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This is one of those mods that really make you smile!

• A ton of content restored with a 2048KB ROM, 4x bigger than the original Genesis version (512KB).

Absolutely recommended, if you enjoy the vanilla version you'll love this one, a truly remarkable achievement by YoSoyNacho.

The hack gets my full support. The mist on the first stage is amazing and the screams from the arcade are a welcome addition* amongst other things.

However, currently (playing on Gens, Retroarch, Playstation Classic) there are blocky green hitbox-type shapes around characters when magic is used. I can't wait for the next update to see if this goes away.

*about the sounds: the extra screams and voices occur too soon and seem to replace the sounds which we expect, rather than adding to them. This makes the hacks and slashes oddly silent on the final blows.

Still recommended of course.

Highly recommended, as it lets the players costumize options and difficulty at their best tastes (which also makes the previous hard hack of Golden Axe quite obsolete).

Furthermore, it is totally compatible with both Pyron and SCD colour hacks, so there is no point to ever play anymore Golden Axe Genesis without it.

I only wish the same would occur for Golden Axe II and III on the Genesis, even if these are quite mediocre compared to the original game (though the different colour hacks help them a lot to be way less crappy).

Additionally, the SFX change for the dragon attacks is a must have (I just hope this hack author will apply other SFX changes for all enemies voices as well in a potential future version 2 of this hack - I do have the females enemies beaten sound ported from the arcade version and converted to the SEGA Genesis, should you be interested in. It is unfortunately the only one I could get so far though.).

Many thanks to the author for this hack anyway, never play again Golden Axe Genesis port without it!

First, I didn't find any issue whatsoever with this patch, works as intended. Something curious is that if you continue twice for example, the same amount will be discounted in the option menu, but not important.

Second, for purists you always will have the original game, but everything in this patch can be switched ON/OFF.

And third, thanks to the creator for the patch and the nice touch to include it also with Pyron's color hack that is much closer to the arcade colors.

Now for the patch. While the game remains mostly intact, this lets you activate the arcade life glitch, use the normal or the new extra difficulty levels (where the AI is more aggressive and has more life), change the number of continues up to 9, and the normal arcade or the beginner magic spell usage.

Also, you can choose in the character selection the magics you want to use with any character. That will make the dwarf with the fire magics, nine continues and the low magic usage, a hard to beat powerhouse, or any other combinations you have in mind.