Comments on: Sega Brings Arcade Classic 'Golden Axe' to the iPhone

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:23:21 +0000

I have bought this in the UK and actually really enjoy playing it on the train. Couple of complaints are that it does get slow in places and you only get 3 credits and it is pretty hard in comparison to the arcade version where you have much more movability.

I did find out however that all the old cheats work on this version, so a quick tip would be to hold down the down+left button on the pad and then press A and B together, hold, then release and then press start. This will give you 9 credits and thus stop you having to restart quite so much!

No matter what is said about it being a poor emulation etc- just remember this is one of the classics from most of our childhood and worth a couple of quid!

By: JoelinBoston

JoelinBoston — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:12:47 +0000

I always loved this game in the arcade, never had a sega, haven't seen it in 10 years, bought it and am having fun. Woo hoo!

Question- in Wikipedia, it describes a move thusly: "Death jab: dash, then jump, then press attack to thrust your blade into your enemy's skull. This will always knock enemies down, and kills weak enemies quickly. Can't be done while riding." When I try this with the dwarf, I only get the jump attack. Anyone else getting this move? Or is it not in this version?

By: CMB

CMB — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:56:41 +0000

Release an International version already.. grrrr

By: Random

Random — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:23:47 +0000

Meh… Another half-assed emulation of a mediocre Megadrive port of a classic arcade game.

If Sega had any brains at all (and judging by the quality of their in-house games over the last few years, they don't) they write an emulator for their System16 arcade hardware with the graphics engine rewritten for the iPhone – then they could release arcade perfect versions of some of their best games, instead of burning their fanbase with this rubbish.

Of course, they'll blame the poor sales on "the market not existing for classic games", as opposed to their poor choices and high prices…

By: andraz

andraz — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:37:36 +0000

does anybody knows if there will be international version for this game, because i cant get it on itunes in Slovenia.
i hate when this happens, they release a amazing retro game and i cant buy it, …

and the sad thing is that most of the old classics are much better than the new games

By: ryoi

ryoi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:03:02 +0000

i say no, to the price.

By: JS

JS — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:02:38 +0000

Actually, XBOX Live has the ARCADE version. I know for a fact because it's the best playing version of the game that I own. The Wii, on the otherhand, has the Genesis version and it sucks in comparison. Is it possible that both versions are available on XBOX Live?

By: CMB

CMB — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:53:22 +0000

I haven't bought this yet. But I can confirm that Crash Bandicoot which I always found to be one of the most 'fun' racers on the iphone runs at around twice the framerate on 3GS and is now very smooth to play. I'd imagine the 'emulator' games to benefit the same.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:08:05 +0000

I agree.

By: VectorWega

VectorWega — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:23:17 +0000

There were no 166MHz Pentium IIs. Pentium IIs were 233 to 450 MHz. They were running 300 MHz within the first year of release.