Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax

Title	Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax
First release	1988
Developer	Palace Software
Publisher	Epyx
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Genres	beat 'em up, hack and slash
Also known as	Barbarian II · Barbarian 2 · Axe of Rage
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	DOS: 1988-01-01 ZX Spectrum: 1988-06-06 Commodore 64: 1988-07-01 Amstrad CPC: 1989-01-01 Atari ST: 1991-04-01
Wikidata ID	Q15121695

Drax's dungeon serves as the arena for a single-player fighting experience where players select either the barbarian or Princess Marina. Navigating through several tunnels, the player engages in successive confrontations against multiple monsters and enemies to locate and defeat the evil wizard.

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Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax – box art (front)

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Box art (1): Source: atarilegend (upstream Atari Legend contributors (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)) · © Epyx · internal use only.

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Epyx · internal use only.

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Videos

BARBARIAN II (AMSTRAD CPC - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Amstrad CPC version · longplay · 28:07auto-matched
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Amiga Longplay Barbarian II - The Dungeon Of Drax

World-of-Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 17:25auto-matched
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