Mire Mare

Mire Mare is an unreleased video game by Ultimate Play the Game.

Background

Underwurlde , the second game in the Sabreman series of titles from Ultimate (between Sabre Wulf and Knight Lore ), has three separate exits, each naming another game in the series. ^[1] The first exit names Knight Lore, which was released at the same time as Underwurlde. The second names Pentagram , which surfaced in 1986. The third exit names Mire Mare, which was expected, but never published. ^{[2] [3]}

On completion of Knight Lore , the poem displayed reads:

THE POTION CASTS

ITS MAGIC STRONG

ALL EVIL MUST BEWARE

THE SPELL HAS BROKEN

YOU ARE FREE

GO FORTH TO MIREMARE

On completion of Pentagram , the message displayed is:

CONGRATULATIONS

YOU HAVE COMPLETED

THE PENTAGRAM

YOUR ADVENTURE CONTINUES IN

MIRE MARE

Rare (the company that rose from Ultimate's ashes) revealed in the late 1990s that the game would have been similar to the top-down Sabre Wulf . ^[4] They also explained that although the basic game design was completed, Ultimate's hectic schedule meant that the title's actual coding was never completed. ^[5]

References

1. "Underwurlde - Review", Crash (12), Newsfield Publications: 16–17, December 1984
2. "Mire Mare "preview"", Sinclair User (63), EMAP: 108, June 1987
3. Rusel DeMaria and Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003), 355.
4. "Rarewhere: Limbo". Archived from the original on 1999-02-09.
5. "On the trail of Mire Mare", Retro Gamer , no. 105, Imagine Publishing, pp. 34–39, July 2012