Sabre Wulf

References to the game

• Sabreman, the protagonist of this game, makes a cameo in Banjo-Tooie. In the level Hailfire Peaks, he can be seen frozen holding the lost amulet right outside the train station on the icy side. Also, the combination for Superstash's safe is 1984, the year Sabre Wulf was released.
• The Aphex Twin song Carn Marth from the Richard D. James Album features sampled tape data noise from Sabre Wulf's loading screen.

Sales

The Spectrum version alone sold over 350,000 copies, making this one of the most successful 8-bit games of all times.

Awards

• Happy Computer
  • Issue 04/1985 - #2 Best Game in 1984 (Readers' Vote) (ZX Spectrum version)
• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #46 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by jute