Carl Williams writes, “It is an interesting conundrum that the gaming community faces right now. We have companies becoming exponentially more interested in protecting their older IPs from fans accessing them, but no effort made to make them officially available to those same fans. Thankfully, right now, Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior is in limbo, USA gamers probably recognize this game as Death Sword. Originally starting as a Palace Software title, then Titus France bought them out only to sell out to Interplay Entertainment who eventually went bankrupt. This series of events has probably been the best protection for a title like Barbarian because now no one really knows who owns the rights and fans have taken it upon themselves to keep the classic fighter alive and well.”
Source: N4G PC Classic Fighter Barbarian Receives Female Fighter in Fan Update