Sabre Wulf

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Description

The ACG amulet (a reference to Ultimate's formal name of Ashby Computers and Graphics), has been split into four pieces, which are located in different parts of a jungle, and you're the intrepid explorer sent to locate them.

The game takes place on a large map, and the viewed area often includes section which overlap and can't be reached directly, due to the huge shrubs and trees which are used as borders.

The gameplay has many similarities to Ultimate's earlier Atic Atac title (even though they charged almost twice as much for it). It combines shooting (creatures such as spiders and hippos are among the many ferocious delights on show), and puzzle solving, largely involving manoeuvring objects. Once you run out of lives, the game tells you the percentage completed; chances are you'll be surprised that hours of exploration only cover half of it.

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Part of the Following Group

• Sabreman series

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Critic Reviews

Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1985	91 out of 100	91
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1986	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 1984	9 out of 10	90
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1986	8.75 out of 10	88
Personal Computer Games	BBC Micro	Feb, 1985	8 out of 10	80
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 1984	8 out of 10	80
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Sep, 1985	13 out of 20	65
Pixel	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1984		60
Computer Gamer	Commodore 64	Jan, 1986		40
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Nov, 1985	40 out of 100	40

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Trivia

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)

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