 1989 was 2 years before my birth! Haha the graphic is very good for this time, but the sound is lachflash of death haha!

[@danielmaciel7017]

sound of hitting enemies: Praken praken toc toc(Punch in the head) aahhhhhhh!! Lol

[@Indecency562]

but... but... who was alex!?

[@ValiantWrestling]

He was an injured soldier at the begining in the Arcade that tells you about the king and princess being kidnapped by death adder then is clubbed to death by a long moan enemy. They edited the part out in this version.

[@dlfrsilver]

@@ValiantWrestling they kept it in the amiga version, as other things missing from the megadrive version.

[@alemania348]

Finally i see someone who the Game continues in the castle!!!!you are the first one whos video i see it to continue inside after killing the last boss !!!!!01:20:08

[@RafaPetitoGamesOFC]

My game favorite together for 3.

[@agentchaos1862]

Que recuerdos 😢 cuando salía de la escuela jugaba este y el de los vaqueros tmb contra aunque mi mamá siempre le.molesto por qué era para niños

[@LeandroAmericanBoy]

Eu zerava sempre esse jogo

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Now that compilations are "in" and classics like this are becoming more appreciated by the new generation, why not have one that contains the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd games for Genesis, the arcade version of 1, the fighting game released in the mid 90s, and ESPECIALLY the Revenge of Death Adder?

[@melaniel.4269]

Revenge of Death Adder has serious emulating issues. Even after 15 years Mame can't properly emulate it without a ton of graphic glitches (especially the shadows) and sound issues. Almost all the Sega System 32 games are a pain in the ass to properly emulate for some reason. Golden Axe - The Duel should be fine if they use the Saturn version, since the Arcade version also has quite some graphic and sound issues on emulators. The Sega Titan hardware, just like System 32, is not easy to emulate. I doubt we will ever see a proper running version of Revenge of Death Adder unless they re-program the game from the ground up for modern platforms.

[@deborarodrigues5283]

Que saudade da infância

[@LittleSongBirdTales]

Its the death sound effect for me.

[@Daud76]

In Golden Axe, I have always wondered what words above some doors mean. For example at 9:38, double doors have "DEB" on a plaque above. Other doors have other letters and numbers.... 🤔

[@felipedeoliveira9740]

Great

[@ghostfrieza2904]

Holy nostalgia i just coomed my pants

[@killval849]

Fun fact! This game was ENTIRELY voice acted by prisoners on death row.

[@martins_o_liso]

Yeah, very fun.

[@gothgrape]

WHAT!!!

[@AdrenaLukeYT]

They need to start prescribing this game at TRT clinics

[@TheHavrylyuk]

Death Adder running 😂

[@Sctvita]

Death Adder's Father is a True Final Boss on Golden Axe the Sega Mega Drive Version But It's not Arcade Version.

[@so_qp]

If you remember this you are true OG player.

[@science212]

Nice game.

[@SaitohYatate]

AAAAAAWWWWW GAAAAHHHHD!!!!!!

[@florianfuckinggames]

I never finished the game

[@proveit5813]

i was 7 good old days yo

[@legionbeast]

While The Barbarian clearly looks like Conan and the Amazon clearly resembles Red Sonja, Gilius the Dwarf is certainlyan conglomeration of things. this is most likely why he's continued to show up in the other Sega titles and not so much the other two.

[@bigblue9996]

I think he's supposed to represent Zeus.

[@legionbeast]

Gameshowboy 92 well he's a lot of things, he's got the thick beard and horned helm of a "viking", his magic is lightning like Zeus as you mentioned, he also wields an axe.

[@legionbeast]

Morden101 Well yeah.

[@higherground711]

The dragon mounts sound constipated.

[@willschweitzer9784]

there is one issue i have with this game THE FUCKING SKELETONS

[@Neopulse00]

22:33 - H4x!!!!

[@natalieh8540]

This and shinobi were my favourite

[@jpa5456]

Gilius Thundernuts, Ass Battler, and Ric Flare.

[@JinzoCrash]

Wait... ...why were there 2 playthroughs with the dwarf at the end?

[@leonardosantana7009]

40:28 INSANE!

[@chanimpresario4968]

53:54 I used to get so angry as a kid when the skeleton conked me in the head like that.

[@cldpizza5392]

When been surrounded.. hack left then right.. continue till all dead.. HAHAHAA

[@ValiantWrestling]

Why did they remove the bit with Alex from the beginning? 🤔

[@dlfrsilver]

because the cart space in rom was too expensive, sega did not allowed their programmers to use a 16mbits cart. They had to do with 8mbits only. They had to reduce the MD version on the graphic contents. It's incredibly blocky.

[@DaniKarmann]

@@dlfrsilver in fact, the game has only 4 mbits (512 kbytes).

[@dlfrsilver]

@@DaniKarmann even worse.

[@raul7933]

8:00 no me olvides !

[@mpnavertissement3674]

The blue thieves have pot ... it's magic

[@geraint8989]

Anyone else think the (male) scream when you kill someone is a bit Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

[@TallSilentGuy]

5:06 Is when the song Hazard by Richard Marx kicks in!

[@mikemaldonado9960]

Woah awesome!

[@Rashers-]

Fuckn hell that tune takes me back what a great game the girl had tve best magic that dragon was a beast fun fun times 🥹