Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder...a perfect game?

[awbacon]

Not gonna lie IMO this is what "perfect" looks like when it comes to beat em ups. Sega hit a grand slam with this one.

 

[2D_mastur]

The team moves are rad.

Game is top notch, definately 9/10, because nothing is perfect.

 

[halk3n]

Just below Ninja Gaiden (1988).

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Just below Ninja Gaiden (1988).

funny joke friend

 

[neo_moe]

Not gonna lie IMO this is what "perfect" looks like when it comes to beat em ups. Sega hit a grand slam with this one.

I never played it, but looks very good....but not better than Streets of Rage 2

 

[madmanjock]

Yeah I wish they had released this on Saturn, the fools.

Never played it, looks good.

 

[DevilRedeemed]

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

 

[yagamikun]

Yeah I wish they had released this on Saturn, the fools.

Never played it, looks good.

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.

 

[awbacon]

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.

Saturn would have been the perfect platform for it for sure

 

[Xavier]

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.

 

[awbacon]

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.

def need to play it more

 

[Hairlesswookiee]

Yeah I wish they had released this on Saturn, the fools.

Never played it, looks good.

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.

 

[awbacon]

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.

for AvP probably licensing

 

[Black IcE]

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.

 

[Hairlesswookiee]

for AvP probably licensing

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.

 

[joe8]

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

 

[b-blanco]

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.

What is the cause of no audio on this board? Mine still plays fine but there’s no sound.

 

[awbacon]

What is the cause of no audio on this board? Mine still plays fine but there’s no sound.

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