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Golden Axe to return to XBox 360 & PS3

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  • 10-05-2006 8:23am
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    Vyse
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    This use to be opne of my favourites both in the arcade and also the extended megadrive edition. I think it's going to have a RPG twist. Let's hope that they don't make a mess of it:)


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    Ciaran500
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    Is it a remake or the Orignial on Arcade?


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    Vyse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭Vyse


    It's an original game as far as I can tell, based on the original concept. Check out www.sega.com/e3/2006/announcements_tp.php?item=pr_20060510a for more details.


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    Lemlin
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    AFAIK its being re-released as a free download, like Smash TV was for Xbox Live.


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    koneko
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    Golden Axe! Oh the nostalgia... Hope it's harder though, the original was piss easy IIRC.


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    Vyse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭Vyse


    Lemlin wrote:
    AFAIK its being re-released as a free download, like Smash TV was for Xbox Live.

    Nope, it's a remake of the original. See also http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6150054


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    Sgt. Politeness
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    will more than likely be sh!te, a la the final fight remake, and the altered beast remake, and the shinobi remake and etc etc


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    monkeyfudge
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    I hope they leave in the bits were you can kick the sh*t out of the little guys in order to get magic potions.


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    koneko
    Registered Users Posts: 10,304 ✭✭✭✭koneko


    monkeyfudge wrote:
    I hope they leave in the bits were you can kick the sh*t out of the little guys in order to get magic potions.

    I was thinking the same thing :o I loved those little guys.

    Playing it co-op was fun too, especially if you accidentally hit the other player and you ended up beating eachother up instead of the bad guys.


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    Retr0gamer
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    I'll have to pray hard for this game. Sega have been awful lately with their updates. Altered Beast was awful but at least it wasn't exactly based on a classic. Shinobi however was a sin.
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    Crucifix
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    koneko wrote:
    Golden Axe! Oh the nostalgia... Hope it's harder though, the original was piss easy IIRC.
    Death Adder could be pretty tough


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    Steven
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    Crucifix wrote:
    Death Adder could be pretty tough

    You mean Death Bringer? Death Adder was the pansy before him. Death Bringer had the invincible skeleton assistants. He was easy enough if you could keep the Skeletons off your back. Going for the A+++ was always fun, especially when you had a mate on the second controller. Tremendous co-op fun.


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    Vyse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭Vyse


    Death Brinnger was only in the Magedrive version of the game. The arcade version ended when you beat Death Adder (no invincible skeletons to deal with in that one).

    Yeah, this could go either way. Shinobi ranks as my favourite game of all time but I've never been tempted to play the PS2 version (I finished with Shinobi 3 on the Megadrive). Let's hope the same won't be said of golden axe!


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    Crucifix
    Registered Users Posts: 3,437 ✭✭✭Crucifix


    Steven wrote:
    You mean Death Bringer?
    Uh...whichever one could use your magic.


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    Steven
    Registered Users Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭Steven


    Vyse wrote:
    Yeah, this could go either way. Shinobi ranks as my favourite game of all time but I've never been tempted to play the PS2 version (I finished with Shinobi 3 on the Megadrive). Let's hope the same won't be said of golden axe!

    There were two "Golden Axe" sequels, and they were poor at the time but unbearable now. It's best to not hold too much hope for reworkings of classic games, as few things can compete with nostalgia.


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