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During ancient times giants rebelled against the power of the elders. Many of the elders were killed and their followers believed that the Age of the Elders was coming to an end. However, a brave warrior swore to put an end to the rebellion. He kept his word and was able to do so thanks to the Golden Axe, a weapon given to him by Thor's spirit of thunder. Many years after the rebellion came to an end most had already forgotten about it and moved on with their lives. Unfortunately for the people there was one giant who remembered it, Death Adder. Death Adder was a giant who wanted to destroy all of the humans and rule the world.

The primary country was that of Firewood, a country ruled by a family who mastered the powers of the nine crystals. Since the nine crystals have the ability to ward off evil the people of the country of Firewood believed they were safe. Death Adder was forced to stay away from Firewood by the crystals so he conquered Nendoria and Altorulia instead. Though he still longed for the day that he could rule Firewood...and that day eventually came.

Firewood's king was betrayed by one of his high-ranking ministers who sold the crystals to Death Adder. Not longer after that Firewood was burned to the ground as Death Adder and his monsters destroyed everything in their path, murdering many people. Soon the whole world will most likely fall to Death Adder unless someone will take a stand and challenge his power. That someone will be you, a young warrior whose parents were killed by Death Adder. Seeking revenge you set off on a quest to save the world by defeating Death Adder and regaining possession of the nine crystals.

Golden Axe Warrior is set up similar to the game The Legend of Zelda. From a side view players move from screen to screen while fighting monsters, exploring dungeons, and visiting towns. At towns players can purchase items such as swords, shields, armor,or magic. Money comes in the form of horns which can be gained by slaying monsters. Finding horns or other items is the only thing gained by slaying monsters. Experience is not gained, instead the character's base health is increased at particular points in the game.
~ Jonathan Sutyak, All Game Guide

Roots & Influences

Golden Axe Warrior borrows a lot of gameplay features found in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, a game released in 1986 for the NES. Both games have single screens that, instead of scrolling, wait for the character to move off-screen before changing. Also, the health system is similar as both games use a heart system that only increases at particular points during the adventure.

The storyline of Golden Axe Warrior is built around that of the action game Golden Axe. In both Death Adder is the main enemy who has caused great destruction.
~ Jonathan Sutyak, All Game Guide
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Golden Axe Warrior

Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Series Golden Axe
Platform(s) Sega Master System
Release date(s) NA 1991

PAL 1991
Genre(s) Action-adventure, Medieval / Fantasy
Rating(s) Pre-Rating
Media 8 Bit Cartridge
Input methods 1 Player

Golden Axe Warrior is an action-adventure game spin-off of the popular Golden Axe game series. The game was released on the Sega Master System in 1991. The plot of the game followed a young warrior who was trying to avenge the death of his parents by exploring ten labyrinths, collecting nine missing crystals and battling with Death Adder inside the last. All the major characters from Golden Axe — the warrior Ax Battler, the amazon Tyris Flare, and the dwarf Gilius Thunderhead — help the player throughout the game by bestowing him with magic.

Although some gaming magazines derided it for being a rip off of The Legend of Zelda, the game is commonly welcomed as a SEGA classic, and many Sega fans feel that it is an equal to the first game in the series, where the player needs to cross a big world with many enemies seeking out the mysterious labyrinths, where the crystals are guarded by many monsters and finally a boss.

It is often speculated that this was actually the intended first entry into a series, but rumors of any planned sequels are, as far as is known, baseless. A Game Gear title was apparently planned, but became another game instead (not to be confused with the Golden Axe themed Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe, which has several similarities to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link).

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Story

The evil giant, Death Adder, has invaded the continents Firewood, Nendoria and Altorulia and killed the royal families. A young hero from Firewood sets out on a quest to destroy Death Adder. To counter the evil magic of Death Adder he has to find the nine crystals of the royal family from Firewood. These crystals warded off Death Adder until the king was betrayed by a minister who sold the crystals to Death Adder. Death Adder has hidden the crystals in nine labyrinths. On his quest the hero visits numerous villages, discovers numerous people hiding from Death Adder. He can learn the Thunder, Earth, Fire and Water magics. He learns that the princess of Firewood is still alive and that he is the son of the king of Altorulia. After finding all nine crystals the hero is able to enter the tenth and final labyrinth where he must find the mythical Golden Axe, the only weapon that can harm Death Adder before facing the giant himself.

Difficulty

The game had a commendable difficulty curve in the classic RPG style, which involves constantly strengthening enemies being offset by constantly improving weapons and magic. The magic was almost entirely optional as the people who could bestow you with attacking spells had to be discovered, and then paid, before they would teach you.

The game featured a 15x15 grid with over 200 unique screens.

The tenth labyrinth was only accessible after collecting the nine crystals.

Reception

Although initially dismissed as a Zelda clone upon first release, the game has since been highly revered by Master System fans, recently being voted the 11th best game for the entire system from Sega8Bit users. [1]

Re-release

The game was included as an unlockable game in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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