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A Quick Tip by Madpenguin

May 9, 2012

by Madpenguin

Double Dragon with swords. That was what I thought when I frst played this back in the 80's. Featuring three different characters with their magic attacks along with strengths and weaknesses, Golden Axe did bring some innovation to the side scrolling beat'em genre. But I don't exactly remember how well it holds up now. I have to revisit this from a more critical eye.

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FM_ALEX May 13, 2012

Wow man, forgot all about this.

Madpenguin May 13, 2012

I might do a full review on this much later.

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