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Barbarian

Overview

Not to be confused with the fighting game from Palace Software, Psygnosis' Barbarian is a platform/adventure game.

In the game, the player is Hegor, a barbarian who must traverse several dungeons and underground habitats to defeat his brother, the evil sorcerer Necron. He has a sword and bow in his arsenal of weapons. Running and jumping, as with many platform games, comprises a large part of the gameplay of this title.

The game used a unique control system to make up for lack of more than one joystick button on many systems. The player would first press the one button after which a "menu" of actions would appear along the bottom of the screen. The player then selected the desired action by cycling through the choices with the joystick and then pressing the button again when the desired action was highlighted.

The Amstrad CPC version was ported by ICON Design.

Developers
Icon Design
Publishers
Melbourne House
Platform
Amstrad CPC
Alternate Names
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Video
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Media

Banner

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Box - 3D

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Box - Back

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Box - Front

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Box - Spine

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Cart - Front

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Clear Logo

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Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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