This game still amazes me. The music, the atmosphere, the adventure mood. The travel you do and then you have to rest to the next day... it is a "real" journey at magic medieval times. Every critics about it make me sad. I love the game with real passion.
@KingStr0ng
6 ай бұрын
Sega found a way to turn an RPG like Final Fantasy into a Beat Em Up and then based it on Conan The Barbarian. They were the king of innovation back then. They waste all of their potential on Sonic now, imo.
@joechavanu4382
23 күн бұрын
I agree … I was barely into games. But this game has magic. At 9 years old I was mesmerized. I agree, the music, mood, and atmosphere really was powerful. It was out of this world yet majestically familiar. Special times and a piece of art that is appreciated.
@waverazor
3 жыл бұрын
Golden axe 2 stage one music gives me such a strong sense of nostalgia.. Too op
@madspunky
3 жыл бұрын
"Enemies aren't quite as stupid in this one." *Sees three enemies walk into a pit right after another.*
@diceman1978
3 жыл бұрын
The music in Golden Axe II is sensational
@elenapapad5126
3 жыл бұрын
This was my brothers favourite game on Sega Megadrive and i agree with you the music is sensational!!! Φανταστικό από κάθε άποψη!! :)
@bleepintunes
3 жыл бұрын
totally agree! that title theme was so epic!
@fernandomosquera6339
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@BigBadJohnDiesel
3 жыл бұрын
Meh! Not as good as the original! It felt thrown together.
@SgtSega
3 жыл бұрын
I like the intro but wasn't crazy how it jumped from sounding like Conan to not Conan.
@lordeowstheking
3 жыл бұрын
I always loved that art cover since my youth
@michaelrussell3890
3 жыл бұрын
Same. Boris Vallejo is an awesome artist
@aprichman
3 жыл бұрын
Sega Lord X is a national treasure
@michaelsoltesz3779
3 жыл бұрын
World treasure! ....wait....Galaxy! 🛸👽
@gouravchakraborty9801
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsoltesz3779 No Universal Treasure
@Sinasi08
3 жыл бұрын
International I would say. Greetings from Belgium 😊
@Floatillyboats
3 жыл бұрын
Golden Axe 2 is a very underrated game. One of the best soundtracks of the 16 bit era!
@thesegawarrior2980
3 жыл бұрын
Astro City Mini gave us the oppurtunity to play Revenge of Death Adder. I'm thankful for that.
@thesegawarrior2980
3 жыл бұрын
@Brian Babin I'm a complete retard when it comes to MAME. Plus I can never find the roms.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu
3 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping it means we get a bunch of/all those games onto all consoles in the way of a collection. (I mean releasing an Astro City collection digitally would be very smart but sometimes Sega just leaves money on the table for no reason)
@thesegawarrior2980
3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaEbikes ok. Thanks
@6sKi6z6
3 жыл бұрын
This was one of the first games I played on Genesis. It will always be one of my favorites. Even more than the first.
@voodooturbo
3 жыл бұрын
That soundtrack was killer and addictive. The best thing about the Genesis were all the two player co-op titles like Streets of Rage and Golden Axe. Meant me and my sister were playing together instead of fighting, so my mom found the Genesis to be a worthy investment in her sanity. Golden Axe II and Streets of Rage 2 were on constantly.
@williamdrum9899
3 жыл бұрын
NES and even SNES didn't have very many co-op games. I'm trying to create a co-op space game for the NES. Development has been difficult but the co-op does work.
@KISSFan1977
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the music on both Golden Axe 1 and 2 but it was the port of part 1 on the Sega CD that had some amazing music.
@TheAufziehvogel
3 жыл бұрын
The Mega Drive Soundchip may was inferior to the one Nintendo used within the SNES. But man, if someone was capable of handling the music on the Mega Drive well enough, some great things were possible. And the music from Golden Axe stood out. "Path of Fiend" from the first game and "Ruins" from the second are among my most beloved 16 Bit tracks. This music is pushing you forward and as a kid I really thought this music is pshing me to a fight between life and death. And over 25 years later, this soundtrack still holds up so well. It's nost just nostalgia, I really love the musiv on the Mega Drive. Even Mortal Kombat had a far superior soundtrack on the Mega Drive compared to the SNES version.
