From its beginnings as a gaming machine, the PC view of his calling "professional", was invaded by titles such earnest adventure, complex turn-based strategy, RPG bricks with manual 200 pages and flight simulators. The games arcade with a strong as platform and shoot'em up , there were the tips of two fingers ever, for conversions from coin-op it was enough one! For a "kid" like me, who never lost an opportunity to go to the little bar downstairs to play the cruiser on duty, a real tragggedia (g took the three). Add to this the alternatives such conversions, see, eg, the horror of Ghosts' n Goblins , the mediocre and decent OutRun Double Dragon ... There is very little to be happy (well ... there ' Super Off Road of which I spoke a couple of posts ago, but it is the classic exception !!!). For tiraci up a bit 'morale today I decided to talk about Golden Axe , beat-'em-up-down weblog Sega, theatrical release in 1989 and converted in 1990 to a plethora of systems ( console and home computer ) not I will suggest a list (both are always the same).
The game obviously inspired by the atmosphere fantasy of Conan the Barbarian, tells the story of the reign of Yuria and his royal family kidnapped by the evil Death Adder . In completing the real abduction, the evil Prince of Darkness really wants to steal the legendary Golden Axe ( Golden Axe), a symbol of power and strength of the realm. Of course it will be up to you in the shoes of one of three possible characters, from the time of the dark castle of Death Adder to free the royal family and bring home the magic talisman.
The three possible players, combining different features that significantly affect the style of game that you will be forced to adopt:
- Ax Battler: the classic barbarian powerful and vigorous, armed with his sword challenge (no double meaning, please ) wants to avenge the death of his mother. It 's the most balanced character of the trio.
- Tyris Flare : sensual rider armed with bastard sword (sword, long and thin) seeking revenge for the death of their parents. And 'the person most agile and fast but also less powerful.
- Gilius Thunderhead : As classic fantasy literature could not miss the dwarf armed with a double ax, slow but strong as a bull. Even Gilius is compelled to fight not only for the freedom of the kingdom, to avenge the death of his twin brother, who fell under the blows of minions of Death Adder .
The selection screen of your character
The three main characters, as well as their arms will be able to rely on the power of magic: Ax can count on the power of the earth, Tyris on that of fire (the spell is more powerful) and Gilius on that of lightning. In the absence of the magicians in the classical sense, the three characters invoke the magic power of the elements by throwing bulbs that can be collected during the mission (prendento kicks to the nice little people). The longer the bulbs available, the greater the effect and devastation of the spell ( Tyris able to accumulate more bulbs than the other characters, offsetting in part the lesser prowess in clashes with cold). I close the parenthesis on the magic, emphasizing the beauty of the animations that accompany the launch of a spell ... mythical dragon's head evoked by the beautiful Amazon, across the screen spewing flames at enemies.
The force of the elements in action
The gameplay of Golden Axe is the classic scrolling beat 'em like this: Forward facing the enemy, in this case taking with more slashes not I can, as we approach that, during the fighting stops scrolling and then resume the battle ended. At the end of each level will find the classic boss that does not make you sweat just to gain access to next stage. In addition to the traditional slash our heroes can make some additional moves such as the shoulder on the run, the "kick" and took it with crushed ground and the special attack (different for each of the three characters). In short, there is everything you need to inflict pain in a well-deserved bad guys who try to block the road.
What's more, during the fighting you can throw enemies from their horses and take control, so you can take advantage of the powerful codate coccatrice (creataura legendary half-rooster, half lizard!) And the dragon's fiery breath.
Gilius riding the dragon and coccatrice (in which case the valiant dwarf is preparing to face the two guards that guard access to Turtle Village)
Graphically the game is a feast for the eyes thanks to the good use of the VGA 256 colors (also supports EGA and CGA) and the large and well animated sprites. Good accompaniment sound a bit 'less sound effects very "weak" (but then, by AdLib you can not expect more). I always wondered why the black band on the right (looks good even in screenshot) and unfortunately I never managed to do with a reason (perhaps to match the original resolution?). If you have any ideas leave a comment in order to quench my thirst for knowledge: o)
Being a coin-op conversion comparison with the version arcade is a must. To do so calls into question two screenshots left the arcade version the right PC: as can be seen even with a slight loss of vertical resolution and a handful of colors in the least, the version for MS systems DOS- denotes the excellent work done by programmers on the market as one of the best conversions.
The only flaw is due to the excessive simplicity of the title that will take us to complete the game within a short period time (this is a feature common to many derivative securities directly from the coin-op ). If relatively easily add to this the four claims that the game provides to arrive at the end of the adventure, it is easy to realize that it will not take long to come face to face with Death Adder . To meet the desire of the more experienced players with clubs, was introduced in the conversion of a higher difficulty level (selectable from the menu of options) and how "The Duel" where, in a sort of fighting in meetings, we "invited" street to street to face the strongest enemies (or many). Close
signal the possibility of facing the game in pairs and the different control systems supported: keyboard, joystick and mouse (do not laugh because using the mouse, some maneuvers are much more comfortable).
Here the usual movie where I face some levels of the game. I apologize for my incompetanza (which in part contradicts my statement about the ease of the title) but after so many years is a bit 'rusty ... I assure you that I finished the game several times ... tasty the final sequence to invite you to discover slowly savoring this excellent title ... the next ...
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