And speaking of Ultima 9…

Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present over eighty (80) images — scans, and possibly a few high-resolution originals as well — created for use in the manuals for Ultima 9. Most of the images here will be instantly familiar to seasoned Ultima veterans.

Despite the controversy that the game created, I’m pretty sure it is safe to say that the art in the manual and spellbook that shipped with the game was fantastic. Here it is, then, in gorgeously high resolution, suitable for use as a backdrop on your computer or phone (you might want to scale the images down in the latter case).