Golden Axe (Genesis)

Golden Axe
Developer: Sega Publishers: Sega (JP/US/EU/AU), Tec Toy (BR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: December 23, 1989 Released in US: December 22, 1989 Released in EU: November 30, 1990 Released in AU: 1990 Released in BR: 1990 This game has a hidden level select. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article

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Prototype Info

Level Select

At the player select screen of Arcade mode, hold Down + Left + B (before the screen appears for best results) and press Start. A number will appear in the corner of the screen which can be changed with Up/Down.

Forcing level select to load level 9 or 10 shows there is a leftover test screen for the prisoner scene, and level 1 boss.

Unseen artwork

Most of the top of level 2 artwork is impossible to see without hacking

The start of level 3 is also chopped off at the top

Revisional Differences

Text

Much of the dialogue and text was slightly rewritten to be less awkward.

Arcade

Stage 1 Beginning

REV 00	REV 01
DEATH ADDER INVADED THE CASTLE AND HAS TAKEN THE KING AND PRINCESS PRISONERS.
MY GOOD FRIEND ALEX WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE BATTLE.TO DEFEAT THEM IS A MUST AND	MY GOOD FRIEND ALEX WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE BATTLE.TO DEFEAT THEM AND TO BRING
BRINGING PEACE TO THE LAND IS MY DUTY!	PEACE TO THE LAND IS MY DUTY!

Stage 3 Ending

REV 00	REV 01
WE HAVE GONE IN CLOSE VICINITY OF THE CASTLE. BUT THE WAY IS PACKED BY ENEMY LINES. WE MUST DARE THE "FIEND'S PATH" TO REACH THE CASTLE.	WE HAVE GONE IN CLOSE TO THE VICINITY OF THE CASTLE. BUT THE WAY IS BLOCKED BY ENEMY LINES. WE MUST DARE THE "FIEND'S PATH" TO REACH THE CASTLE.

Stage 4 Ending

REV 00	REV 01
THE "FIEND'S PATH" WAS A GREAT GREAT EAGLE. WE ARE TAKEN ACROSS THE SKIES TO THE CASTLE. NOW THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS.	THE "FIEND'S PATH" WAS A GREAT EAGLE. WE ARE TAKEN ACROSS THE SKIES TO THE CASTLE. NOW THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS.

Stage 6 Ending

REV 00	REV 01
TAKE MY UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR OUR RESCUE.	ACCEPT MY UTMOST GRATITUDE FOR OUR RESCUE.
I THANK YOU AND YOUR COURAGE.FOR IT HAD RID OF DEATH ADDER AND HIDEOUS PLOT.	I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE.FOR YOU HAVE RID US OF THE HIDEOUS DEATH ADDER.
......BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKING ORDERS.
COME TO THINK OF IT, NOT A FEW TIMES DID HE DISAPPEAR INTO THAT DOOR!	SOMETIMES HE DID DISAPPEAR INTO THAT DOOR!
WILL YOU NOT GO INTO BATTLE FOR ME,ONCE AGAIN?	WILL YOU GO INTO BATTLE FOR ME,YET ONCE MORE?
YES, MY LORD!!

Stage 8 Ending

REV 00	REV 01
THANK YOU GALLANT ONE! NOW THE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE,
TO BUILD,TO PROSPER IN PEACE. MAY YOU BE TITLED, THE GRAND MASTER	TO BUILD,AND TO PROSPER IN PEACE. MAY YOU BE TITLED THE SAVIOUR OF OUR
GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM! NOW PREPARE FOR A FEAST! GRAND FEAST!	KINGDOM! NOW PREPARE FOR A GRAND FEAST!
TO PRAISE YOUR ACT OF BRAVERY AND DEEDS OF COURAGE.	WE PRAISE YOUR ACTS OF BRAVERY AND DEEDS OF COURAGE.

Beginner

Ending

REV 00	REV 01
ENJOY THE GAME? AFTER YOU'VE MASTERED THIS MODE,GO FOR MORE TOUGH N'ROUGH ACTION IN THE ARCADE MODE. IF YOU'RE STILL UNSURE,MORE TRAINING AWAITS YOU HERE!!	ENJOY THE GAME? AFTER YOU'VE MASTERED THIS MODE,GO FOR MORE ROUGH'N TOUGH ACTION IN THE ARCADE MODE. IF YOU'RE STILL UNSURE,MORE TRAINING AWAITS YOU HERE!!

The Duel

Game Over

REV 00	REV 01
UNFORTUNATELY YOU ARE DEFEATED ON THE WAY TO THE GLORY LET'S TRY ANOTHER DUEL!	UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE BEEN DEFEATED ON THE PATH TO GLORY. LET'S TRY ANOTHER DUEL!

Ending

REV 00	REV 01
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON AGAINST ALL OF ENEMIES. YOU CAN GET MUCH MORE POWER AND TECHNIQUE BECAUSE OF THE VICTORY OF THIS DUEL!! NOW,LET'S TRY ARCADE MODE.	CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE WON AGAINST ALL OF YOUR ENEMIES. YOU CAN GET MORE POWER AND TECHNIQUES BECAUSE OF YOUR VICTORY IN THIS DUEL!! NOW,LET'S TRY ARCADE MODE.

Sound Test

REV 00	REV 01

"PATH OF FIEND" and "THEME OF THIEF" were renamed "FIEND'S PATH" and "THIEF'S THEME", respectively.

Bug Fix

After defeating the final boss, Death Bringer, his giant axe flies up into the air and lands in his chest. However, in co-op mode, the graphics for the axe are severely glitched. This error was fixed in the revision.

Misc.

REV 00, REV 01	REV 02

REV 00, REV 01	REV 02

The Sega screen is changed in REV02. Instead of the logo drawing itself, the whole logo draws from left to right, and the logo has a "™" instead of an "®". The "™" is also in the title screen.

Also, in REV02, when playing on Japanese or European systems, there is a region lock message.