Death Sword

Description

The evil magician Drax is terrorizing the jeweled city and cast a spell over the beautiful princess Marina who is forced to obey him. From the lands to the north, a hero is sent to help the city and free the princess. He is Gorth, the strongest of the barbarian warriors. With his sword in hand, he has to beat eight of Drax's best warriors and at last the magician himself. He will fight them in the woods, on the mountaintop, in the dungeon... finally reaching Drax's palace itself.

This is essentially a one- or two-player fighting game where you control a big barbarian and fight another player or a computer AI. There are several kinds of hits, and some hits take off half a point while others take off a whole point. Each player has six of these "power points". They also have a special hard to perform "death sword" which decapitates your opponent, killing him with one fell swoop.

Alternate Titles

• "Battle Sword" -- Common mistaken title
• "Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior" -- UK Title
• "Barbarian: Der mächtigste Krieger" -- German Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Barbarian legacy
• Barbarian protagonists
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Maxx Out! series

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User Reviews

You can thank Death Sword for MobyGames.	DOS	Trixter (8866)
More Conan than Conan itself...	Commodore 64	WWWWolf (391)
The ultimate barbarian fighting game, where a moment of hesitation can mean your head - literally!	DOS	Mickey Gabel (347)
Never liked this one much.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
A fun fighting game ...	DOS	JubalHarshaw (287)

The Press Says

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	May, 1988	36 out of 40	90
Commodore User	Amiga	Apr, 1988	9 out of 10	90
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Dec, 1987	87 out of 100	87
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Jul, 1987	87 out of 100	87
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jun, 1987	8 out of 10	80
Top Secret	Atari 8-bit	Feb, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Abandonia	DOS	Aug 28, 2005	3 out of 5	60
The Good Old Days	Commodore 64	Sep 05, 2007	2 out of 6	33

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Trivia

The guy in the (Barbarian) front cover photo later became 'Wolf' in the UK TV version of Gladiators. His character was something of an overblown pantomime type who aimed to add some light relief to proceedings.