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I have very vague memories of a game where you played... I think it was a barbarian? I remember the weapon could be upgraded but I don't remember how! The graphics looked basic even for the time.

Any ideas?

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I mean, you've described just about everything from Castle of the Winds to Skyrim (well, maybe not if the graphics were basic.)

If you think of any more of the description, there's a subreddit that's specifically about helping people find obscure games they kinda remember: https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/

Total shot in the dark:

Dark Ages

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(1991_video_game)

worst case this is just a good recommendation

Yeeeesss thank you!

I remember dying a lot, wonder if the game is actually hard now... I'll check it out :)

No problem! For some reason it was the first thing I thought of. I have good memories watching my dad play it and trying to as well.

I remember playing Prehistorik games.

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Prehistorik_1991

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Prehistorik_2_1993

I loved the bonus levels in Prehistorik 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4IQ26Y2Zhs

I loved this game on the SNES. And it was just some random game that was in the discount box in the shop.

A long shot, but if I think about an arcade game with a barbarian I cannot think about anything but Rastan (although the graphics was not necessarily basic for the time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFBs3X2LVAc

There's Conan for the Apple //e https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Conan ?

Maybe this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_(video_game)

It’s not necessarily known mainly as a PC game, but the most common 80s game where you play a barbarian with upgradable weapons in Rastan, originally for arcades in the late 80s.

Targhan maybe?

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Targhan_1989

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