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===Decline and fall=== With the consistent success of Ultimate's releases there were rumours of a buyout by [[Ocean Software|Ocean]], until it was announced in [[1985 in video gaming|1985]] that the Stamper brothers had sold the Ultimate catalogue and name to [[U.S. Gold]],<ref name="Best of British">{{cite web | url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/51/ultimate.htm | title=''The Best of British'', | publisher=''Newsfield Publications, April 1988 | work=CRASH'', issue 51, pages 35-38 }}</ref> who would continue to develop games under the Ultimate label. Later titles such as ''[[Martianoids]]'' and ''[[Bubbler (video game)|Bubbler]]'' were not seen by the gaming press as being up to Ultimate's previously high standards and sales fell. U.S. Gold released no new Ultimate games after ''Bubbler'' in [[1987 in video gaming|1987]]. A final Sabreman game, ''[[Mire Mare]]'', was trailed in earlier Sabreman games and was mentioned by [[Sinclair User]] as being next up for release,<ref>''Mire Mare'' "preview", ''Sinclair User'', issue 63, page 108. [[EMAP]], June 1987.</ref> but was quietly dropped during development. In late [[1988 in video gaming|1988]] ACG/Rare Ltd. bought back all the rights sold to U.S. Gold and were reported to be developing games again.<ref name="CRASH 62 p9">News item in ''CRASH'', issue 62, page 9. Newsfield Publications, March 1989.</ref> Future releases were to have included ''[[Solar Jetman]]'', which would eventually appear only on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], although home computer conversions for the Commodore 64, [[Commodore Amiga]], and [[Atari ST]] were completed by Storm Software, but not released.<ref name="Solar Jetman">{{cite web|title= Solar Jetman - The Creators Speak | publisher=gtw64.retro-net.de | url=http://gtw64.retro-net.de/Pages/s/Creators_Solarjetman.php | accessdate=2007-06-17}}</ref>
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