Golden Axe
DOS version
So close yet so far
The Good
The graphics are very close to the Mega Drive version, will less animation. The sound and music is also very close.
The Bad
The Gameplay feels like someone who has played Golden Axe but wasn't good at it and doesn't know what's going on under the hood, you can't attack badguys in clumps, so if you get into a combo another enemy will attack you, also the downward stab which is an essential move, is not there. Also there is no reason with VGA and the memory that a PC has that they could have not converted the Arcade backgrounds and sprites rather than the Mega Drive. Also there is no real reason they couldn't have prograbbed everything to act and control the same as the arcade, if the programmers were given access to the arcade source.
The Bottom Line
If this LOOKED worse I would probably be more forgiving, the problem is it LOOKS like the Mega Drive version but plays extremely janky.
by Sic Coyote (48) on March 3, 2025