Ultima 6: The Speed Run
In two hours, twelve minutes, and twenty seconds, I passed Ultima 6. Here’s how I did it, with video footage in support of the claim!
Tagged: DOSBox
What Few Videos I Salvaged From My Ultima 6 Playthrough
What few videos from my playthrough of Ultima 6 for Extra Life that I was able to salvage. Basically just the introductory and endgame sequences.
Back to Roots: xu4's Graphics, Ultima 5 Discoveries
Fearyourself has continued to work and report on his Ultima-inspired game engine project, Back to Roots, and has even found a way to incorporate the graphics from the recently-released high-resolution tileset for xu4.
Apple's OS X Lion (10.7) Breaks Fullscreen for SDL-based Games
An issue with deprecated OS functions in the latest version of OS X — code-named “Lion” — causes SDL-based games to crash.
DOSBox…Now With MT-32 Emulation
A custom DOSBox build which incorporates the MUNT Roland MT-32 emulation patch has been released.
For Those Of You (Especially iPad 2 Users) Who Want Ultima On Your iOS Device
The only way — at present — to run Ultima games on your Apple iDevice is to jailbreak it. For iPad 2 owners, this has been a major obstacle…until today.
New Download: WDOSX
A DOS extender that can be used to patch the PC DOS executable for Akalabeth, rendering it functional under DOSBox.
UltimaForever.Com Launches (For Real, This Time!)
After leaking a couple days early, the UltimaForever.com website has gone livem offering a little bit of Ultima history and a free download of Ultima 4.
Boxer for Mac now ships with the Ultima Underworld demo
Boxer, for those who don’t know the name, is a Mac port of DOSBox that claims to vastly simplify the process of playing DOS games using that software. Having used it, I’d say that...
