Ultimare 1

Ultimare

Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1993 (original release)
Levels: 15
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Registration bonus: Ultimare 2 and Ultimare 3, hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club
Registration price: $20
Related games: Spacecraft, Zapper, Major Marvel, Capn Zapn, Superheroes, Anyworld, Nebula, Paper Airplane

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Hey, another megamix cross-over. This one kicks off with a female character, in another Pac-Man clone. Or would that be Ms. Pac-Man?

Actually the first of these Avengers/Justice League crossover games.

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Story

Women get hungry too, in Ultimare

A nightmare occurs at night

in your dreams, but in an

ultimare reality is as strange

as it seems.

The clock struck twelve,

And all was quiet.

The moon was full.

Twas monsters'night.

Vision of a ghoul

Came into sight.

I lay there soul

Filled with fright.

Closer closer crept it then,

Closer to the bed I lay in

Crept what surely was a goblin.

Holding an impulsive scream,

Hoping that this figure groping

Was confined within a dream,

Was not that which it did seem,

I lay there without a scream.

The creaking ofthe wooden floor,

Creaking louder even more,

Filled my soul with awe & gore.

Nearer nearer did it creep,

Likely thinking I asleep,

Innocently counting sheep.

Now it was beside my bed.

Undersheet I kept my head,

Entire body filled with dread.

Soon I feared I would be dead.

Its lips touched my cheek,

Under sheet I kept my head.

"Ghoul or ghost,

Whichever are ye,"

Screamed I to it to spare me.

Answering not my frantic plea,

It stood its place silently.

Now I flung aside the sheet,

And letting out

A piercing shreak:

Withholding fear

With all my might,

Stumbling forward,

Madly fumbling,

I found the switch,

Turned on the light.

Looking there

Where monster stood,

Mother's face came into sight.

Instructions

Arrows move around.

Spacebar fires weapon.

Z jumps left. X jumps right.

A fires secondary weapon.

N, M tight squeeze left or right.

P picks up objects. B drops bombs.

F1 is help screen.

F2 is inventory/health screen.

F3 joggles sound.

F5 saves game. F6 loads game.

Credits

Acord Games

Resources

Sprites

The two introductory levels involve Acord's "Girl" character. Other luminaries include:

• the Spacecraft (level 1);
• Zapper, with and without green pants (levels 5-8),
• Major Marvel (level 9),
• Capn Zapn (level 10),
• the solar flare from Nebula (level 2),
• some random UFO (levels 3-4),
• and a biplane supplemented with frames from Matt Bell's Paper Airplane (the three final levels).

Maps

• The first intro level, and the two concluding levels, appear mostly original.
• The second intro level and level 7 are based on Terrain.
• Levels 1-4 are based on Nebula.
• Level 5 is based on Houses.
• Levels 6 and 8 are based on Sample.
• Level 9 is based on Pipemare.
• Level 10 is based on Animation.
• Level 11 is based on Matt Bell's Paper Airplane.

Availability

Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.

Archive History

On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.

Links

Listings

• archive.org entry
• demu.org entry

Misc. Links

• Play Ultimare online

Downloads

• Ultimare (1.1 MB)
• Intro 1 map (? kB)
• Intro 2 map (? kB)
• Level 1 map (? kB)
• Level 2 map (? kB)
• Level 3 map (? kB)
• Level 4 map (? kB)
• Level 5 map (? kB)
• Level 6 map (? kB)
• Level 7 map (? kB)
• Level 8 map (? kB)
• Level 9 map (? kB)
• Level 10 map (? kB)
• Level 11 map (? kB)
• Ending 1 map (? kB)
• Ending 2 map (? kB)