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| Sabreman | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Ultimate Play the Game Rare |
| Publishers | Ultimate Play the Game THQ |
| Platforms | Amstrad CPC,BBC Micro,Commodore 64,MSX,Game Boy Advance |
| First release | Sabre Wulf 1984 |
| Latest release | Sabre Wulf (2004) 2004 |
Sabreman is a series ofaction-adventure games developed and published byUltimate Play the Game for theZX Spectrum in the 1980s. Some of the instalments were also released on other popular homemicrocomputers, namely theAmstrad CPC,BBC Micro,Commodore 64, andMSX. The series stars Sabreman, who is depicted wearingkhakis and apith helmet. While the series went dormant after the sale of Ultimate Play The Game, the developer's successorRare would release a remake of the original game on theGame Boy Advance.Microsoft owns the series through its acquisition of Rare underXbox Game Studios.
The story of Sabreman's adventures is not developed within the games themselves, but each game would come with an explanation of the story so far on the cassette inlay cards.
Sabreman's appearance inKnight Lore inspired the character Sabrewulf in theKiller Instinct series, while Sabreman himself made a cameo inBanjo-Tooie, both by Ultimate's successor companyRare. No other games in the series were released untilSabre Wulf on theGame Boy Advance in 2004, which builds on the story from the originalSabre Wulf, the object being to collect amulet pieces to defeat the Wulf once again. Following the cancellation ofDonkey Kong Racing, Rare attempted to rework the game forXbox and laterXbox 360 asSabreman Stampede, but was also cancelled during development due to a lack of focus and Rare's unfamiliarity with the hardware.[2] In 2015, the original version ofSabre Wulf,Underwurlde, andKnight Lore were re-released as part of theRare Replay compilation forXbox One.
