Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder...a perfect game?
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Yeah I wish they had released this on Saturn, the fools.
Never played it, looks good.
Never played it, looks good.
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Hey bro, as always, dig your vids.
I used to own the pcb.
I really like the raw power that comes through in the game, it's very brazen, extravagant.
But as a game it's a bit of a mess and not great. To me at least. A great audio visual experience but not a great hack and slash
I used to own the pcb.
I really like the raw power that comes through in the game, it's very brazen, extravagant.
But as a game it's a bit of a mess and not great. To me at least. A great audio visual experience but not a great hack and slash
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Yeah, it's really a shame that it never had a Saturn port - would have been perfect. I picked up the Arcade 1UP cab earlier this year and have put a fair amount of time into it. It's a solid arcade beat-em-up. A bit better than the original Golden Axe mechanically, but the sprite work is definitely a league above the first game. Not the best brawler out there, but certainly solid and worth a play.
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Saturn would have been the perfect platform for it for sure
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It caught my eye in 90's early 00's when they dumped it and started emulating it.
It didn't work very well for along time though.
I had a PCB for it but it had issues I couldn't fix or get repaired and I sold it for the draughtboard that should have been working fine.
I finally played it maybe 10 years ago a couple times, need to play it more.
It didn't work very well for along time though.
I had a PCB for it but it had issues I couldn't fix or get repaired and I sold it for the draughtboard that should have been working fine.
I finally played it maybe 10 years ago a couple times, need to play it more.
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def need to play it more
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This and the AvP arcade Beam 'Em Up would've been amazing to play on the Saturn. I always wondered why these were never ported to any home consoles.
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for AvP probably licensing
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I had a chance to play through this a couple times when I was fixing an audio problem for a friend's board. It was fun to play through. I am hoping that a System 32 core is developed for MiSTer. It would be pretty cool to play it on there, especially with the jamma boards that have been coming out for MiSTer lately.
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Yeah no doubt. I can't remember the source so don't hold me to it, but I remember reading something that reported it was at one point planned to be released on the Sega 32x of all consoles. It was of course cancelled before anything got made and my only guess can be because the 32x was a shitshow from the start and Sega was probably trying to direct resources to the Saturn.
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For some reason, this game was never released on a home console, even though it was popular in the arcades. It would have had to be released on Saturn or Dreamcast to do the arcade version justice.
It was released a couple of years ago, on the Astro City Mini Cabinet, and the Arcade1Up Golden Axe Arcade Machine.
https://www.siliconera.com/astro-city-mini-cabinet-coming-from-sega/
https://arcade1up.com/products/golden-axe-arcade-cabinet
It was released a couple of years ago, on the Astro City Mini Cabinet, and the Arcade1Up Golden Axe Arcade Machine.
https://www.siliconera.com/astro-city-mini-cabinet-coming-from-sega/
https://arcade1up.com/products/golden-axe-arcade-cabinet
What is the cause of no audio on this board? Mine still plays fine but there’s no sound.
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Could be bad caps near the sound section. Could be a bad sound rom (I believe Sega separated sound roms from graphic / program roms but I’d have to check)
Could be lots of reasons
Yeah I’ve never really been able to get a definitive answer guess the only way to know is have someone more tech savvy than me take a look.
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I never played it, but looks very good....but not better than Streets of Rage 2
BIG Fucking true. I have yet to play anything that exceeds SoR 2 in terms of ... Anything
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yeah without having the board in front of me I can only guess. But its repairable for sure
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If I recall correct, it was making sure that the jumpers were set correctly. I do not remember if they were or not, but after setting them according to what they should have been, the audio started working. It may have been an oxidized connection with one of the jumpers that was cleaned when I was moving jumpers around. I am trying to find the information I originally came across that pointed me in that direction, but no luck yet. If I find it, I will post the link. Sadly, I do not have the board as it was done for a friend.
Not sure if it would help, but try reseating the jumpers on the rom board to give it a fresh connection. The default settings are on page 29 of this manual if you need them... https://segaretro.org/images/c/cc/GAtRoDA_System32_US_Manual.pdf
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magic? lol I always wondered that myself and I think I even commented on it in the video
