Legendary Axe, The

The Legendary Axe (魔境伝説 Makyō Densetsu in Japan) is a horizontal platform video game for the TurboGrafx-16. It was published by Victor Musical Industries in Japan and by NEC in North America. It was released in Japan on September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23) and in North America as a TurboGrafx-16 launch title on August 29, 1989 (1989-08-29). In the game, the player controls Gogan, a barbarian whose girl, Flare, was kidnapped by the cult of Jagu. The player must navigate through six platforming levels, armed with a legendary axe named "Sting" to defeat Jagu and his minions and rescue Flare.