@katseazzz
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheAufziehvogel it was not inferior it was supperior due to real yamaha synth chip insted of lofi pcm sampled snes chip.. just play some games on both systems with modern hifi or sound bar and you'll see
@Yuzoboy
3 жыл бұрын
Naofumi Hataya, composer of the Sonic CD JP soundtrack, composed this game's OST, with brilliant results 👏
@sneakyking
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the "blegh" deaths
@mattpierce5009
3 жыл бұрын
As a kid I never played the original in the arcade but got Golden Axe II along with a few other games with our Genesis in xmas 92. Still love it, such good music
@respectfulremastersbymetal8336
3 жыл бұрын
5:59 Dude misses his shot, "I have nothing left to live for!" had me rolling.
@timsohn7057
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I wasn’t alone haha
@JasonMontell2501
3 жыл бұрын
Everytime I get a notification of SLX it immediately takes the edge off the work day knowing that I'll have something to watch when I get home.
@joyasmusicales603
3 жыл бұрын
All 3 Golden Axe Games are good!
@Lord_Deimos
3 жыл бұрын
Got Golden Axe 2 as a birthday gift back in 93 and I couldn't be happier.
@SkeggsyDAR
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad this game gets a bit of love here. I remember renting this one quite a lot back in the day. The stage music in the first level has been stuck in my mind ever since I first heard it.
@RikBone1
3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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@johndewberryiii9925
3 жыл бұрын
Golden axe really needs to make a comeback. The arcade game never got a port I miss that ol barbarian type action
@DreamcastQ
3 жыл бұрын
Loved playing this with my best friend when it was new! Still holds up today
@dr.mofongo9001
3 жыл бұрын
Golden Axe I & II are the most memorable (and probably favorite overall) Genesis games of my youth. Definitely played them the most growing up.
@mekkimaru2365
3 жыл бұрын
FUN FACT - in the original GA, one of the death samples they used comes from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando. If memory serves, its when Matrix drops Sully off the cliff
@SuaveCerealKiller
3 жыл бұрын
This is so much better than the first game. So many quality of life improvements..
@themadatheist1976
3 жыл бұрын
Lol, 6:00 love how the AI just walks off the edge.
@mgmx2099
3 жыл бұрын
not only did they make the ai smarter, they also made the holes smarter too.
@jaymzfilkoski223
3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 90K subs, SLX! Your channel is criminally under rated. Keep up the good work because it's starting to pay off👍
@Rutawind
3 жыл бұрын
The cut-in of the enemy's flesh melting in the arcade game is badass
@JohnDoe-wq5eu
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously that was hardcore. Revenge of DeathAdder in general is such a kick-ass game. It's ridiculous that it hasn't been released anywhere outside of a little mini console as of yet.
@scorponicdragonm.p.t.
3 жыл бұрын
I freaking love this channel!!! I can't imagine what you'll cover next! Thank you Sega Lord X!
@j.goggels9115
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the sensational Lunar Eternal Blue on MegaCD ?
@chiarosuburekeni9325
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. This guy is like the hardest-working Retro content creator on KZitem
@GodzillasaurusJr
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite games ever, and definitely my favourite in the series by far. The simple addition of being able to decide which direction to throw enemies makes all the difference for my enjoyment compared to the first. And yes, the music is superb, like you said.
@Hektols
3 жыл бұрын
Check Golden Axe Myth, a fangame made some years ago that looks and sounds amazing and could have something really special had it been released in the Megadrive/Genesis back in the day.
