BarbarianCPC & Deathsword 128k : Head chopping classics remade

[neilsouth]

What set this game apart from other combative titles was the ability to slice at each other to the death, which usually ended up with a head being chopped clean off and kicked to one side. It is was a game that has lived on through a generation and although the Deathsword 128k remake isn't new, the latest Barbarian CPC for the megadrive is! -

http://www.indieretronews.com/2014/10/barbariancpc-deathsword-128k-head.html

 

[markec]

I remember playing Barbarian on C64, I did once managed to get to the end boss but his ranged attack surprised me and I lost too much health trying to reach him. Got pissed and never played it again, fun game nevertheless.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Played Barbarian on the Spectrum. Fucking metal game.

 

[Sodafish]

Had Barbarian on the Atari ST :nostalgiatear:

 

[Eyeball]

Where is my motherfucking Moonstone remake?

 

[DraQ]

Played it on C64 - was infrequent for a game to include this sort of graphic violence at the time.
It was pretty fun to play against another person too.

(Behead all who insult C64.)

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I beat both Barbarian and Barbarian 2 on the Amstrad CPC.

To reach Drax (yeah, that was the boss's name) you had to beat seven computer-controlled barbarians first. I faintly recall No. 6 being the toughest of them all. Beating Drax in the first game is easy: The roll attack is your best friend.

Barbarian 2 is a whole different beast altogether. Instead of a one-screen arena you had large levels laid out in bizarre ways, and frequently had to battle all kinds of weird monsters. Some of those monsters you could oneshot if you did the headchop at just the right time, though normally you'd end up cutting out the heart rather than lopping off the head. There were 3 levels to find the exit to (an outside volcanic area, a series of caverns and then a dungeon) before reaching Drax. Then it was a case of getting through 2 special monsters to reach him. Palace Software learned something from their prequel and to beat Drax this time you had to chop his head off. Instead of Drax falling down dead, he walks over to his head, picks it up and walks away.

They were fun games back in the day, but haven't exactly aged well.

 

[neilsouth]

Where is my motherfucking Moonstone remake?

There was going to be one, but it halted

 

[DraQ]

I beat both Barbarian and Barbarian 2 on the Amstrad CPC.

To reach Drax (yeah, that was the boss's name) you had to beat seven computer-controlled barbarians first. I faintly recall No. 6 being the toughest of them all. Beating Drax in the first game is easy: The roll attack is your best friend.

I've never beat Drax but he also bounced/rolled his magic missiles across the floor, so he could get you while rolling.
And the last barbarian, the one in black, was definitely the hardest.

Barbarian 2 is a whole different beast altogether. Instead of a one-screen arena you had large levels laid out in bizarre ways, and frequently had to battle all kinds of weird monsters. Some of those monsters you could oneshot if you did the headchop at just the right time, though normally you'd end up cutting out the heart rather than lopping off the head.

Some could also 1-shot you, for example by nomming your head.

They were fun games back in the day, but haven't exactly aged well.

Still better combat than about any of the ackshun RPGs of today.

 

[Drax]

I'm pretty hard, yes.