Reviews

This was the first fighting game I played for the Spectrum and it was a great purchase. The graphics stood out well despite the monochrome playing area and the music is good but I can't ranked it amongst my favourites. Undoubtably, the best part in the head is when you chop someone's head off! As a kid, that's all I wanted to do.

I very much enjoyed playing Barbarian. Not one of the finest games but yet one of the most enjoyable in my huge collection.

A bloody violent game.

Not a fight lover myself I must admit that Barbarian is worth a try.

It reminds me of another bloody game: Gladiator.

Another game where I didn't see the charm most others did. Graphics are nice but I found the fighting quite dull and repetitive with the only notable feature being you could behead your opponent. Take that away and you have a mediocre fighting game. Not bad by any means but not that great.

Also, from 1987 we have Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, released by Palace Software, I didn't play it again, but I did play it a lot - in fact, I won the first spot in a Speccy Tour with it - the only game I was good at. Yes, I'm good at headchopping.
Cute medieval tune, also [and great graphics].

4/5

Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, Deathstalker, and to a lesser extent Beastmaster, and the Mighty Tor.....

There may have been a thing in the 80's for unhinged mullet heads in underpants killing things with a big sword.

This game was it!

Great graphics for the time and beheadings, and a totally unfair last boss.....

I tells yer' this game had Mortal Kombat licked long before the censors shit their pants, or before midway actually patented the formula of beheadings and massively unfair last bosses.

Great game.....Worth a 4 simply because it was great at the time, but continued to be great afterwards. It was surpassed, but years later to be fair...

This was really good back in the 80's. Maybe doesn't hold up to much now but back then this was a lot of fun. Nothing beat the feelng of seeing your opponent's head fly off his body and fall to the ground.