@uoyredrum
3 жыл бұрын
Golden Axe 2 was definitely one of the best Genesis games and the soundtrack was excellent. And as bad as some of the SFX are it's worth it for the "bleh" sound when enemies die, it's just too iconic. If they ever make another modern Golden Axe there should be an option to include that :D
@davidc6836
Жыл бұрын
The music of this game always blows me away..a pure gem still nowadays!
@johnnyahrens
3 жыл бұрын
This was the Golden Axe i have growing up. Great game to play 2P with your brother.
@Zaron_Gaming
3 жыл бұрын
Tower is one of the most beautiful songs in this era of gaming. It's one of the few songs that charge me up making me fight harder. The "bleh" is extremely iconic and hilarious to just do at random times catching people off guard
@jbmaru
3 жыл бұрын
I just played GA2 last week with my nieces, they loved it!
@dariusq8894
3 жыл бұрын
Once you've tried Revenge of Death Adder there really is no going back to this one.
@LucasCosta-tn9sh
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I love this game! One thing: It has compatibility problems using the 6 buttons pad on Genesis/Mega Drive. You have to hold Mode button before turn on the console. So than 6 button pad wil work. This tip was in the instructions book, but as a little child i didnt give it attention. I just discovered this tip years before i beated the game. At the time, i beated using the 6 button pad without the right configuration. It was crazy to do, but i did. For you see how i loved this game.
@xboxclown8922
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly one of the most overlooked Genesis sequels, I always enjoyed Golden Axe II myself.
@EpicLebaneseNerd
3 жыл бұрын
i still have the original poster of GA2 , it was a small one that came with CVG mag , gosh, that poster is like 30 years old , it is currently on my closet....next to the SMB movie poster......
@Resvrgam
3 жыл бұрын
Boris Vallejo is a master of his craft. Julie Bell can match his style and has since been continuing what her husband started with awesome fantasy art. Boris’ Golden Axe paintings are absolutely amazing!
@ezehogan
3 жыл бұрын
I loved Golden Axe as a kid, but never played the sequel. A few years ago when I was watching KZitem looking for some Genesis games to pick up I began watching a play through of Golden Axe II. Based on the terrible death scream (BLEH!) and the ease of which the player was breezing through screens I almost didn’t give it a chance. Golden Axe II is far superior to the first, and that’s a game I still really enjoy too. The gameplay is far more refined and the music is outstanding. A must own for me.
@Bloody-Butterfly
3 жыл бұрын
Sega developed some amazing beat'emups including Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Alien Storm.
@user-ow3hz8wx2k
3 жыл бұрын
Magic effects in this one are so nice, especially the fire spells.
@NatiPerPerdereNPP
3 жыл бұрын
Stellar soundtrack
@DeludedOne
3 жыл бұрын
0:44 Whoever wrote that review clearly did not complete Golden Axe on the Genesis before writing it. Else they would have mentioned that it had a whole extra level and a new end boss. 1:42 The best part about this opening sequence is that anyone who was playing the game for the first time would have thought that the guy on the throne is Dark Guld. They would probably also not notice that his head...actually isn't a head. 5:54 - 5:57 "The AI isn't as stupid in this one." But the drops are less forgiving to them. Dark Guld's chamber is one of the best backgrounds in the game.
@johngnosistarot4959
3 жыл бұрын
A very overlooked game.
@NewportBox100s
3 жыл бұрын
Sega has actually been putting out compilations for the past 3 generations, starting with the Sega Classics Collection on PS2 and PSP!
@LuisMendez-up5te
3 жыл бұрын
The music at 9:24 is the End theme /Staff Roll theme for Golden Axe II. Good stuff!
@thiagovidal6137
3 жыл бұрын
Played the original Golden Axe on the Genesis a whole bunch with a friend but we never got too far because we were dorks. The second one of us hit the other by accident, it was on. From that point on the game was pure PVP until no lives were left.
@BeB02090
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! 👍 Love the box artwork on Genesis titles! The series (for me) was addicting. Awesome game play and sound to boot. Good old days where did you go. Another gem from SLX
@ShinobiWan1
3 жыл бұрын
The Boris Vallejo covers are fantastic!
