Review of Barbarian. I received Barbarian free with my Amiga 500 many, many years ago. There were 10 games in total and to be honest Barbarian was not my favorite. However I did spend hours trying to complete it.
The sound was interesting, if somewhat annoying, especially when you have just lost your head, literally. The most satisfying move being to cut the opponent’s head clean off. Initially facing the opposite direction, then twirling your sword above your head and turning at the same time to face your opponent.
If both are in the correct position, your opponents head will slice clean off and bounce across the particular arena you happen to be in. However a lack of choice of moves made the game very repetitive and restrictive.
The characters were quite good though. There is the option to fight an "attractive" lady and also a troll that dragged the defeated body from the plying screen. If the head had been removed, the troll kicked it across the screen, which was quite amusing the first time, unless it was your head obviously, then it was
just irritating - a bit like the music!
Overall, Barbarian is rather fun game for a short period of time.
