Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior

Information

Genre

Arcade - Fighting

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 1 vs. 2, Demo

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Thomson, Gary

Graphic Artist(s)

Carr, Gary, Walker, Jo

Game design

Brown, Steve

Musician(s)

Joseph, Richard

Sound FX

Richard, Joseph

Publisher

Kixx

Distributor

US Gold

Developer

[n/a]

Licensed from

-

Software

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, 0.5MB

Version

[Re-release]

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.0/10 · Votes: 17 · Downloads: 2,941 · Hits: 18,975

Screenshots (7)

Article (1)

Tips (1)

Trivia (6)

Sound

Features digitized sound fx at 9.6KHz

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Cover game

Barbarian was featured in the cover of C+VG issue June 1987.

Arcade Cabinet

In 1988 a company called East Midlands Leisure built an 1040ST based arcade cabinets called INTEC Video Systems costing £1400 each with two games included. Launch games were Foundations Waste from Exocet Software and Trantor - The Last Stormtrooper from US Gold

Charts

Top UK charts position: 1 (2/1988)
Months on charts: 9 between 7/1987 - 4/1988

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Amstrad CPC (5/1987)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (10/1987), Amiga (4/1988)

Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (9)

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · November, 1987 · Rating: 9/10

ACE · November, 1987 · Rating: 640/1000

The Games Machine · December, 1987 · Rating: 87%

Génération 4 · Février, 1988 · Rating: 91%

Atari ST User · January, 1988 · Rating: 10/10

ST Action · February, 1989 · Rating: 67%

ST Format · August, 1991 · Rating: 65%

ST Action · September, 1991 · Rating: 80%

ST Format · January, 1993 · Rating: 65%

Comments (1)

• IntoTheVerticalBlank — 2 Jul 2022

  The "International Karate" of sword fighting. Fast, furious fighting with at least one head chopping fatality.