Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a side-scrolling beat'em up video game released in 1992 by Sega for the System 32 arcade board.[1] It is part of the Golden Axe series of games. The game was not released for home consoles until 2020, when it was included in Astro City Mini along with the first Golden Axe.[2]

Golden Axe:
The Revenge of Death Adder
Developer(s)Sega AM1
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)Makoto Uchida
Tomoyuki Kawamura
Masanori Takeuchi
SeriesGolden Axe
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1992
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
CabinetUpright
Arcade systemSega System 32

The player characters are Goah the giant, Stern Blade the barbarian, Dora the Kentauride, and Little Trix, a young elf lad who carries a pitchfork. None of the characters from the first game are playable, although Gilius Thunderhead from the first game rides on Goah's back, and casts the magic spells between the two, while Goah does the fighting. The main enemy is once again Death Adder. Multiple players could cooperate to complete wrestling moves on one enemy. Depending on the cabinet, the game allowed up to two, three or four simultaneous players.

Gameplay

As well as introducing multiple paths to the franchise, the magic aspect was adjusted. Though still found in the classic Golden Axe pots, the magic spells did not increase in power with the number of pots collected but required a set number to work. The Revenge of Death Adder was the only Golden Axe game in which one of the magic attacks was not offensive, as Trix grew apple trees with fruit that replenished health. The players are allowed to choose different pathways at two Three-way junctions. Depending on the version, the unchosen paths are skipped entirely or have to be passed later in the game.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder on their November 15, 1992 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[3]

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References
  1. "Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 18 Dec 2013.
  2. "Astro City Mini Cabinet Coming From Sega". Siliconera. Retrieved 10 Jul 2020.
  3. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 438. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1992. p. 29.


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