title: Mire Mare
text: # 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. 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.
  
  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 have been similar to the top-down Sabre Wulf. 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.
  
  