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Description

Sabreman’s second game (following Sabre Wulf and preceding Knight Lore and Pentagram) finds him trapped in an underground cavern network, split into nearly 600 side-viewed screens. There are three ways to escape, each protected by a guardian who can be killed using one of the three major weapons you can locate – a dagger, a torch and a knife.

As you explore the levels, you will encounter randomly-moving nasties, who can’t kill you but can knock you off your path and cause you to fall. Eagles can grab and drop you in mid-air. Falls of much more than a screen’s height cost you a life, although extra ones are available. Jewels can be collected for temporary invincibility.

The game’s screens are functionally split into Castle and Caverns, with the castle screens higher up. Moving across the castles involves a lot of blind jumps, often deliberately bouncing off fortuitously-placed objects such as flower pots. In the caverns, use a rope to hook onto the ceilings and move up and down – if you have found it. How many screens deep you are is noted on screen at all times.

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Part of the Following Group

• Sabreman series

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Critic Reviews

Sinclair Programs	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1985	98 out of 100	98
Personal Computer Games	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1985	9 out of 10	90
ZX Computing	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1985	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1985	35 out of 40	88
Your Computer	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1985		80
Computer Entertainer and Video Game Update	Commodore 64	May, 1986		75
Eurogamer.net (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Oct 08, 2007	7 out of 10	70
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Jan, 1987	8.2 out of 12	68
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Jan, 1987	8.2 out of 12	68
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Jan, 1986	14 out of 25	56

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This is the only Ultimate title not featured in the Collected Works compilation on the Spectrum. This is believed to be due to difficulties in getting it to run on +3 disks.

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