Remember Realms of Antiquity? It’s an RPG developed for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4a series of computers, which draws inspiration from the Ultima series…and from sundry other classic titles including Tunnels of Doom, Avernum, and Legends. The Ultima influence is easily spotted in screenshots of the game, of which the developer released many…such as this one:

Well, Realms of Antiquity has finally been released, and is now available for purchase from Quixotic Software! Two versions are available for sale: a basic edition ($20 USD; it includes a ROM image of the game for use with FinalGROM carts, game disk images in V9T9 format, and digital copies of the game’s manual and map), and a collector’s edition (which includes physical copies of the manual and map, as well as a printed box, and digital copies of the game). The collector’s edition isn’t available quite yet; it should hopefully start shipping to buyers next month.

The First Age of Update: It should be noted that both editions also ship with “configured and ready to play” executables that will run, without need to struggle with standing up an emulator, on Windows.

Realms of Antiquity features a party of up to four characters, either created at the start or recruited as players progress through the story. There are nine different playable character classes. Eight schools of magic and sixty different magic spells, over 250 items, tactical combat, scrolling maps, “high colour” graphics, over 200 kinds of monsters, and copious quantities of treasure to unearth await players!