@SegaLordX
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind word. Glad you enjoyed it.
@BeB02090
3 жыл бұрын
@@SegaLordX You are quite welcome. Honestly, one of the best channels out there. Thank you for everything!
@KaliforniaJani
3 жыл бұрын
This game has depth, love this game from My childhood
@pittsburghboyertown3821
3 жыл бұрын
There's a couple rom hacks out there for GA2 that improve the colors quite a bit that are worth investigating.
@RetroGameNova
3 жыл бұрын
Sega: “Hey let’s make the skeletons more difficult” Awesome....lol
@charliehustle2591
3 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite Genesis games.
@BIGGIEDEVIL
3 жыл бұрын
So much content lately, much appreciated during this time 👍✊
@EricSega-pe8fl
Жыл бұрын
The Golden Axe trilogy is one of the strongest examples of what Sega Greatness was back in the day.
@yuk2113
3 жыл бұрын
I got Golden Axe II shortly after getting my Genesis and because I had such great memories playing the first one on my friend’s Genesis I was excited to get it and enjoyed playing it over and over again. I saved up my allowance and lawn mowing money and purchased it at Suncoast in our local mall and couldn’t wait to get home and plug it in. It was an amazing time!
@x.kalibre
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more with your opinion on Golden Axe II =) Maybe if you already had the first, it wasn't essential for some fans that already had their fill. But if you didn't own Golden Axe, or just wanted more of that winning formula, this was just gold. I still say the the intro is simply amazing, short but very iconic =) Kudos for mentioning the soundtrack, guess I was really spoiled rotten with the soundtracks on my Mega Drive collection and wasn't completely aware of it ^^
@jgregoryj1
3 жыл бұрын
Golden axe was th first Genesis game I ever got. And man I still love playing it today with my kids, and yes on the exact same High Definition graphics genesis 1
@BabusGameRoom
3 жыл бұрын
1:55 Ah yes, the glorious long-legged woman in red, Gillius Thunderhead! Haha, I'm pretty sure that was one of those, "Do I REALLY want to record again just to match that up a bit better?" moments...
@Prizrak-hv6qk
3 жыл бұрын
IMO, what brings down the graphics quite a bit here is the complete lack of parallax scrolling in all levels other than the cave one. Makes it look almost like a TG16 game. Pretty weird, considering that Genesis VDP did two independently-scrolling background plains seamlessly. The first game had this problem too, with all the parallax effects from the arcade version being missing. Huge contrast with Altered Beast, which actually had more parallax effects in the home version! Still a great game though.
@eskanda3434
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I never understood why this game had flat unimpressive backgrounds it looked like an Amiga game
@codekhalil6437
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. The biggest difference in Golden Axe and Golden Axe II was the charm. This title lacked it imho. The best part was in fact the music as you mentioned. It REALLY could've benefited from another layer of scrolling throughout the levels. Some fog effects in level one or parallax scrolling with the background. It just looked drab compared to part 1 imho
@DanielAlvarez-iw8hr
8 ай бұрын
To each there own. I feel golden axe looked drab compared to this sequel
@videogamepolak0
3 жыл бұрын
one of my earliest gaming memories was at a target in the hood and while my relative was looking at something i stayed in the video game section and watched these kids play golden axe 2...sad to say that target closed down years ago not long after that.
@thesegawarrior2980
3 жыл бұрын
I want the developers of Dragon's Crown to make a new Golden Axe.
@gospodin338
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit that's an amazing idea, absolutely loved that game and still play it on pc(with an emulator)
@pittsburghboyertown3821
3 жыл бұрын
This is a seriously good idea.
