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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior Series

Death Sword

Fighting Action Fantasy
75
User Score
21 ratings
December 30, 1987
Released 14000 days ago
BBC Microcomputer System Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Acorn Electron DOS Amiga Apple II Amstrad CPC

About

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other computers in the following months. The developers licensed the game to Epyx, who published it as Death Sword in the United States. Barbarian is a fighting game that gives players control over sword-wielding barbarians. In the game's two-player mode, players pit their characters against each other. Barbarian also has a single-player mode, in which the player's barbarian braves a series of challenges set by an evil wizard to rescue a princess.

Storyline

In the single-player story mode, the player controls a nameless barbarian who is on a quest to defeat the evil wizard Drax. Princess Mariana has been kidnapped by Drax, who is protected by 8 barbarian warriors. The protagonist engages each of the other barbarians in single combat to the death. Overcoming them, he faces the wizard. After the barbarian has killed Drax, Mariana drops herself at her saviour's feet and the screen fades to black.The United States version of the game names the protagonist Gorth.

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Release Dates by Platform

Amstrad CPC Worldwide
Dec 30, 1987
Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 30, 1987
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Apr 1, 1988
Atari ST/STE Worldwide
May 1, 1988
Apple II Worldwide
Jun 1, 1988
DOS Worldwide
Jun 1, 1988
Acorn Electron Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
BBC Microcomputer System Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1991
Atari 8-bit Worldwide
Dec 31, 1992

Game Info

Developer
Palace Software
Publisher
Superior Software Ltd., Palace Software, Epyx, Palace Software, U.S. Gold, Klassix, L.K. Avalon
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Fighting
Themes
Action Fantasy

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