Sabre Wulf
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| Developer(s) | Ultimate Play The Game |
| Publisher(s) | Ultimate Play The Game |
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| Latest version | {{{version}}} |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Genre | Arcade adventure; Maze |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC |
| Media | tape |
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| Input | keyboard, joystick |
Sabre Wulf is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the first in the Sabreman series. It was written originally by Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper, and later ported to several other computer platforms. In 2004 an updated version of Sabre Wulf was released for the Game Boy Advance.
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Introduction
Typically for an Ultimate release, players are given a tantalising and cryptic introduction :
- "Down and down I plunged, through Rocky Glades, Steep Ravines and Shady Hollows ... No grip, no footholds, slipping, tumbling, spinning, darker and darker, deeper and deeper.
- Glinting eyes, clutching hands, clasping claws, clawing my all, as I swiftly twist and tumble onwards.
- Darker and darker, deeper and deeper. It is the end that I fear, of this untrodden voyage ... to where I do not know ... AARRRGGGG ... THUDD ...
- Fall and end meet on soft mossy soil ... with weapons drawn and senses full I move quickly and quietly around the mounded clearing ... All safe except a message ... An ancient warning etched deep into the lifeless stone.
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- THE WARNING
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- THY PATH IS LONG SO TREAD WITH CARE
- BEWARE THE WULF AND PASS HIS LAIR
- DANGER THREATENS ALL AROUND
- SO TAKE YE FROM THIS HIDDEN MOUND
- TO FREE THEE FROM THIS SUNKEN GATE
- BY WAY OF CAVE OR MEET THY FATE
- AN AMULET TO SEEK THY WILL
- `TWAS SPLIT BY QUAD AND HIDDEN STILL
- PASS THE KEEPER WROUGHT WITH HATE
- TO GAIN AN ENTRANCE TO THE GATE
- THE PIECES LOST MUST THEE AMAS
- FOR IF NO CHARM THEN NON SHALL PASS
- THY PATH IS LONG SO TREAD WITH CARE
- I edge through the shady mounded clearing and on through the dense thickets of hot house rain forest undergrowth, of sorts I cannot tell, and wait ... and listen ... Distant rumblings of heavy feet crashing, large animals leap from the damp green stubble, to fight and kill.
- I stay hidden ... The rumblings grow louder and louder, as a huge Goliath animal crashes past, horns swiping and tail lashing, still I hide as its thunderous noise dies away.
- All was clear as I leapt over the clumps and onto the well trodden pathway, its deep ruts and prints reveal the multitude of life forms inhabiting this hollow. Danger threatens so I should move quickly ... But Where???
- Wide eyed, I stare, as the dense surroundings reveal their hidden secrets ... Strange food orchids suddenly bloom, their staining toxins, strong on the air, then, in an instant, are gone. Hunters, killers, vampire bats and huge beasts spring forth from the very ground, swimming, slithering, diving and crawling ... I must hide ... Stay safe ... With weapon strong and cunning nature, I will survive ... "
Gameplay
Taking on the role of Sabreman, players must navigate a flip-screen jungle maze (256 screens; see below) to recover four pieces of a lost amulet (which depicts the titular Wulf). Once all four have been collected, the Keeper guarding the maze exit can be safely passed. However, between the entrance and exit, Sabreman must fend off a large number of tropical foes with his trusty sabre. Some enemies such as scorpions, snakes and spiders are easily despatched, but other larger adversaries such as hippos, rhinos and natives can only be intimidated by swordplay. Along the way, the player also encounters the Wulf itself (albeit rarely). An invincible and persistent foe, it is better avoided than confronted.
As well as searching for the amulet, players can collect treasure for bonus points and extra lives to prolong their jungle adventure. Also available for the player to collect are jungle orchids that periodically grow and flower. There are several different colours of these, each with a different effect on the player. Some confer immunity or increase movement speed, while others cause negative effects such as paralysis or disorientation (reversed controls). Collected wisely they can make progress through the jungle much more easy.
The title music was a primitive realization of the Prelude in C major from book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach.
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