There's an invisible bar on each side of the screen that you can't attack through but you can be attacked through, the magic all feels underpowered unless Tyris spends half the game maxing hers out, Gilius is the only character that seems to have any range to his attacks, and the endgame is littered with enemies that can hack anywhere from one bar to three bars of health from you before you can even react. Oh, and there's two extra stages compared to the arcade version which exist to pad out a stunningly short game.

I hated 'Golden Axe' as a kid and as an adult, I still hate it. Even the arcade version looks like ass. At least they did better with 'The Revenge of Death Adder' I suppose.