History-of-interactive-entertainment blogger The Digital Antiquarian has published a series of articles about Richard Garriott, Akalabeth (the proto-Ultima!), and California Pacific, the company that gave Garriott his first big break.
Richard Garriott asks what his ultimate RPG might look like, and in a lengthy essay answers the question. You can probably guess that the answer involves a mixture of where he’s gone before (with Ultima) and where he’s at now (the casual gaming space). But have a read even so!
The seller of the (probably) fake copy of Akalabeth recently had a couple of other dubious pieces of vintage software up for sale on eBay. With the APPLE-OIDS copy in particular, it seems he did a rather sloppy job.
Well-known old-school gaming blogger The CRPG Addict has started playing through the Origin Systems classic, Ultima 5.
Another copy of Akalabeth — this time with the disk — is for sale on eBay. But in the opinion of several collectors, it’s a fake.
An original copy of the Akalabeth manual and cover art — which once belonged to Ultima novel authoress Lynn Abbey — are being sold on eBay.
A DOS extender that can be used to patch the PC DOS executable for Akalabeth, rendering it functional under DOSBox.
A long-overdue guide to patching and getting the various Ultima games running.
I didn’t just find Martian Dreams on YouTube yesterday. There was also this: And this is just the first video; YouTube user DJOldGames has already completed the fourth quest from Lord British, and has...
Now this is just cool. David Ribeiro sent me an email a few days ago with a link to the listing of what are called The Richard Garriott Papers at the University of Texas...
I’m cribbing this idea directly from the Wing Commander CIC, by the way. The Ultima games have seen a tremendous evolution in their graphical styles and in-game artistry. Part of this is due to...
