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So I've got online trying to find this out and can't seem to get a correct answer. Ran across about a half dozen theories including:
- Obtaining B rank or higher (I could've sworn I did this on the last playthrough and still think didn't get to the final boss form)
- Don't continue
- Continue but have more than one left when you defeat the 1st form of the final boss
- Follow a certain path (but never spelled out)
- Don't die at all
What is the right way?
This might be of help despite the game not being played on original hardware:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WyE80yELRM
I thought the game's so bad, why bother? =P ;-)
PS: I used to know how to do it bitd but I forgot how over the years. Wasn't anything complicated though.
I am asking myself the same question for years. It only happend once to me while playing the game with a friend. I don't know what I did then and what I didn't before to achieve it while playing alone.
I too am curious about this.
Hm, actually, I think all you need to do is to beat the game without using a continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Assault9
PS: I usually play the game with Cronos (the panther) and Sarah. They're the most balanced characters and both have very powerful specials. Sarah's most powerful attack is Fw+BC.
It depends on how many continues you use. I forgot how many, but I know you can use at least one. My best suggestion is to spam > > Jump + Attack attacks with the barbarian. Later levels have so many jumping enemies that it becomes nearly impossible to play normally. Also make sure to use holes, especially on larger boss-type enemies. Some bosses can be thrown down a hole right away with a quick magic attack just as they spawn (two bearded enemies with hammers in the green level with the crab comes to mind).
The only ending of Golden Axe 3 I know of is where I get bored of the game halfway through and switch it off.
Mr Smith was missed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Smith
Actually that ending's not far off the real one, but getting the real ending involves a garbage disposal.
Played through this again on the Xbox 360 SVC version and got the good ending... I have absolutely no idea how. I didn't save/fight any of the evil characters and I continued at least once (possibly twice) before I even got to the final boss.
Following this thread, I was taken by curiosity to play a game I had for long in my collection but never played seriously.
I was so surprised to see how good this game is! Surely it has its flaws (awkward animations and some ugly frames), but the gameplay introduces so much variety thanks to the new moves and the ability to block!
Too bad the panther character is simply broken with his special move, and often enemies abuses of the blocks, resulting in cheap tactics.
What struck me is the music, I never imagined it would be this great.
My favourite tracks are Tender Hamlet ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDc40vP1byQ ) and Death Mountain ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVtDeXjYUHE ).
On the bottom line...I always thought this game was plainly bad, with uninspired graphics, dull sound and clunky controls (the other 2 games still feel smoother).
I think that, having a bigger budget, this game would have been a real killer app. Still, it's a hell of a fun, I never got bored (thanks to the path branches that add a lot to replayability), and completed the game twice in a row.
So..thanks, SEGA16 :)
I bought Golden Axe 3 via mailorder back in summer 1993 at release. I was looking for something of the same quality like Streets of Rage 2 which I had been playing non-stop since release. Of course GA3 could not meet that expectation (nothing could) but it came pretty close.
I was shocked to learn that this game only uses 8 Mbit. It came out the same year as Streets of Rage 2, a few months later actually, so bitd I just assumed that it was 16 Mbit too. It wasn't until 2008-ish that I realized it was only 8 Mbit.
In the review it would have been wise to give the team at least 10Mbit to improve some of the backgrounds, or to add one or two new enemies/bosses. I cannot imagine what they'd have done with 12 or 16 Mbit.
As for the game's music, my favorite track in the game is Ride the Whirlwind:
(yes it's a remix but the only decent video I could find, the original tune is at least as good)
The Gate of Fate, another track that kinda stands out:
I always thought that to get the good ending just need to save your friends from the curse but no! I finished Golden Axe III now on my console and i get the bad ending LOL WTF
If I'm not mistaken, all you have to do is to 1-credit the game. Which is like pretty much every Arcade game is meant to be played anyway. ;)
I think it's really a nice touch, since it forces you to step up your game and to master the game's mechanics in order to succeed. And fortunetely, GA3 isn't like The Punisher, where you have to beat the game at the hardest setting, which throws tons of enemies at you while providing a very limited time counter.
On a side note, this thread reminded me of when Giga Wing came out for the Dreamcast and pretty much every review trashed the game for being "over too quickly", failing to mention that you only get to fight the true last boss and see the good ending if you 1-credit the game. That's 'professional' reviewing at it's best.
I only ever got the good ending once, and while I admit that I haven't completed the game that many times, I think the good ending is random.
I still have my Sega Vintage Collection save state from when I saved this at the true final boss form prior to getting the real ending. On it I only have 2 lives left with Kain, no continues left (used 'em all) and it's on the regular difficulty setting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bottino
Heh, I guess I'm mistaken then :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Azathoth
Here's what I found:
The game even throws you a bone by allowing the use of credits. Not bad.Quote:
Choose any difficulty and any path. Defeat the first form of the final boss with at least one continue left to unlock the good ending, even if you drop down to your last continue on the second form.