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SeriesBarbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

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First release
Dec 30, 1987
Genres
Fighting · Action, Fantasy
Platforms
Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, DOS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Acorn Electron, Atari ST/STE, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System

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.

Also known as Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Barbarian, Barbarian: Der mächtigste Krieger, Barbarian: El Guerrero Definitivo
… See more, Barbarian: Le Guerrier Absolu, Battle Sword

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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.Read more

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.

Release dates
Amstrad CPC
Dec 30, 1987
ZX Spectrum
Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dec 30, 1987
All 14 release dates
Atari ST/STE
Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Apr 1988
Atari ST/STE
May 1988
DOS
Jun 1988
Apple II
Jun 1988
DOS
1988
Amiga
1988
Acorn Electron
1988
BBC Microcomputer System
1988
Amiga
1991
Atari 8-bit
1992
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
martial arts, abandonware, cga graphics, bpjm indexed, barbarian protagonist
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