Barbarian Returns is a remake of the game called
"Barbarian" or "Death Sword", released by Palace
Software in 1987 (for the C64 version).

It is a fighting game, where you must defeat the
seven best fighters of rax, before fighting Drax
himself.

The game supports 3 modes:


{b]1 player game:

This is the story mode. You must defeat all the
seven opponents and Drax in order to win the game


2 players game:

This is the duel mode, two human players fight on
the same screen.


Network battle:

In this mode you can fight against a remote opponent.
One player needs to host a game, and the second one
must connect to this game.

You can configure the TCP ports used by the game.

The connection is based on IP.

Controls:


The game is controled either by using the keys
and/or a joystick. In the configuration menu of
the game, you can modify the keys and the
joystick ID for each player (up to 2).

The left side fighter controls are:

Without [Fire] control pressed:
[UP] : Jump
[UP + RIGHT] : Protect Body
[RIGHT] : Move Forward
[RIGHT + DOWN] : Roll Forward
[DOWN] : Crouch
[DOWN + LEFT] : Roll Back
[LEFT] : Move Back
[LEFT + UP] : Protect Head

With [Fire] control pressed:
[UP] : Neck Shop
[UP + RIGHT] : Head Butt
[RIGHT] : Body Chop
[RIGHT + DOWN] : Kick
[DOWN] : Leg Shop
[DOWN + LEFT] : Overhead Chop
[LEFT] : Flying Neck Shop
[LEFT + UP] : Web Of Death

The right side fighter controls are the same than
the left side fighter ones, but swapped left/right.


The other controls of the game:

Pause Key : Pause the game
F1 - F12 : Throw an insult to your opponent
(network mode only)