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Deathbringer

Deathbringer was created by a committee of evil wizards in order to destroy Karn the Barbarian, who up until now has thwarted all the wizards' plans.

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Developer
The Mystery Machine, Oxford Digital Enterprises
Publisher
Strategy First
Release
December 17, 2025
227 days ago
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About the Game

A Demon has been willingly trapped in a magic sword called Deathbringer.

Deathbringer was created by a committee of evil wizards in order to destroy Karn the Barbarian, who up until now has thwarted all the wizards' plans.

As fate would have it, the sword has fallen into the hands of Karn himself, and together they set out to kill the wizards, leaving death and destruction in their wake...

  • 30 inter-connecting levels

  • Horizontal scrolling up to 20 screens per level

  • Each level offers the option to exit and proceed to a new level in either direction

  • Colourful and detailed backdrops

  • Multi-speed parallax scrolling

  • Over 600 scenes to explore

  • 2 Megabytes of graphics

  • 64 frame animation of hero

  • Digitised sound effects

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