Axe of Rage

Description

In the sequel to Barbarian / Death Sword, the Wizard Drax is back after your previous defeat of him. But this time, you're not alone. The princess you saved back then has taken up a sword and joined your cause! Now, it's more than a death match. You have to explore the many tunnels in his dungeon, defeat the dangerous monsters that come between you and put cold steel to Drax's throat.

The game has similar game play to the original, but with a different challenge. Various monsters will come and attack you, but you'll need to use different approaches in order to defeat each of them. For example, you can't overhead chop a monster that's shorter than your axe. There are 4 dungeon levels to explore before you reach Drax at the final stage.

Alternate Titles

• "Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax" -- International title
• "Barbarian 2" -- BBC Micro loading screen title

Part of the Following Groups

• Barbarian legacy
• Protagonist: Barbarian

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The Press Says

Atari ST User	Atari ST	May, 1989	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Aug, 1988	9 out of 10	90
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Oct, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Oct, 1989	81 out of 100	81
Power Play	Atari ST	Mar, 1989	80 out of 100	80
Power Play	Commodore 64	Sep, 1988	78 out of 100	78
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Commodore 64	Oct, 1988	754 out of 1000	75
Power Play	Amstrad CPC	Jun, 1989	73 out of 100	73
Atarimagazin	Atari ST	1989	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

Cancelled successor

The originally planned storyline was changed during development, to allow for a third game in the series. By the time it was last heard of as being in development in July 1992, it was to be a two-part game called Super Barbarian, combining beat 'em up and platform elements.

Cover

Just like in the predecessor the models on the original UK cover are Maria Whittaker (page 3 topless model for The Sun newspaper) and Michael Van Wijk (known as Wolf from the UK TV show Gladiators).

Poster

Some boxed games came with a free poster featuring the barbarian, princess Mariana standing in front of a slayed beast as different pose from the game box cover.

Information also contributed by Martin Smith and retroking.