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: Le Guerrier Absolu" -- French title
• "Barbarian: Der mächtigste Krieger" -- German title
• "Barbarian" -- European in-game title

Part of the Following Groups

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

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User Reviews

The ultimate barbarian fighting game, where a moment of hesitation can mean your head - literally!	DOS	Mickey Gabel (357)
You can thank Death Sword for MobyGames.	DOS	Trixter (8728)
More Conan than Conan itself...	Commodore 64	WWWWolf (422)
Never liked this one much.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)

The Press Says

Génération 4	Amiga	Jul, 1988	91 out of 100	91
Génération 4	Atari ST	Jan, 1988	91 out of 100	91
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
Jeuxvideo.com	Amstrad CPC	Jul 21, 2011	17 out of 20	85
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jun, 1987	8 out of 10	80
Happy Computer	Amstrad CPC	1986	79 out of 100	79
Top Secret	Atari 8-bit	Feb, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Joystick (French)	DOS	Jan, 1990	40 out of 100	40

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Trivia

Cover

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.

German index

On October 31, 1987, the German version of this game was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. Two months later, on December 31, 1987, followed the UK import. More information about this topic can be found in the game group.

Information also contributed by Xoleras