Ultima 8 Exile: Recovered Media at Dino’s Ultima Page

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Anyone remember Ultima 8: Exile? It was a…relatively short-lived attempt to remake Ultima 8 in (yes) Neverwinter Nights. And in case you’re losing track (I know I am), yes, you’d be correct to think that there were a goodly number of attempts to remake Ultima 8 in Neverwinter Nights. For good reason, I suppose; the area-based design of Ultima 8 paired well with the area-based design of Neverwinter Nights; unlike other Ultimas, remaking Pagan in that engine wouldn’t mean sacrificing an open-world feel.

And let’s face it…NWN was a pretty easy engine to jump right in and start modding with.

Anyhow, Dino the Dark Dragon was on the Exile team, and he has some…biggish news about that long-cancelled project today:

With permission from Corvwyn, leader of the Ultima VIII – Exile remake that has been defunct since 2006, I have added a page to the Ultima 8 Guide containing various media that I have managed to recover from the remake. Included in this page are screenshots, character portraits, and a bunch of musical tracks that would have been played in-game once the mod was released.

Click on through to check out what few screenshots and musical tracks remain of this once hotly-anticipated remake effort.

And hey…how about those RPGDot watermarks, eh? Two trips down memory lane for the price of one.

7 Responses

  1. Natreg Dragon says:

    Nice work, Dino. When that other NWN remake surfaced the other day I was thinking about exile too lol. It’s been a long time since I saw any of this stuff.

    I think I still have somewhere some of the maps for NWN of the exile project, but they are certainly not at my current home. If I go back to my parents this month and I have time(which sadly I rarely do…) I can try to check if I have them stored on some old CD.

  2. Iceblade says:

    Was looking for a link site to the old Exile website for Mr. Peabody and I found mention of Red Mage’s attempt to remake U8 called Ultima 8 Revisited in… yes NWN. He even released a demo. http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5174

    You know, maybe all of these NWN-U8 remakes should have teamed up. 🙂