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

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1988

Publisher

East Midlands Leisure

Distributor

-

Developer

[n/a]

Licensed from

-

Software

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, 0.5MB

Version

[arcade cabinet]

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.0/10 · Votes: 17 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 4,874

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.