Barbarian II

STORY / GAMEPLAY
The game is a flip-screen action adventure game with hack and slash elements. You choose between a male Barbarian (featured on the first game) who uses a Battle-Axe or a female character who wields a Long Sword. You travel through four different places to find Drax and finish his plans once and for all. On each of the first three levels you must fight six different types of monster who are willing to kill you faster than you think! Those monsters can be from little angry chickens to heavily powered giants using their...bat! During your quest you can also gain more lives (initially 5) by collecting any skulls you may find. A truly interesting arcade adventure game (rather than a fighting game as its predecessor) which will offer you plenty of gameplay time! You start from a volcanic land and you go through a cave complex, a dungeon and finally three levels in which you encounter 2 monsters guarding Drax, ending up in a final fight with him.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
Much like the Amiga version, the ST offers pretty colorful graphics and smooth sprite animation. The sound has no in-game music but features a variety of sampled sound FX, from weapon clangs to monster roars (you can even hear the wind blowing!). The Amiga and ST versions are quite identical, with no major differences except of the mode analysis. The ST version runs in 320x200 pixels with 16 colors on-screen.