713 Streamaversary: FIVE YEAR A STREAMER? Playing the GOLDEN AXE Series - Video

Five whole years into my streaming career, and thankful (and still a little surprised sometimes) that people are watching me. For something special, we play through (the main entries of) this series that I've loved for years. GOLDEN AXE.

In Golden Axe (the Genesis port, because that's what I grew up with), we play as three warriors fighting the evil Death Adder and his army of giants, skeletons, and lots of guys with spiked swords and maces. Naturally, I play as the hot bikini-clad Amazon. What? She can carry the most magic and is the most balanced character! Confident I can beat this one, so that we'll get to hear that banger of a credits tune. Even if the final boss is known to abuse his unlimited magic.
Chicken -leg steals the show!

Golden Axe 2 was the first game I played, but since I didn't own it until later, I played more of the original one (12th birthday present, as I recall). This time it's Dark Guld who's laying waste to the land, bringing with him a few new surprises like tall werewolf demons and dragon-men. I'd say it's a worth sequel, even if it's rather similar to the first. Pardon me while kick that jawa off a cliff.

I briefly try Golden Axe: The Duel, an arcade 1-on-1 fighting game, but it runs too slowly and jerkily in emulation. Oh well, always preferred beat-em-ups to fighting games anyway.

Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder is an arcade-excusive sequel to the first game, and a really good one too. Improved graphics, great gameplay, a variety of enemies, special weapons as well as new creatures to ride. I played this in arcades once or twice and couldn't remember the name, only years later finding out it was a Golden Axe game. I don't even count how many credits it takes to beat. Why the heck didn't this get lots of ports and rereleases??

Golden Axe 3 is the one I played last (not counting The Duel), only really trying to beat it in the late 2010s. It takes place years after Golden Axe 2, as new heroes fight Damned Hellstrike (these villains have great names). This one feels harder to control or at least took much longer to master, on top of learning pathways and the fact that just beating the game (no easy task) isn't enough to get the good ending. Not bad, but I don't know if I'll ever put in the many hours needed to fully win. But hey, you get to play a were-panther and ride a racing snail.

When we get a big raid as I'm preparing to end, I end the stream by returning to the original game and playing the "duel" mode. Will I be defeated on my way to glory, or will I withstand this test of endurance? And will I also get pestered by a cat and munch on some Mary Jane in the middle of stream?

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