Underwurlde is a platform developed by Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., released 31 December 1984 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Underwurlde is
Underwurlde is a platform game developed by Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd. and released in 1984. It was published by Ultimate Play the Game. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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,
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Underwurlde holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Underwurlde launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
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