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Golden Axe: a Novel Based on the Best Selling Sega Mega Drive Game
85 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
About the author
Andy Smith
298 books5 followersLibrarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Andy2^Smith: Business & Investing, Professional & Technical
Andy3^Smith: wrote "Chalet Boy"
Andy4^Smith: NLP
Andy5^Smith: Comics, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Andy6^Smith: Thriller, Paranormal, Horror
Andy7^Smith: Sports
Andy8^Smith: Louisiana
Andy9^Smith: wrote "Zayde's Arcade"
Andy10^Smith: wrote "It's Positively Cancer"
Andy11^Smith: wrote "Meaningful Evangelism"
Andy12^Smith: wrote "The Eleventh Commandment"
Andy13^Smith: Theatre
Andy2^Smith: Business & Investing, Professional & Technical
Andy3^Smith: wrote "Chalet Boy"
Andy4^Smith: NLP
Andy5^Smith: Comics, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Andy6^Smith: Thriller, Paranormal, Horror
Andy7^Smith: Sports
Andy8^Smith: Louisiana
Andy9^Smith: wrote "Zayde's Arcade"
Andy10^Smith: wrote "It's Positively Cancer"
Andy11^Smith: wrote "Meaningful Evangelism"
Andy12^Smith: wrote "The Eleventh Commandment"
Andy13^Smith: Theatre
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January 10, 2014
I've had this this little book for 22 years, since I first found it bundled with an issue of Sega Power magazine. I read it pretty much once a year. It's not a good book by most standards, or even a well written one. I read it for the nostalgia hit, and the reminder of why I wanted to write as a hobby.
December 2, 2022
Wow: Sega wanted to see if it could compete with Nintendo and ended up creating a series that makes Worlds of Power look like Victor-freaking-Hugo in comparison.
Long story short, Andy Smith booted up Golden Axe, chose Ax Battler, and wrote about what he saw. How it's possibly to make hack and slash fantasy action so dull, we'll never know.
Listen to our entire talkthrough of this book with special guest Dylan Berry anywhere podcasts are found, or click below:
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Long story short, Andy Smith booted up Golden Axe, chose Ax Battler, and wrote about what he saw. How it's possibly to make hack and slash fantasy action so dull, we'll never know.
Listen to our entire talkthrough of this book with special guest Dylan Berry anywhere podcasts are found, or click below:
https://pixellitpod.com/golden-axe-pa...
https://pixellitpod.com/golden-axe-pa...
February 19, 2019
A really dull adaptation. It reads like they got the walkthrough writer to adapt said walkthrough into a story and as a result it adheres too closely to the game’s internal logic instead of doing something creative with the characters and setting. There’s no drama at all. Every major enemy encounter is described with as much imagination as your average weather forecast. Thankfully it’s a very short book.
April 17, 2022
This is pretty much a walkthrough of the game, plus a few highly unnecessary embellishments for padding. Unfortunately it‘s based on the Sega Mega Drive version, which not only lengthens the game with several highly unnecessary levels (which thusly also feature in the book) but also lacks the wonderfully silly ending of the arcade version. All of this results in a book that is as short as it is completely forgettable.
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