Genesis
Golden Axe III
DEV
Sega
REL
Jun '93
ALSO
About

Golden Axe III is the Japan-exclusive final chapter in the Golden Axe trilogy. It features a revamped combat engine, an all-new cast of characters, and branching stages while maintaining Golden Axe standards like distance-based attacks and stock-based screen-clearing magic attacks.

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Story

Now that you have been released from the evil curse, your mission is to defeat the Prince of darkness and return with the Golden Axe.

Go now, brave warrior!

Trivia

This game was never released in the US, but it could be downloaded from the Sega Channel for a brief period of time. It's strange it wasn't brought over because the Japanese version is already in full English.

Despite Golden Axe being the first weapons-based brawler, half of Golden Axe's fighters are actually unarmed.

Release Info
Developer
Sega
Publisher
Sega
Released
Jun '93
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Series
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Game
Players
2
Structure
Branching
Difficulty
Medium
Gang size
Average (5)
Variety
Bonus stages
Playtime
1:15
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump, Special
Combos
Distance
Grabs
Close attack
Dashing
Double-tap
Enemy H. Bars
No
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Stay
Weapons
N/A
Death-blow
No
Friendly Fire
Yes
Char Switch
No
Ground Hit
Yes
Revive
Invincibility
Restore
Food only
Style
Art Style
Realistic
Sprites
Medium
Setting
Medieval
Focus
Weapons, Hand-to-hand
Music
Medieval
Tone
Serious
Numbers
Fighters
4
Stages
?
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
3
Continues
3
Extend
?
Slamson Sez
Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

At first I despised this game because I played the PAL version which was painfully slow. After playing at full speed, it's only alright. There are a ton of moves but unfortunately you can spam the best ones to ruin the challenge. It looks really ugly but at least the music's pretty good. It can really drag on near the end and it's really long.

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