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Death Sword

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Genres
Fighting
Themes
ActionFantasy
Modes
Single playerMultiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Developer
Palace Software
Publishers
Epyx, Palace Software, L.K. Avalon, Superior Software Ltd., Palace Software, U.S. Gold, Klassix
Release dates
Platform Date
Amstrad CPC December 30, 1987
ZX Spectrum December 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAX April 01, 1988
Atari ST/STE May 01, 1988
Apple II June 01, 1988
Acorn Electron December 31, 1988
BBC Microcomputer System December 31, 1988
DOS December 31, 1988
Amiga December 31, 1991
Atari 8-bit December 31, 1992

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.

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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