kodenkm left a couple comments on the project entry for his Minecraft-based remake of Ultima 8. In the first, he announces that he has made progress on the remake (always a good thing to hear):

Progress Update

I’ve got enough done now for a milestone 1 video and map download. Its still far from complete though.
There is a map file and basic place holder resource pack for some texture changes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCSUGZrme0
https://github.com/koden-km/Pagan-MC/tree/master/Downloads

Of course, with downloads at the Codex offline for now, he then went on to provide download links of his own, for all of you to make use of if you’re interested in testing out his work:

I fixed an issue with the default starting location and uploaded a new zip file. This one should at least put the player in the start room and in the correct Adventure game mode.

Here are some more direct download links:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47256306/Pagan_1.8-M1_map_2014-12-17.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47256306/Pagan_1.8-M1_resource-pack_2014-12-17.zip

It’s good to see this project progressing! Minecraft seems oddly well-suited to the task of remaking Ultima 8.