The forces of Death Adder have descended upon your village, slaughtering your family and causing a ruckus amongst the populous. With hordes of muscled warriors, dragons, skeletons, and other unpleasant undead fellows, it looks like the forces of darkness are going to have their way unless you do something about it. Armed only with a sword or axe, you head into Death Adder`s stronghold, ready to put the hurt on these villains.

Not long after the malign reign of the Death Adder has ended, another evil rises. The peace of the land has again been threatened, this time by "Dark Guld", who was supposed to be imprisoned but apparently isn`t. In this sequel to the arcade and Genesis hit Golden Axe, new skills and magic have been added to each character to help your chances of survival.

This “Prince of Darkness” has taken away the Golden Axe and put an evil curse over all the warriors. One of the heroes has their curse relieved and is sent to set things straight – lift curse off others, defeat the villian and return with the Golden Axe.