Barbarian v1.01 for Linux
by TDB Soft

September 30th 2003

www.tdbsoft.tk


INTRODUCTION
The evil sorcerer Drax desires Princess Mariana and has sworn to wreak an unspeakable doom on the people of the Jewelled City unless she is delivered to him.

However, he has agreed that if a champion can be found who is able to defeat his demonic guardians, the princess will be allowed to go free. All seems lost as champion after champion is defeated.

Then, from the forgotten wastelands of the North, comes an unknown barbarian, a mighty warrior, wielding his broadsword with deadly skill. Can he vanquish the forces of Darkness and free the Princess? Only you can say...


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

	12MB free hard disk space
	SDL 1.2 installed in /usr/local/lib

(We need your help finding out what the minimum system requirements for Barbarian are: if you have a computer on which the game does not run or is running too slow, please send an e-mail with the specs of your computer, ie. OS/processor/ RAM/videocard/etc).

INSTALLATION
Expand the archive in the directory of your choice.


PLAYING THE GAME
Starting the game will take you to the title screen. You can press [return] to get into the menu. To move the select bar use the [up] or [down] arrow keys, and to select the item of your choice, press [return]. You can also use the up, down and fire keys (see CONTROLS) for player one. A description of the menu items follows:

	single player	fight for the princess against the evil minions of Drax and finally face the evil one himself
	two players	perfect your swordmanship against a friend
	options	there are no options for the Linux version yet
	exit game	quit the game and return to the desktop

Each character can survive six blows which are displayed at the top of the screen (player one on the left). To return to the title screen while playing, press [esc].


CONTROLS
Human players use the keys below to control their character.

	description	player one	player two
	fire A	[,]	[z]
	fire B	[.]	[x]
	up	[arrow up]	[f]
	right	[arrow right]	[b]
	down	[arrow down]	[v]
	left	[arrow left]	[c]

The following instructions are for a right-facing character. For a left-facing character, the contols are reversed.

	action	key(s)
	move forward	right
	move backward	left
	jump	up
	duck	down
	roll forward	right + down
	roll backward	left + down
	neck chop	fire A + up
	body chop	fire A + right
	leg chop	fire A + down
	flying neck chop	fire A + left
	head butt	fire B + up
	overhead chop	fire B + right
	kick	fire B + down
	web of death	fire B + left
	protect body	right + up
	protect head	left + up

STATUS & SCORE
Points will be awarded depending on the difficulty of the move used (player one on the left).

When playing in two player mode there will be a time limit for each duel. At this time, if both players are still in in the game, their strength will be restored and a new game will commence.

When playing in single player mode there is no time limit and the time display will be replaced with the skill level of the opponent the player is facing.


CONTACT
You can contact TDB Soft at tdbsoft@home.nl for all your questions, bug reports and/or suggestions.


CREDITS

	Original
		Palace Software
	Programming
		Thomas Bolhuis
		Edwin Bos
	Graphics
		Thomas Bolhuis
		Edwin Bos
	Sound
		various sources

REVISION HISTORY
+ new feature; = changed feature; - removed feature; * bugfix

	v1.01 (September 30th 2003)
	+	initial release