High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Golden Axe II is a side-scrolling fighting game (or side-scrolling beat`em up) released for the Sega Mega Drive. It was released on December 26, 1991. It is the home console sequel to the popular game Golden Axe, marking the second game in the series, though the arcade did see a sequel of its own called Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder a few years later. Golden Axe II was only released on the Mega Drive, while the original was released on many other platforms. The game has most recently appeared in Sonic`s Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and as an iPhone port on iTunes.