is a 1990 3D-style, 2D shooting platform arcade game by Sega. Three warriors set out on a quest to rescue Yuria and avenge their losses at the hands of Death Adder.Īn enhanced remake with 3D graphics and orchestral music was released for PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Ages line.īonanza Bros. He also finds the Golden Axe, the magical emblem of Yuria, and threatens to destroy both the axe and the royal family unless the people of Yuria accept him as their ruler. An evil entity known as Death Adder has captured the King and his daughter, and holds them captive in their castle. The game takes place in the fictional land of Yuria, a Conan the Barbarian-style high fantasy medieval world.
Several ports of the game were created, most notably for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System. Makoto Uchida was the primary developer of the game and also was responsible for the creation of Altered Beast. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series. Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It spawned several sequels: Space Harrier 3-D (1988), Space Harrier II (1988), and the spin-off Planet Harriers (2000). It was produced by Yu Suzuki, responsible for many popular Sega games. Space Harrier is a third-person rail shooter game, released by Sega in 1985. This version was released in North America along other remade classic Sega titles in the compilation Sega Classics Collection. Also, even though "2UP" can be seen in the score display, this version only has a single player mode. The game mode is very similar to Space Harrier, or the unreleased Space Fantasy Zone. Although similar in appearance to the arcade version (even incorporating the original arcade sounds), this version used polygons instead of sprites and added some levels, including bonus levels in which the game takes the view behind Opa-Opa as he tries to collect coins from any boss that was defeated at the moment. The game design and main character had many similarities to the earlier TwinBee, and together the games are credited with the creation of the "cute 'em up" subgenre.įantasy Zone was later remade for the PlayStation 2, under the Sega Ages label. Opa-Opa is sometimes referred to as Sega's first mascot character.
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The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-Opa who fights nonsensical invader enemies in the titular group of planets, full of settings atypical of the traditional scrolling shooter and pastel colors. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the Sega Master System. Monaco GP was ported to the SG-1000 in 1983.įantasy Zone is a surreal arcade game released by Sega in 1986.
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A sequel, Pro Monaco GP, was released in 1980., and was later followed by Super Monaco GP and Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II. The game was released in three cabinet styles, a vertical upright cabinet, a cocktail table and sit-down 'deluxe' cabinet.
Monaco GP is an arcade game that was released by Sega in 1979. Included are versions of Alien Syndrome, Bonanza Bros., Columns, Fantasy Zone, Golden Axe, Out Run, Space Harrier, Super Monaco GP, Tanto-R, and Virtua Racing: Flat Out. In addition to honest emulations of the games, new play modes, game options, and extras are available as well.
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This single-disc collection, brought Stateside by Conspiracy Entertainment, comprises ten remakes of popular games from Sega's 8- and 16-bit eras which were previously available for PS2 in only Japan and sold individually.