Atari ST - KlassiX
Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior
1 / 7- Genre
- Arcade - Fighting
- Year
- —
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- KlassiX
- Controls
- Joystick
- Distributor
- US Gold
- Players
- 1 / 1 vs. 2 / Demo
- Developer
- [n/a]
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- -
- Programmer(s)
- Thomson, Gary
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Carr, Gary / Walker, Jo
- Software
- —
- Game design
- Brown, Steve
- Box/Instructions
- English / French
- Musician(s)
- Joseph, Richard
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- Richard, Joseph
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- [Re-release]
- Dump
- Missing dump(s)
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Double Sided
- Dump format
- —
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)
OTHER VERSIONS WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE (2)
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Disk 1
INSTRUCTIONS (1)
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
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)
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.
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, 1987Rating: 9/10
ACE · November, 1987Rating: 640/1000
The Games Machine · December, 1987Rating: 87%
Génération 4 · Février, 1988Rating: 91%
Atari ST User · January, 1988Rating: 10/10
ST Action · February, 1989Rating: 67%
ST Format · August, 1991Rating: 65%
ST Action · September, 1991Rating: 80%
ST Format · January, 1993Rating: 65%