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1989 beat 'em up video game

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Golden Axe is an arcade and action game developed by Team Shinobi. It was released in 1989, with publication dates listed as January 27, 1989, and 1990. The title belongs to the Golden Axe franchise and utilizes the Sega System 16 engine. Players can engage in single-player, multiplayer, and co-operative modes.

The game is categorized as a hack and slash beat 'em up. It is available on various platforms, including PC, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Commodore/Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis, SEGA Master System, Arcade, and Commodore C64/128/MAX. Ratings for the game include a score of 3.96 from RAWG and a critic rating of 65 from IGDB, based on two critic reviews.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Game data

Released
1989-12-23
User rating
3.96 / 5
Genres
Arcade, Action
Platforms
PC, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis, SEGA Master System

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Game details · IGDB

65Critic score · 2 ratings
75User score · 221 ratings

Progress is made through the game by fighting through Death Adder's henchmen, including men armed with clubs and maces, skeleton warriors, and knights. Players are able to attack using their weapon, jump and cast spells that hurt all enemies on the screen. The force of this magic depends on the number of "bars" of magic power currently available. The bars are filled by collecting blue 'magic potions' attained by kicking little sprites who then drop the potions. These sprites appear during regular levels and during bonus stages in between levels. The male warrior Ax is able to cast earth spe…

Released
1989
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms
Arcade, PlayStation 3, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, WonderSwan Color, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Engine
Sega System 16
Franchise
Golden Axe
Developer
Team Shinobi
Publisher
Virgin Mastertronic, Bandai, Telenet Japan, Sega, 16 Blitz Mastertronic

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
video game
Country of origin
Japan
Developer
Q122741
Game mode
co-op mode
Designed by
Makoto Uchida
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operating system
iOS
publication date
1990-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Golden Axe
input device
touchscreen
distributed by
PlayStation Store
title
Golden Axe
language of work or name
English language
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