A list of all the official Ultimate Play the Game releases, plus known, completed homebrew conversions, remakes, and unreleased titles.
Listed by system, then chronologically. Click the links to see screenshots and detailed information about the individual games. If I’ve missed any please let me know in the comments below.
ZX Spectrum:
Martianoids (1987)
Bubbler (1987)
Cyberun (1986)
Pentagram (1986)
Gunfright (1985)
Nightshade (1985)
Alien 8 (1985)
Knight Lore (1984)
Underwurlde (1984)
Sabre Wulf (1984)
Atic Atac (1983)
Lunar Jetman (1983)
Tranz Am (1983)
Pssst (1983)
Cookie (1983)
Jet Pac (1983)
Commodore 64:
Alien 8 (2020) Homebrew/Rod & Emu
Atic Atac (2020) Homebrew/Nostalgia
Knight Lore (2019) Homebrew/Rod & Emu
Pentagram (2017) Homebrew/Rod & Emu
Gunfright (2017) Homebrew/Rod & Emu
Bubbler (1987) Unreleased
Nightshade (1986) Firebird/P.S.I.
Underwurlde (1985) Firebird/Softstone
Sabre Wulf (1985) Firebird/Mr. Micro
Outlaws (1985)
Imhotep (1985)
Blackwyche (1985)
Dragon Skulle (1985)
Entombed (1984)
The Staff of Karnath (1984)
BBC Micro:
Nightshade (1985)
Alien 8 (1985)
Knight Lore (1984)
Cookie (1984) Unreleased
Lunar Jetman (1983)
Atic Atac (1983)
Jet Pac (1983)
Amstrad CPC:
Martianoids (1987)
Bubbler (1987)
Gunfright (1986)
Nightshade (1985)
Alien 8 (1985)
Knight Lore (1984)
Sabre Wulf (1984)
MSX:
Knight Lore MSX2 Remake (2009) Homebrew
Alien 8 MSX2 Remake (2009) Homebrew
Martianoids (1987)
Bubbler (1987)
Pentagram (1986)
Gunfright (1986)
Nightshade (1985)
Alien 8 (1985)
Knight Lore (1985)
VIC-20:
Jet Pac (1983)
Famicom Disk System:
Knight Lore (1986) Jaleco
Atari 8-bit:
Gunfright (2017) Homebrew
Pentagram (2016) Homebrew
Lunar Jetman (2014) Homebrew
Alien 8 (2013) Homebrew
Knight Lore (2008) Hombrew
PC:
Knight Lore Retrospec Remake (2010)
Alien 8 Retrospec Remake (2008)
Tranz Am Retrospec Remake (2008)
Atic Atac Retrospec Remake (2006)
Jetpak Solar Crisis (2004)
Lunar Jetman Retrospec Remake (2002)
Pssst Retrospec Remake (2000)
Cookie Retrospec Remake (2000)
Ashby Computers and Graphics:
Dingo, Arcade (1983) for Jaleco
Grasspin, Arcade (1983) for Jaleco
Saturn, Arcade (1983) for Jaleco
Blue Print, Arcade (1982) for Bally Midway
Related games:
Sabre Wulf, Game Boy Advance (2004)
Solar Jetman, NES (1990)
Solar Jetman, Commodore 64 (1991) Unreleased
Jet Pac Refuelled, Xbox 360 (2007) XBox Live Arcade
Rare Replay:
Atic Atac, Gunfright, Jet Pac, Knight Lore, Lunar Jetman, Sabre Wulf, and Underwurlde are currently (at the time of writing) still available to buy in the Rare Replay pack on the Microsoft Store. While it saddens me that these classic games are now owned by Microsoft, it is at least a good thing that they are still available to officially buy and play. Although only for XBox One and XBox Series X/S. Why no Windows?
See also: Ultimate Play the Game loading screens
More: Ultimate Play the Game on Wikipedia
The King of Grabs 
You missed ‘Knight Lore MSX2 Remake (Homebrew)’
https://www.mobygames.com/game/45038/knight-lore-remake/
https://msxgamesworld.com/software.php?id=2650
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Thanks for pointing this one out. Playing it now and it looks pretty good. I shall add it shortly. 🙂
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Nice list and reviews btw. : )
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Thanks!
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Thank you for all the work you put into creating this list. Superb amount of info regarding some of the finest titles to have graced retro systems. Back in the day it was so exciting when a new ‘Ultimate’ title was advertised 🙂
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The Ultimate in schoolkid excitement – pun intended. Did you know that they used to send out free posters of their games to people who wrote fan letters to them. Lol. I wrote to them a few times and have a few of their amazing quad posters on my walls. 🙂
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@Mallo
This list inspired me to take it a step further and create the ‘The “Complete” Complete List’.
Believe it or not, there are over 700 UPtG titles; Official, unofficial, homebrews, remakes, conversions, inspired bys etc.:
SabreWurlde – The Ultimate Zen https://www.sabrewurl.de
Kindest,
Carsten Michael Rasmussen
(aka. Fedtkage/CopperPod/Koiman/Rasputnik)
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These original releases for the BBC Micro ought be included, no? 😉
– Jet Pac
– Alien 8
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Yes, you’re right. Well spotted. They were on the site, but missing from this list for some reason. Fixed.
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