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THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE
UNDERWURLDE
PUBLISHER
Ultimate Play The Game (ACG)
AUTHORS
Chris and Tim Stamper
YEAR OF RELEASE
December 1984
CATEGORY
Arcade Adventure
INSTRUCTIONS
Underwurlde is a fast, action packed arcade adventure platform
game. The game is set deep underground in the Underwurlde.
Creatures attack from every angle and rather than kill you they
merely bounce you around. This make make the game sound easy,
but oh no! The enemies bounce you off cliffs, off ropes and into
deep chasms, dropping to your doom.
The object of the game is to guide Sabreman out of the
Underwurlde and back onto the surface. This is easier said than
done. The game features 256 screens and also large monsters
blocking your way. These need to be destroyed by a particular
weapon before you can continue on your journey.
CONTROLS
UNDERWURLDE
CONTROLLING YOUR ADVENTURER
KEYBOARD CONTROLS
LEFT Your Adventurer will move left using the Q key.
RIGHT Your Adventurer will move right using the W key.
UP Your Adventurer will move up and jump using the R key.
DOWN Your Adenturer will move down using the E key.
FIRE Your Adventurer will use his weapon when the T key is
pressed.
DROP FROM ROPE Your Adventurer will drop from the rope when the
CAPS SHIFT, Z, X, C or V key is pressed.
PICK UP/DROP your Adventurer can pick up or drop a weapon using
the B, N, M SYMBOL SHIFT and SPACE keys.
PAUSE The whole game can be paused by using the ENTER key.
JOYSTICK CONTROLS
Your Adventurer can be fully controlled by using the KEMPSTON
INTERFACE, CURSOR CONTROLLED INTERFACE, or the SINCLAIR INTERFACE
II and joystick, by replacing the LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN and FIRE
commands.
INLAY CARD TEXT
THE BLACK VOID
Long dark paths have I travelled, through caverns and hidden
labyrinths, my path grown darker... Deathly chill as I approach
the "Well of Evil"... guarding the UNDERWURLDE.
I approach, fix my rope, and with a firm leap, swing down into
the depths of THE BLACK VOID. The air rushes past as I decend
down into the dark dank hollow, disturbing the dust, a debris of
long-since fought battles and struggles.
WINGED HARPIES AND GARGOYLES
Silent fossilised creatures stir, emerging from centuries of
hibernation, awakened by my echoing gropes and thuds. Their
dormant evil, hungry from ages past sparks itself into life.
Suddenly the whole cavern erupts into a scurrying slithering
sadowy grave of beating wings and desperate gnashing jaws.
Winged Harpies soar and swoop down with beakswide and talons
spread. Hungry monsters and reptiles desperate not to lose their
first meal in eons, batter and punish me until I can take no
more, waiting for me to fail.
SIRENS OF THE UNDERWURLDE
All about are strange sparkling plants "Sirens of the
Underwurlde", waving their poisnous gnashing deadly tendrils,
beckoning me on toward them, their stifling odours a prelude to
their vision of hideous ugliness. To touch their sticky putrid
foliage would mean certain death.
BEWARE
ALL YOU NEED IS THERE TO TAKE
LOCATE THE WEAPONS, THEN TO MAKE
A JOURNEY ON IF YOU WOULD DARE
TO FIND THE DEVIL IN HIS LAIR
THE LONG DARK PALACE, SEEK YOU WILL
THE GEMS YOUR POCKETS WILL NOT FILL
THO' ENERGY THEY'LL MAKE YOU FAST
AND GARGOYLES THEN YOU WILL GET PAST
UP AND DOWN, THE JOURNEY'S SLOW
SO DOWN IS FIRST THE WAY TO GO.
The old travellers words still singing in my head.
UNDERWURLDE VOLCANOS
In the distance the low rumbling of UNDERWURLDE volcanoes can be
heard. Huge plumes of poisonous sulphurous devilish gases roll
along the cavern roofs. As the enourmous bubbles of inert plasma
ascend the natural chimney stack causeways, eroded and forged
from centuries of ancient fires and flames. My journey has only
just begun. I must travel on through this deadly labyrinth of
the UNDERWURLDE to find the ULTIMATE place of darkness, in which
lies the way to my escape.
UNDERWURLDE FEATURES
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Sabreman Chest Of Drawers
Volcanic Bubbles Caves
Rocks Castle
Poisonous Plants Guardians
Eagles Falling Stalactites
Bows Gremlins
Arrows Multi-Lives
Catapult Superb Graphics
Daggers Statues
Torches Extra Lives
Fireballs Explosions
Magic Gems Weapon Select Button
Volcanic Craters Realistic Jumps
Rope Swings Continuous Pause
Ledges Amazing Animation
Jumps Keyboard/Joystick Select
Ducks Bookshelves
Pictures Pick Up/Drop
Tables
SEQUELS/PREQUELS
Underwurlde is the sequal to Sabrewulf. Once Sabreman reaches the
cave in Sabrewulf he finds himself in the Underwurlde. There are
3 exits out of the Underwurlde. One takes the player to
Knightlore, the other to Pentagram, and the third was supposed
to take you to Mire Mare, but as most Spec-Chums know. this was
never released.
SCORES/REVIEWS
Crash, Issue: 12, Page: 17, Percentage: 92%
CHEATS
Infinite lives 59376,0
Stay cyan 38043,0
45019,201
59591,0
GENERAL FACTS
Underwurlde, and Knightlore, released at the same time, were the
first Ultimate games to feature the fast but hard to run,
hyperload. This was introduced to speed up loading times and
reduce software piracy.
Underwurlde was featured in a Crash "Map the Game" competition.
The prize for the best map was a fantastic pickaxe and shovel
trophey.
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