the background story about the name change is wrong.
The orginal game was Called Death Sword in some regions only but in most it was called Barbarian , then a few months later Psygnosis released a game called Barbarian aswell...and the mess was started.
Barbarian 2 from palace did the same thing aswell, had 2 names one for some countries (Barbarian 2) and for the others it was named Barbarian II - Axe of rage... Both series (Psygnosis and Palace) had liscensed the name so that was not the problem itself.
As times went on ...sceners and crackers decided to name the files as follows:
Psygnosis games:
Barbarian (+ some undertitle...)
Barbarian 2 (+ some under title...)
Palace:
Barbarian - Death Sword
Barbarian II - Axe of Rage.
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