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Set up by Tim and Chris Stamper in 1982 thanks to their arcade success, the vast majority of its games appeared on Sinclair’s Spectrum, although many were adapted to other, and , it was the introduction of , its high £9.99 price point and a bigger box featuring Tim Stamper’s lavish art that saw Ultimate’s games begin to pull away from the pack.

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