@mrentropy Yeah. Back then, all games were made for kids. This one may be heavily based on Conan the Barbarian, but as a game, it followed the standard game format, without depicting anything TOO violent, or at least, that which was not depicted by other games which were accepted as proper entertainment for young people.
I tried to do some research about this. I love Golden Axe, but I’ve never heard of this so I was intrigued. I found many claims and so called facts, but I’ve found absolutely no confirmation of this. :/ If it’s true, I’d love to know what was up with that lol. Somehow I’m thinking it’s kind of a joke, something that was trying to be a meme, but unfortunately, I found nothing at all. :(
My reasoning behind this is, back then, making a game was often sailing on a strict budget, therefore it makes absolutely no sense for developers to go out of their way to get voice acting from death row prisoners when they could just get some cheap sound effect in. That must have been a lot of trouble to get, and I can’t imagine going through all that in a time where voice acting in video games was pretty much non existent. but if it’s true, it sure fits the dark and dreary feel that this game achieved through its visuals and theme…besides those thieving gnome bastards haha I could be utterly wrong here, I’m not a video game history connoisseur, so if you ever do get the answer to this, please remember me. :) I’d love to know, too.