Golden Axe (ARC)

From Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Golden Axe
Golden Axe - ARC - USA.jpg
Platform: System 16-B
Year: 1989
Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
This page is for the Sega System 16-B version. For other games in the series, see Golden Axe.

Golden Axe is game from the golden era of side-scrolling beat-em-ups. You play as either Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, or Gilius Thunderhead in an attempt to rescue the king and his daughter from the vile Death Adder, a fiend who has slain your family. Most of the moves for each character are the same, attack, jump, and combinations therein. Each character also has special magic. Ax uses magic explosions, Tyris wields fire, and Gilius controls lightning. Gilius is the best at combat, but the weakest at magic, Tyris is the weakest fighter, but the best at magic, and Ax is the middle ground. The game only has 4 stages, but it makes up for being short by being exceptionally difficult.

Golden Axe is one of the many games to use Sega's popular System 16 arcade hardware.

Screenshots

Golden Axe - ARC - Title.png

Title screen.

Golden Axe - ARC - Player Select.png

Choosing my favorite character, Tyris Flare, the amazon.

Golden Axe - ARC - Wilderness.png

Oh no he didn't!

Golden Axe - ARC - Boss.png

I ain't afraid of no mustache!

Golden Axe - ARC - Sleeping.png

That little booger is stealing my potions!

Golden Axe - ARC - Map.png

Making progress.

Music

VGMPF Album Art       Icon-Help.png

Golden Axe - ARC - Album Art.jpg

Golden Axe has a very apt score. Lots of emphasis is placed on drums and brass giving the game an epic battle sound. However, there are a couple light-hearted tunes like the Thief's Theme and the ending arcade sequence music, Sutakora, Sassa!.

Recording

# Title Composer Length Listen Download
01 The Battle Tohru Nakabayashi 1:10
Download
02 Wilderness Tohru Nakabayashi 5:06
Download
03 Battle Field Tohru Nakabayashi 4:38
Download
04 Thief's Theme Tohru Nakabayashi 1:43
Download
05 Old Map Tohru Nakabayashi 1:06
Download
06 Turtle Village 1 Tohru Nakabayashi 4:24
Download
07 Turtle Village 2 Tohru Nakabayashi 4:51
Download
08 Road of the Dead Tohru Nakabayashi 1:31
Download
09 Nemesis! Death Adder Tohru Nakabayashi 5:12
Download
10 Game Over Tohru Nakabayashi 0:03
Download
11 Battle Axe March Tohru Nakabayashi 1:07
Download
12 Conclusion Tohru Nakabayashi 0:19
Download
13 Sutakora, Sassa! Tohru Nakabayashi 1:14
Download

Credits

(Source: The game lacks credits.)

Golden Axe: The Music lists "You Takada" for "Wilderness" while Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. SEGA 3- says that Tohru Nakabayashi wrote the music. The Genesis port credits Sound to Nankyoku, Decky, and Imocky. The TG-16 port credits Music to Yuonjin, Composition & Arrangement to Shinobu Ogawa and Hiroto Otsubo, and Sound Effects tp Takaharu Umezu and Minoru Yuasa)

However, Yosuke Okunari posted on Twitter that "Y.T" is not in fact You Takada, and has asked all websites that list as such to change it.[1]


Issue - Missing.svg

Source verification is needed.

Icon-Help.png

Albums

Game Rip

Format

Download

VGM.png

Download

(Info)


The music was logged to VGM format during game play. A true audio program rip does not yet exist. It was recorded with VGM Input v0.40 in Winamp.

Audio Devices

The game music is synthesized on the YM2151 chip (clocked at 4 MHz) and the sound effects play on a UPD7759 clocked at (640 kHz).

Releases

  Japan.svg   Japan
BoxMissing.png
Title: ゴールデンアックス (Golden Axe)
Platform: System 16-B
Released: 1989-06-??
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
  USA.svg   USA
Golden Axe - ARC - USA.jpg
Title: Golden Axe
Platform: System 16-B
Released: 1989-06-??
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
  World.svg   World
BoxMissing.png
Title: Golden Axe
Platform: System 16-B
Released: 1989-06-??
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Links


Golden Axe
Golden Axe Platform - ARC.png • Platform - GEN.png • Platform - SMS.png • Platform - GG.png • Platform - SCD.png • Platform - AMI.png • Platform - AST.png • Platform - CPC.png • Platform - C64.png • Platform - DOS.png • Platform - PCCD.png • Platform - WS.png • Platform - ZXS.png
Golden Axe II Platform - GEN.png • Platform - ARC.png
Notable Personnel Tohru Nakabayashi
Notable Companies Sega