<s>
Barbarian	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1987	O
platform	O
game	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
;	O
the	O
others	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
a	O
1991	O
sequel	O
,	O
Barbarian	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
released	O
alongside	O
Leander	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Ork	B-Application
,	O
other	O
platform-based	O
action-adventures	O
from	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
with	O
a	O
strikingfor	O
the	O
eraanimation	O
of	O
a	O
muscle-bound	O
barbarian	B-Application
cutting	O
a	O
chain	O
with	O
a	O
sword	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
,	O
the	O
animation	O
is	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
loud	O
,	O
digital	O
sound	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
Hegor	O
,	O
a	O
barbarian	B-Application
who	O
must	O
traverse	O
several	O
dungeons	B-Application
and	O
underground	O
habitats	O
to	O
defeat	O
his	O
brother	O
,	O
the	O
evil	O
sorcerer	O
Necron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
used	O
a	O
unique	O
control	O
system	O
to	O
make	O
up	O
for	O
lack	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
joystick	B-Device
button	O
on	O
many	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
then	O
selected	O
the	O
desired	O
action	O
by	O
cycling	O
through	O
the	O
choices	O
with	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
and	O
then	O
pressing	O
the	O
button	O
again	O
when	O
the	O
desired	O
action	O
was	O
highlighted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
PC	O
version	O
plays	O
digitized	O
speech	O
in	O
the	O
opening	O
sequence	O
and	O
other	O
sound	O
effects	O
using	O
the	O
speaker	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Plotkin	O
of	O
STart	O
praised	O
Barbarians	B-Application
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
impressive	O
I	O
've	O
ever	O
seen	O
in	O
an	O
ST	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
