Bert the Barbarian
Bert the Barbarian is an action-arcade platform game made with charming clay animation that might remind you of old English children's TV series. You control the eponymous barbarian Bert who must find his way…
Bert the Barbarian is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Squashy Software, released 1 November 1999 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Bert the Barbarian is
Bert the Barbarian is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Squashy Software and released in 1999. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on DIV Game Creator.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bert the Barbarian is an action-arcade platform game made with charming clay animation that might remind you of old English children's TV series. You control the eponymous barbarian Bert who must find his way through ramparts while fighting or evading numerically superior foes. Bert the Barbarian is programmed in the DIV2 game development environment. Its was originally created as a DIV2 demo for a competition held by the PC Zone magazine, and won the first prize. However, the author, Anthony Flack, never expanded the game beyond two levels that will cycle indefinitely until you run out of continues. A Windows version is also available. Later, Bert the Barbarian was ported to other…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Bert the Barbarian launched on 1 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and The Longest Journey.
Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey.
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