Tagged: music

Ultima V on a Passport MIDI card

Ultima V on a Passport MIDI card

Over at ByteCellar (the vintage computing weblog), blogger blakespot has linked to a YouTube video of the title screen from Ultima 5, with audio being handled by the dual-card Passport Wavetable MIDI card. It...

Rockin’ Ultima 5 theme music!

Rockin’ Ultima 5 theme music!

Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum alerted me to this: I could say more for the sound quality, but that right there is a pretty epic take on the title screen track from Ultima...

Forgotten World Patch 1.19f.01 Released!

Forgotten World Patch 1.19f.01 Released!

As was foretold late last week, the Forgotten World team have released the first patch for Ultima 9 in nearly a decade, which fixes the music bugs in Valoria, Skara Brae, and Minoc. Previously,...

Epic Mickey score nominated for award

Epic Mickey score nominated for award

There isn’t anything, in the gaming world, that is an exact analog of the Oscars (which is probably a good thing), but the Hollywood Music In Media Awards are about as close as any...

And yes, Flyleaf was awesome

And yes, Flyleaf was awesome

Call me picky, but if I’m going to be a fan of a band, I tend to make it a general requirement that they be at least as good in a live performance as...

Restored: Ultima 9 Music Decoder

Restored: Ultima 9 Music Decoder

Aquamarine Dragon’s simple utility for extracting the music files from Ultima 9 (and let’s be honest: Ultima 9 did have some beautiful music) is once again available for download.