Golden Axe (MS-DOS)

About Golden Axe

Golden Axe is an arcade beat 'em-up game by Sega. The player(s) can choose one of three characters, to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder. Death-adder, along with his army of dark forces have kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and have stolen the legendary Golden Axe, and it is the players mission to get them all back.

How to Play

In Golden Axe kill everything everything that moves as you progress through the game. Each character (the barbarian Ax Battler, a dwarf named Gilius Thunderhead, the amazon Tyris Flare) has special magical powers, that can be re-charged/charged by striking the small blue creatures that drop a potion. Additionally, there is a green version of this creature that drops food which replenishes your players health.

Some of the games enemies ride on dragons and on a scorpion like creature. These enemies can be knocked off their mounts and you in turn can mount those creatures and attack your enemies with it etc.

Game Controls

COMMAND PROMPT:
Entering 1 - EGA 16 Colors: Faded color tonesand pixelated graphics, audio loads correctly.
Entering 2 - CGA 4 colors: Yellow/red/green graphics only, audio loads correctly.
Entering 3 - HGA: Video stays on the command prompt screen, game audio loads correctly.
Entering 4 - VGA 256 colors: Game video and audio loads correctly. Use this one.
Entering 5 - Tandy 16 colors: Clustered, unrecognizable graphics with pulsing blue and red characters.

PASSWORD
Type any word to get through the password request page.

CONTROLS
To change the control input use the down arrow key to navigate to Options. Hit Return. Go down to Player 1 Control or Player 2 Control and use the right arrow key to choose Keypad, Keyboard, Joystick 1, Joystick 2, or Mouse. Use the down arrow key to navigate to Exit and hit Return.

Keyboard allows you to rotate through the players using D and A. To select your player use the key S. Use the following keys to control your player in game:

W - Up
X - Down
A - Left
D - Right
S - Attack
Q - Diagonal (Up Left)
E - Diagonal (Up Right)
Z - Diagonal (Down Left)
C - Diagonal (Down Right)
Tab - Jump
Right Shift - Special Power
Tab + S - Jump Attack
Space Bar - Pause
Esc - Quit Option

Extra Information

Mouse will also allow you to control your players movements on a track pad by navigating left, right, up, and down with one finger.
Attack - Click the trackpad with one finger
Jump - Click the trackpad with two fingers
Right Shift - Special Power
Click with two fingers + click to the right with two fingers - Jump Attack
Slide one finger foward and click - Flying Jump Kick
Space Bar - Pause
Esc - Quit Option

Keypad would only allow cycling through the characters in the character selection screen with the arrow keys or \ key. No key would allow for character selection.

Joystick 1 & 2 allowed for no keys to work and characters freely rotated in the character selection screen.

CHANGE AMOUNT OF PLAYERS
Use right arrow key to switch between 1 Player and 2 Player on the top of the Main Menu list.

LIFE METER
To increase your Life Meter go to Options and use the right arrow key to increase life from 3-5.

Special Powers:
Male Human Fighter - Fire Storm Barrage
Female Human Fighter - Fire Breathing Dragon
Dwarf Fighter - Three Lightening Bolts

GAME MODES
Arcade: traditional style game play
Beginner: easier traditional style game play
Duel: player versus increasingly challenging enemies in strength, power, and number in a closed environment.

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