This was the game that inspired this list. I firmly believe that the Sega Genesis had the strongest launch titles of any system, Golden Axe was a significant contributor to this. If there's one thing a sequel should do, it's look better than the original, there's just no excuse here. Hell, take the original program and touch it up a little. EA's been doing that for 15 years with Madden now. To use the exact same game engine but somehow reduce the graphical detail is just baffling.
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