Death Sword

Death Sword

1987 · Palace Software

3.73 out of 5, 21 ratings

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.

Release date
December 30, 1987
Developer
Palace Software
Publisher
Superior Software, Palace Software, Epyx, Palace Software, U.S. Gold, Klassix, L.K. Avalon
Genres
Fighting
Themes
ActionFantasy

Media

Platforms

BBC Microcomputer System
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
ZX Spectrum
Atari ST/STE
Acorn Electron
DOS
Amiga
Apple II
Amstrad CPC

Release dates

Amstrad CPCFull release
Europe · Dec 30, 1987
Atari ST/STEFull release
Europe · Dec 30, 1987
Commodore C64/128/MAXFull release
Europe · Dec 30, 1987