Golden Axe

Ported from the Sega System 16 arcade using a combination of reverse engineering and new development to ensure gameplay and visuals match the original to near perfection.

Features

Support for MVS / AES and Neo Geo CD systems

Original arcade difficulty settings

Game region selectable (World / JP and selectable FBI warnings)

Special Neo Geo CD soundtrack supplied by Richard Douglas ( https://www.richdouglas.net/ )

Full MVS support including multi-slot game switching and credits

SoftDIP settings available on AES and NeoGeo CD from title menu

Files supplied to support most flash cart solutions, real hardware and emulators.

Conversion Notes

Went a little above and beyond for this one. During the port I found a youtube video which found a few of the sample sources for Golden Axe came from a selection of 80s movies, Conan, American Werewolf in London and Rambo. To get the best quailty possible I did a deep dive in these films and managed to replace 6 voice samples with new higher quality versions.

For the MVS / AES, the soundtrack is taken from the original System16 arcade PCB. High quality recordings were supplied by Artemio and then converted to run through the ADPCM-B. Neo Geo CD users get that classic 90s bonus of a full CD soundtrack of ultimate epicness from composer Richard Douglas.

A lot of effort went into getting this even more visually accurate than my previous port, requiring a huge reworking of my graphics converstion tools.. again!. There are a few minor differences and some edge case glitches which I decided to leave as the amount of work to iron them out really outweight the results they would bring. After all, we wanna play it right?

Thanks to the testers

.. Mpatou / Trifle and Lara / Gillaxian / Mr Kola / Old Style Gaming ..

Special thanks to..

Furrtek - that CDDA bug was making me cry!

Artemio - awesome recordings

Darksoft - thanks for the continued support

Neo Geo Dev Wiki - where I've learnt everything about the hardware

Arcade-Projects - a lovely little forum