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Death Sword

"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."

Palace Software·Superior Software·Epyx·U.S. Gold·Klassix·L.K. Avalon· December 30, 1987· Main Game
74
User Score
21 ratings

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.

Story

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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Artwork & Box Art

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Acorn Electron
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga
Standard
NA
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga
Standard
AU
Dec 31, 1991
Amstrad CPC
Standard
EU
Dec 30, 1987
Apple II
Standard
NA
Jun 1, 1988
Atari 8-bit
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1992
Atari ST/STE
Standard
EU
Dec 30, 1987
Atari ST/STE
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NA
May 1, 1988
BBC Microcomputer System
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Standard
EU
Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Standard
NA
Apr 1, 1988
DOS
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NA
Jun 1, 1988
DOS
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Amiga
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EU
Dec 31, 1988
ZX Spectrum
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EU
Dec 30, 1987
User Score
74 /100
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
50–74
Mixed or Average
Users
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike