Enjoy Reading This Guy’s Rediscovery of Ultima 4
Soosh at The Retro Years gives Ultima 4 a second try and a first fair shake. You’ll enjoy the outcome.
Category: Ultima
Elderlands: Open Beta Begins Next Week
Elderlands, the 2D tile-based MMORPG by former Origin Systems developer Jason Ely, will be entering open beta on October 22nd.
Shards Online: Project Update; New Crowdfunding Campaign Planned
The Shards Online team have been focused on the project and somewhat non-communicative as a result. But they are evidently planning a new crowdfunding campaign.
Ananias: Version 1.37 Released; Slashware Interactive Revived
Slashing Dragon has released another update for Ananias, and has also relaunched the Slashware Interactive label for his finished games.
Richard Garriott Introduces the Ultima Trilogy (For FM Towns)
A short video of Richard Garriott introducing the Ultima Trilogy box set for the FM Towns platform.
Richard Garriott’s Ultima 9 Introductory Video
A short clip of Richard Garriott — in full garb as Lord British — introducing Ultima 9 to the world.
Ultima Journeys: Closing Thoughts on Ultima 2
Linguistic Dragon offers some parting thoughts on Ultima 2 and its contribution to the larger story of Ultima.
Ananias: Version 1.36 Released
Slashing Dragon has released yet another update for Ananias, his mobile roguelike. Irregularly-shaped rooms are now a thing!
Extra Credits: James Recommends Ultima 7
Extra Credits recommends that you play Ultima 7. And while they’re not wrong about that, they may have erred slightly in labeling it the “Original Open World CRPG”.
Check Out My Ultima 6 Article For the CRPG Player’s Handbook
I wrote the Ultima 6 review for Felipe Pepe’s cRPG Player’s Handbook. Check thou it out!
Two “Top RPGs of All Time” Lists; No Mention of Ultima
Gamezone and Hardcore Games both published “Top RPGs of All Time” lists recently. Neither of them thought to include an Ultima game on their list, though.
