And speaking of playthroughs…here's Akalabeth
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...
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And speaking of Richard Garriott…
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...
What is your favourite early Ultima art style?
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...
cAndy Apple: an Apple II emulator for Android
The project website, on Google Code, can be found here. For the moment, it appears that the app has been pulled from the Android Market by the author, while he works to address performance...
Restored: Ultima Classics Revisited
This short-lived, ambitious project by prmths aimed to create engines, compatible with most modern operating systems, for the first six Ultima games (and Akalabeth). It…fell short of that goal, disappearing shortly after the release...
Akalabeth for iPhone updated
Granted, I didn’t need to make and adjustments to the project entry, since the download link there is just a link to the relevant entry at the Apple App Store. Still, for what it’s...
An Ultima 4 Development Challenge
I was told the most interesting thing today. As the good reader is probably aware, a port of Akalabeth was recently released on the iPhone (or, more correctly, iOS) platform, Apple’s mobile device operating...
Testing weekend arrives early!
Oh, what the heck, eh? Apropos of what I said before, I’ve decided to bump up the testing weekend a bit, and have made a couple of changes to the plan since yesterday afternoon....
Added: Akalabeth for iPhone
I was just tipped off to the existence of this remake thanks to an email from Zen. It’s a complete port of Akalabeth to the iPhone. This is evidently a licensed effort, as the...