@GodzillasaurusJr
3 жыл бұрын
I would've loved Dragon's Crown as much as I love Golden Axe, if only... if only it had just had an "arcade" game mode, without the looting and grinding mechanics! I would've still been playing it, but instead I just replay Golden Axe 2. Could be worse! :)
@askbob
2 жыл бұрын
Loving these reviews , taking me back
@kamalzamer9443
8 күн бұрын
Thanks for calling out the sound effects being a huge issue. The first Golden Axe is an all timer for me. I can’t even stand playing II for a play through because of the sound. And I love the Genesis!
@hiltwo
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Golden Axe game, still have my copy from back in the day :)
@jamesbrassfield8409
3 жыл бұрын
The 3rd golden axe was my favorite one
@joaoclodoaudo5385
3 жыл бұрын
I like the sms' GA better than GA3.
@PoutingTrevor
3 жыл бұрын
This was the first game I ever asked for. I got it for my birthday. I used to play it all the time
@megamarsonic
3 жыл бұрын
Found a CIB copy of Golden Axe Ii during my first year of retro game collecting for $5. 10 years later and I'm still playing it with multiple completions under my belt. I'm with you when it comes to your views on the game being "too similar" to the first game as I, too, see it as more of a good thing.
@Sinasi08
3 жыл бұрын
We finally played and finished Golden Axe 2 and 3 a month ago with my 15 years old nephew 😊 We played it on the PS4.
@nickz7919
3 жыл бұрын
I rarely play the original anymore because this one is just better in every way. It's underrated, really.
@beckythompson4538
3 жыл бұрын
One of those games I never got as a kid. Before trading games in became a thing I would get a game on my birthday and Christmas and good or bad I had to love it. And for the most part I grew to love them all but it wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized I could just buy all the games I had missed out on. I still need to grab a copy of this
@brazilmugenteam
3 ай бұрын
As the owner of the two games back then, I liked this game a lot. Maybe even more the first one. "Ah but it's more of the same" but that was exactly what I wanted :) I just regret not having a bigger cartridge, so it could have more variety
@wolf4640
3 жыл бұрын
Best channel on YT!!
@SegaLordX
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Appreciate the vote of confidence.
@jeffb.6642
3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. I find your narrative style on them relaxing and it really gives me some appreciation for all the great Sega games that I missed out on growing up. I was a Nintendo kid through and through - not because I disliked Sega - but because I grew up having only one console from each generation.
@SegaLordX
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeff. Glad you find the vids worth watching.
@mich722
3 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to this OST while reading the manga Berserk, suited it perfectly. As others have mentioned, the soundtrack is sensational.
@caseyhayes4590
3 жыл бұрын
First Genesis game I bought after getting it with Sonic 1 packed in. It was the first really "Arcade" game I owned at home and while the experience was awesome I also realized arcade games are shorter experiences than the best of NES games I had been playing.
@thehound1359
3 жыл бұрын
Golden axe was my favorite game in the arcade. Remember playing the original back in ‘89. Was 5 years old and this older kid with his friends called me a “whiz” while they were watching me. Really cool moment for my 5 year old self
@woody78kw55
3 жыл бұрын
Loved the graphics in the room you encounter the final boss.
@ravagingwolverine
3 жыл бұрын
Golden Axe 2 was among the first games I got for the system. I got the Genesis for Christmas in 1991 with a few games. I got Golden Axe a couple of days later from my "aunt". I was very happy. First, the cover is amazing as you'd expect from Boris Vallejo. I agree with many of your points. The sequel is better than the first in some ways, and inferior in others. I can also understand those that found it too similar to the first, but then some would like that. I do think the music is quite a step up from the original. GA2 is strong in that area. I'm a big fan of the Golden Axe games and love the two arcade games and it feels like GA2 is like a second attempt to provide the arcade game at home on a four-megabit cart in a way that's a bit closer. What I mean is, as good a port as it is, the first Golden Axe on the Genesis has some strange quirks. The control feels a bit off compared to the arcade. The stages were shortened and chopped up which makes the beasts less effective. I like it, but it has some rough edges that they fixed for the second game.
