| Barbarian / Death Sword (US title) |
 | | Developer | Palace Software | | Publisher | Epyx | | Designer | Steven Brown | | Released | 1987 | | Genre | Fighting game | | Mode(s) | Single player, One-On-One | | Platform(s) | Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum | | Media | Floppy disk, Compact audio cassette | | Input methods | Joystick, keyboard | - This page is about the 1987 Palace/Epyx game. For the 2003 Saffire/Titus game, see Barbarian. For the 1987 Psygnosis/Melbourne House game, see Barbarian
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Barbarian was released around 1987 and 1988 for most of the prominent 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. In general, the games were developed by British company Palace Software Ltd. Other companies did the porting for some platforms - Superior Software was responsible for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron ports, and Designer Software did Apple II and PC conversions. Publishing was mostly done by Epyx and Palace Software themselves, depending on platform. Image File history File links Barbarian_(Commodore_64). ...
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Barbarian is a one- or two-player fighting game. As the name suggests, the fighters are barbarians. The game offers sword combat in various locales. The game has also a one-player plot mode, where the player has to defeat several fighters to fight evil wizard Drax to rescue princess Mariana. The game was greatly inspired by sword and sorcery fantasy stories like Conan the Barbarian. For other uses, see Barbarian (disambiguation). ...
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The original game received critical acclaim as one of the best hand to hand fighting games for the platform[citation needed], while generating controversy for the level of violence (players could decapitate one another) and depiction of women in skimpy bikinis.
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Trivia - The first opponent in the game could almost always be instantly defeated by executing the "spinning neck-chop" move at the start of the game, resulting in the decapitation of the computer player.
- After the death of the composer of the ingame musicRichard Joseph His music for the game was remixed to classical-orchestra versions. (available on remix.kwed.org)
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Barbarian II The sequel, Barbarian II, is a flip screen fighting game. The story involves a final battle against Drax, who has secreted himself in his dungeon hideout. To get to him, the player must battle his way through four scenarios: a volcanic landscape, a system of caves, a dungeon, and the final three rooms where you encounter two bodyguard monsters and then Drax himself.
Before the start of the game, the player can choose between the male Barbarian from the first game (armed with a battleaxe) and Princess Mariana (who wields a sword).
The sequel was considered by many as being a disappointment as it moved away from the single-screen, two-player fighting action of the original, which was an unusual move by the publisher/developer as these were the elements that made the first game such a success.
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