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Ultimate is perhaps best known for their fast paced arcade games and their impressive (for the time) isometric projection games.
Some titles from Ultimate were:
Some of the games are linked together in the Sabre Man series. The series consists of Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde , Knight Lore, Pentagram and Mire Mare (never released). Sabre Man has also made an appearance in Killer Instinct and Banjo-Tooie by Rare.
The story is that Sabre Man fell into the land of Sabre Wulf. When he found the exit, he entered the Underwurlde. Unfortunately he was bittenA bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal. Bite wounds raise a number of issues from the viewpoint of medicine in addition to the physical wounds they leave, including the possibility of: poison infection by bacteria or other pathogens; and r by the junglewulf at some time during this, turning him into a lycanthrope ( werewolfA werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic in some manner or by being placed under a curse. In fictional treatments starting in the 19th century and in popular modern superstition this tran). The only way he could cure this was to go to Knightlore Castle and employ the talents of the wizard Melkhior to free him from the curse. Once he succeeded here, he then became a Wizard himself for the tasks set in Pentagram. Also see http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Sabre_Man_Series/