@KTJohnsonkidThunder
3 жыл бұрын
Cool review. As for the soundtrack, the original Golden Axe game used only 4 sound channels and it was all FM and the "yell" sound effects pauses the in-game music. The sequel here took advantage of BOTH FM & PSG.
@goldengenesis6429
3 жыл бұрын
I love Golden Axe 1 2 and 3
@what9418
Ай бұрын
After playing this one we were more impressed by SOR. But this was very polished and played well.
@MilkshakeSkunkette
3 жыл бұрын
man Golden Axe is such an iconic mega drive title - i remember beating the game with my sister so many decades ago - such a blast
@LastSifu
3 жыл бұрын
“Exceptionally similar” is an oxymoron.
@j.goggels9115
3 жыл бұрын
I replayed Golden Axe 2 recently on a big screen TV in HD. Waow. I keep being baffled by the sheer beauty of this gorgeous game. I love the map when you pass levels. I feel such an intense pleasure whenever I play Golden Axe 2. I own a Mega Drive for these arcade moments.
@blastedmcgraw152
3 жыл бұрын
This, along with the original Streets of Rage, was the first game I got on my Sega Genesis back in 1992. I absolutely love this game. Thanks for the great review!
@chumorgan443
3 жыл бұрын
Most sequels in the brawler genre improve with each instalment. I don't know why Golden Axe failed to follow that trend.
@Tubeite
3 жыл бұрын
The games came out towards the end of the era when traditional high fantasy/Conanesque stuff was pretty popular. Also the sequels were released shortly after the first, meaning they probably didn't have the time to fully develop something new and original.
@chumorgan443
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tubeite good point. Like Devil may Cry 2 and Dark souls 2. Both produced as fast as possible by external Devs. Lacking the creative spark of their original.
@chicoB001
3 жыл бұрын
Instant Like every video! I remember playing all these games as a kid thanks for bringing these memories back for me:)
@megadrive11
3 жыл бұрын
The Revenge of Death Adder should be ported and have a digital release on consoles.
@Jolly-Green-Steve
4 ай бұрын
Dude you gotta check out Golden Axe One Beta. It's got blood and dismemberment. It's like an rated R version of the game. If you hold up while comboing heads fly.
@retrogamer8085
3 жыл бұрын
yeah... the music was the high point here. best golden axe sound track ever to me.
@davidtran9444
3 жыл бұрын
Golden axe 2 dropped a few months after sor. I must admit when i got ga2 i was kinda disappointed. I had been playing sor constantly and was enjoying the higher difficulty levels with their screen filling enemy encounters. I guess when ga2 came out i was expecting it to play more like sor with speedier gameplay, screens full of enemies, and a revised move set that let you deal with tons of foes at once. I eventually warmed up to ga2 but i dont play it as often today as sor.
@raphaelfp
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha luring your enemies to fall from the bridge, at the mark of 6:00, classic Golden Axe
@ciaranmccarthy
11 ай бұрын
The best Golden Axe game on the Mega Drive in my opinion.
@SylveonTrapito
3 жыл бұрын
I remember this game needed to use the "mode" button if you had the 6 button controller for the game to work properly
@bananonymouslastname5693
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't learn to appreciate that FM synth until much later in life, as the SNES' sampling won me over as a teenager. Now, I find the Genesis sound to really bring in the nostalgia of late '80s arcade games, as it really is more what you heard in games like Time Soldiers, Gondomania, Black Tiger... I don't know that I like it better than the SNES, but it is less of a competition in my mind now and more a different flavor I mightbejn the mood to enjoy. The music here definitely exemplifies that feeling.
@aroundthefur1210
3 жыл бұрын
5:51 about that improvement to the enemy AI....lol
@lancercncs1822
Жыл бұрын
Golden Axe 2 is very underrated. This was definitely a better game than the first Golden Axe. The gamplay was similar but greatly improved, including hit detection. Graphics were better and music was also much better than in the first.
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