Conan: Hall of Volta

Conan
Developer(s)SE Software[1]
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)
  • Eric Robinson
  • Eric Parker
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, FM-7, PC-88, Sharp X1
Release1984
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Conan: Hall of Volta (or simply Conan on the box cover and title screen) is a platform game from American developers Eric Robinson and Eric Parker and published by Datasoft in 1984.[2] It is based on the character Conan created by Robert E. Howard. This game was originally written for the Apple II and ported to the Commodore 64[3] and Atari 8-bit computers.[4]

Released in 1984, the game's launch coincided with the debut of the film Conan the Destroyer. The box shows a painting of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscular warrior with his new costume for Destroyer. Despite this attempted tie-in, the game has little to do with the film besides the Cimmerian in the title role, having originally been designed as a boomerang-throwing game titled Visigoth. One of the screenshots on the back of the box is from a prototype version and shows a boomerang instead of a sword.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Conan: Hall of Volta". at GameFAQs
  2. ^ Conan: Hall of Volta at MobyGames
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