AlmasB / GoldenAxeClone

Clone of Golden Axe (1989) implemented in Java

Golden Axe (remake)

Golden Axe game implemented in java using only standard libraries (java 2D, AWT, Swing & Java Sound API), so no external libraries required.

Win64 Executable / Runnable jar / Source code - v0.0.2 (java 16+)

https://github.com/leonardo-ono/JavaGoldenAxe/releases/tag/v0.0.2

Building locally

1. Install JDK (Adoptium download link)
2. Set JAVA_HOME = path/to/jdk
3. Set PATH = PATH + JAVA_HOME/bin
4. Install Ant (Apache Ant Download link)
5. Set PATH = PATH + Ant_install_dir/bin
6. Clone this repo (git clone path://to/this/repo)
7. cd JavaGoldenAxeClone/JavaGoldenAxe
8. ant

Running locally (after build)

java -jar /path/to/this/repo/JavaGoldenAxe/dist/JavaGoldenAxe.jar

Keyboard Controls

[F12] key: full screen mode

[F11] key: keep aspect ratio

[Arrow] keys: move player 1

[I] key: magic player 1

[O] key: attack player 1

[P] key: jump player 1

[A, S, D, W] keys: move player 2

[F] key: magic player 2

[G] key: attack player 2

[H] key: jump player 2

Video

click the image above to see the gameplay video

Screenshots

References

https://goldenaxe.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

Resources

https://www.spriters-resource.com/genesis_32x_scd/goldenaxe/

https://www.spriters-resource.com/arcade/goldenaxe/

https://spritedatabase.net/game/121