Barbarian protagonist

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The protagonist is a barbarian. Usually has scarce leather or fur clothing (such as just fur loincloth), long unkempt hair, and somewhat limited cultural skills. But not so primitive as to be a caveperson or civilized enough to be viking or some other.

159
games
39
platforms
The clothing choices of barbarians tend get more complex only with what they can scavenge, so they end up with loosely fitting pieces of clothing/armor that they somehow tie together in a poor show of ragged fashion.

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Games by year

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The first Barbarian protagonist video game was released in 1983.

Palace Software, Sega and Taito published most of these games.

Platforms

Amiga 17
Atari ST 14
ZX Spectrum 14
Amstrad CPC 13
C64 12
MS-DOS 11
Windows 9
Mega Drive 7
Arcade 4
PS2 4
MSX 3
Apple IIGS 3
Atari 400/800 3
C16/Plus4 3
Master System 3
PC Engine 3
Apple II E 3
X360 3
Game Gear 2
VIC-20 2
Mac OS Classic 2
NES 2
Electron 2
Xbox 2
BBC 2
GameCube 2
PS3 2
Linux 1
Mac OS X 1
SNES 1