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''Mire Mare'' is an unreleased
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Ultimate Play the Game Ashby Computers and Graphics Limited, trading as Ultimate Play the Game, was a British video game developer and publisher, founded in 1982, by ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper. Ultimate released a series of successful games for t ...
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Underwurlde ''Underwurlde'' is a 1984 Action-adventure game, action-adventure platform video game in the ''Sabreman'' series by Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. The player controls the adventurer Sabreman as he jumps between pla ...
'', the second game in the
Sabreman The ''Sabreman'' series of games was released by Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s. Some of the instalments were also released on other popular home microcomputers, namely the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 ,and MSX ...
series of titles from Ultimate (between ''
Sabre Wulf ''Sabre Wulf'' is an action-adventure game released by British video game developer Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1984. The player navigates the pith-helmeted Sabreman through a 2D jungle maze while collecting ...
'' and ''
Knight Lore ''Knight Lore'' is a 1984 action-adventure game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game, and written by company founders Chris and Tim Stamper. The game is known for its use of isometric graphics, which it further popularized in vid ...
''), has three separate exits, each naming another game in the series. The first exit names ''Knight Lore'', which was released at the same time as Underwurlde. The second names ''
Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle aroun ...
'', which surfaced in 1986. The third exit names ''Mire Mare'', which was expected, but never published. On completion of ''
Knight Lore ''Knight Lore'' is a 1984 action-adventure game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game, and written by company founders Chris and Tim Stamper. The game is known for its use of isometric graphics, which it further popularized in vid ...
'', the poem displayed reads: :: THE POTION CASTS :: ITS MAGIC STRONG :: ALL EVIL MUST BEWARE :: THE SPELL HAS BROKEN :: YOU ARE FREE :: GO FORTH TO MIREMARE And on completion of ''
Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle aroun ...
'', the message displayed is: :: CONGRATULATIONS :: YOU HAVE COMPLETED :: THE PENTAGRAM :: YOUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES IN :: MIRE MARE Rare (the company that rose from Ultimate's ashes) revealed in the late 1990s that the game have been similar to the top-down ''
Sabre Wulf ''Sabre Wulf'' is an action-adventure game released by British video game developer Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1984. The player navigates the pith-helmeted Sabreman through a 2D jungle maze while collecting ...
''. They also explained that although the basic game design was completed Ultimate's hectic schedule meant that the title's actual coding was never completed.


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