Monthly Archive: January 2011

Ultima 3: Exodus running on an Apple II+

Ultima 3: Exodus running on an Apple II+

Witness the awesome: There’s really not much to say, apart from that this is all kinds of cool. It’s kind of mind-boggling to think that this is where Ultima — where gaming, really —...

Back to Roots: Conversation System and Another Bug

Back to Roots: Conversation System and Another Bug

Fearyourself/JC has continued to make progress adding support for Ultima 5 to his game engine: I’ve continued the conversation system and actually have integrated the full labelling system into the game engine. It seems...

iDOS 2.0.1 available on the iTunes App Store

iDOS 2.0.1 available on the iTunes App Store

Some of you may recall the brief, shining moment of glory that the original iDOS iPhone app had: it appeared on the iTunes App Store one morning back in October, and was quickly yanked...

Team Return needs 3D artists

Team Return needs 3D artists

As an addendum to their January update, Team Return would like to remind the Ultima fandom that they are still very much in need of at least one skilled 3D artist to help create...

Return to the Serpent Isle: January Update

Return to the Serpent Isle: January Update

They may have missed their December update, but Team Return have been hard at work even so…although things did slow down a bit due to that whole Christmas thing. As far as project progress...

Please welcome the new forum

Please welcome the new forum

I’ve gone ahead and replaced phpBB with a Vanilla-powered forum instead. The old Sword & Shield, with its pretty — but visually distinct — template is still there, but will remain locked down for...

Back to Roots progress; possible U5 bug?

Back to Roots progress; possible U5 bug?

For the most part, Fearyourself/JC has been working on upgrading Nytegard’s Ultima 5 tools (which I really need to add to Aiera); he goes into detail about the differences between his versions and Nytegard’s...

New U9BB.EXE provides a fogless experience!

New U9BB.EXE provides a fogless experience!

Firstknight sends the following by email: Finally, after many many hours of intensive research for more than one year, I can present Beautiful Britannia in a new, completely fogless experience, on any system up...