Monthly Archive: February 2011

Ultima Underworld…a retro treasure!

Ultima Underworld…a retro treasure!

I just stumbled across this, and figured it’d be worth a repost, since it basically speaks most of my own thoughts about Ultima Underworld in relation to the first iD Software titles: Some people...

Hey look…Ultima 6 textures for Minecraft

Hey look…Ultima 6 textures for Minecraft

I was just randomly Googling for Ultima 6 images when I noticed this: Here’s the author’s short blurb about his work: Play Minecraft with textures taken directly from Ultima 6, the classic RPG. hide...

xu4: iPhone video and tileset questions

xu4: iPhone video and tileset questions

Darren, from the xu4 project, wrote with two ends in mind this evening. First, he wanted to draw my attention — and, by extension, the attention of all you Dragons and Dragonettes — to...

New video: an Ultima Online demo reel…from 2004!

New video: an Ultima Online demo reel…from 2004!

Ultima Aiera is pleased to present this demo reel — which was apparently only ever released internally at Electronic Arts and whatever studio was doing the development (Mythic Entertainment?) — from a second attempt...

Here's a little palette cleanser…

Here's a little palette cleanser…

…after that Lord of Ultima news piece. It’s an interview with none other than Corey Cole, the husbandly half of the husband-and-wife duo behind the Hero’s Quest (later Quest for Glory) games that Sierra...

Something, something, Lord of Ultima

Something, something, Lord of Ultima

Since I know you all care about this game so very much, I know you will all rush out right now and pick up the Google Chrome plugin/app that has just been released for...