Underwurlde (1984)

2.00 from 11 ratings

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Underwurlde is the second in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf. The format of the game is a 2D side view flip-screen platform game. The aim is to escape from the Underwurlde via one of the three exits, to go to either Knight Lore, Pentagram or Mire Mare. It was later included in Rare's 2015 Xbox One retrospective compilation,

Details

Developers: Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd.
Publishers: Ultimate Play the Game
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Shooter
Themes: Action, Fantasy
Series: Sabreman

Release dates

1984 (Full Release) (Europe) ZX Spectrum
1985 (Full Release) (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX

Bundled in

Rare Replay (Aug 2015) · XONE
Rare Collection 1 (Nov 2025) · EVER

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Review V1CGaming 1/5 · Jun 20, 2025

Some of the other ZX Spectrum games made by Ultimate Play the Game (now Rare) that are included in Rare Replay haven’t aged gracefully. But in the case of Underwurlde, I have to wonder how anyone could have enjoyed it even in its day. It’s so fundamentally flawed to control that it brought back bad memories of Bill & Ted’s …

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