Odkin figured out how to get a look at the Apple II source code, using only Apple II OS commands and the original game data files. While I can’t post his findings (e.g. the actual game code) here, his explanation of his method is something anyone with an original copy of Ultima and an Apple II could follow.
Kingspud, the man behind the Ultima 1 Revisited project, has begun posting a series of tutorials which examine, line by line, the code underneath Ultima 1.
Richard Garriott will be speaking at Queen Mary University of London next month, in a lecture with the title “Tales of Fantasy and the Final Frontier”.
Firstknight has released the first in a series of Beautiful Britannia Mini Mods, which gives players the ability to return briefly to the Avatar’s house on Earth to take advantage of the cheat teleporters.