Golden axe is still to this day one of my all time favourite games. It is a classic arcade game with not much in the way of a plot. The general idea of the game is to walk along and if something moves, kill it.
You have a choice of three characters a little green dwarf dude with the most huge battle axe, a barbarian in a blue loin cloth with a rather shabby looking broadsword or the bikini clad vixen with a dagger.
Golden axe is still to this day one of my all time favourite games. It is a classic arcade game with not much in the way of a plot. The general idea of the game is to walk along and if something moves, kill it.
You have a choice of three characters a little green dwarf dude with the most huge battle axe, a barbarian in a blue loin cloth with a rather shabby looking broadsword or the bikini clad vixen with a dagger. The dwarf is the best melee fighter and has the least magical power up his sleeve. The barbarian is the all round medium melee and medium magic bloke. The bikini clad woman character has the least effective melee attack but the ultimate in butt kicking awesome supreme
magical dragon power.
As you progress through the levels you will encounter enemies armed with maces, swords, dragons, basically you undress it you'll probably get it hurled your way. Beat anything that moves as soon as you see it. If you see a little gnome ting carrying a sack running about, hit it. These little guys carry your potions. This is what you build up your magic power with. When you find an enemy that looks bigger and meaner than the rest, that’s the time to let them rip. The Death Bringers (look like executions) are the hardest.
As well as potions you can also pick up beasties on your way. Certain enemies will be riding on freaky tail wagging beasts and later on dragons. Knock the bad guys off their mounts and they are yours for the taking. Now being that the beasties are quite powerful little things you want to try not to get knocked off. If you do your beasty will run away and this is not really a good thing if you've only just got on.
If you have trouble with this game there are a couple of moves you should probably try if you’re just walking around swinging thine weapon (although this works well with the dwarf). The first is the charge attack the dwarf headbutts, the barbarian shoulder barges and the bikini clad woman does flying kicks. To perform a charge you run and then attack. The other and probably the only move that will get you to the very end of the game is the super jump attack. For this, first you run then you jump, then attack at the top of your jump causing you to come plummeting back to terra firma crushing skulls.
Play this game it’s good.
