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. 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.

Death Sword
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Details

  • IGDB 7.5
Release date
30 Dec 1987
Genres
  • Fighting
Developers
Platforms
Acorn ElectronAmigaAmstrad CPCApple IIAtari 8-bitAtari ST/STEBBC Microcomputer SystemCommodore C64/128/MAXDOSZX Spectrum
Platforms
  • Acorn Electron — 31 Dec 1988
  • Amiga — 31 Dec 1988
  • Amstrad CPC — 30 Dec 1987
  • Apple II — 1 Jun 1988
  • Atari 8-bit — 31 Dec 1992
  • Atari ST/STE — 30 Dec 1987
  • BBC Microcomputer System — 31 Dec 1988
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX — 30 Dec 1987
  • DOS — 1 Jun 1988
  • ZX Spectrum — 30 Dec 1987
Game modes
  • Single player
  • Multiplayer
Perspectives
  • Side view
Alternative titles
  • Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
  • Barbarian
  • Barbarian: Der mächtigste Krieger
  • Barbarian: El Guerrero Definitivo
  • Barbarian: Le Guerrier Absolu
  • Battle Sword

Games