Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe

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52K plays 1992 #Action#RPG

Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe is a 1991 action-adventure game developed by Aspect Co. and published by Sega for the Game Gear. The game is a spin-off of the popular Golden Axe series.

The protagonist is Ax Battler, the male barbarian character from the original Golden Axe game. The series' primary villain, Death Adder, is laying siege to the entire world. He steals the Golden Axe, a magical weapon that grants its wielder unimaginable power, from its hiding place in Firewood Castle. To prevent Death Adder using its powers to destroy the world, the king of Firewood Castle calls upon the help of his strongest warrior: Ax Battler. During his journey, Ax Battler must battle through the following "special landmarks": The Spooky Cave, Peninsula Tower, Turtle's Back, Death Pyramid, Evil Cave, Maze Wood, Gayn Mountain, Eagle's Back, Ice Cliffs and Death Adder's Castle.

From Wikipedia's article Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Game GearPlayer 1
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Button 2X
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  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Game GearPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
Button 1Z
Button 2X
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden AxeGame Gear

2.5 Could be better

Critics 62 · 15 reviews

What the reviews talk about

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What the critics said

  • They compared playing Ax Battler to jumping off a cliff – stating that "one go is more than enough, and isn't really recommended at all".

    — Mean Machines Sega, 1992

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Beep! MegaDrive 5.25/10
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 7/10, 7/10, 5/10, 6/10
  • Famitsu 5/10, 5/10, 5/10, 4/10
  • Games-X 2/5
  • Mean Machines Sega 39%
  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 8/10
  • Zero 87/100
  • Console XS 56/100
  • Electric Brain 75%
  • Game Zero Magazine 72.5/100
  • Game Zone 73/100
  • Hippon Super! 3/10
  • MegaZone 78/100
  • Sega Power 3/5
  • Sega Pro 77/100

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 63/100 · 197 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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