Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 8 Golden Axe Games
78If you’re a long-time Sega fan, then chances are good that you’re excited to see that the company plans on resurrecting some of their most beloved franchises. This will include fan-favorites, like Shinobi and Streets of Rage, as well as the first new Golden Axe game in sixteen years. That got me wondering what Electronic Gaming Monthly thought of the Golden Axe franchise. What was their favorite game in the long-running series?
As it turns out, Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed a total of eight Golden Axe games between 1989 and 2008. This includes most of the main series and a bunch of the spin-offs. Unfortunately, EGM didn’t get around to reviewing the Sega Channel-exclusive Golden Axe III and completely missed out on Golden Axe: Beast Rider, but they did hit most of the major releases, including Alien Storm. And if you have a problem with that, then I suggest you get back to me after you beat the arcade version of Alien Storm, which directly connects it to the fantasy brawler. What we’re going to do today is countdown the best and worst Golden Axe games using Electronic Gaming Monthly’s own words and scores. There’s no editorializing here, we’re just going to focus on what the critics said back when these games first came out. So grab those potions and get ready to ride a cockatrice, because this is what happens when EGM Ranks Golden Axe.
0:00 – Introduction
1:39 – Commercial: Arcade vs. Genesis 1 (U.S.)
2:10 – Golden Axe: The Duel (Saturn)
2:56 – Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe (Game Gear)
3:22 – Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii & Xbox 360)
4:06 – Alien Storm (Genesis)
4:29 – Golden Axe II (Genesis)
4:56 – Golden Axe (Genesis)
5:26 – Golden Axe (Sega Master System)
5:46 – Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (Arcade)
6:33 – Commercial: Arcade vs. Genesis 2 (U.S.)
7:04 – Question of the Day
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