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IntoTheVerticalBlank - 02/07/2022 |
The "International Karate" of sword fighting. Fast, furious fighting with at least one head chopping fatality. |
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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 release reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for the Amstrad CPC in 5/1987
First 16 bit release reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for the Atari ST in 10/1987
The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
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| 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% |
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