The Origin of the MMORPG at Gamers Nexus: A Fine Ultima /Ultima Online Retrospective
Gamers Nexus chats with Richard Garriott about Ultima Online and the origin of MMORPGs.
Tagged: Origin Systems
Descent: Underground Is On Kickstarter; Several ex-Origin Developers Attached to Project
The Descent: Underground Kickstarter campaign began a day or two ago. The game, a modern sequel to Descent, has a lot of ex-Origin talent on its development team.
Ultima IV Map Exhibition Preparation at GIS Lounge
A look at the methods used to preserve and display the Ultima 4 map at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “The Art of Videogames” exhibit.
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #114
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #114 – Underworld Funded and Final Week Push, Crowfall Funded, Jabbering Bertha, SotA’s 1st Wedding, Rick’s Spectral Mines, and More!
Crowfall: Kickstarter Campaign Reaches Over 50% of Goal On Day One
The Crowfall Kickstarter campaign went live this morning, and has raised over half of its base goal thus far.
Ultima Online: Publish 89 Additions; Housing Warehouse Temporarily Down
The Housing Warehouse in Ultima Online is down, this shortly after a housing-related change was released for Publish 89.
Ultima Underworld Retrospective at Roberts Space Industries Website
Cloud Imperium Games hosts people from Portalarium and OtherSide Entertainment for a look back at the Ultima Underworld games.
New Gallery: Ultima 8 Patch Diskette and Notes
Rustic Dragon passed along some images of a mailout of an Ultima 8 patch diskette, complete with patch notes.
Jeff Wofford On “The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer”
Former Origin Systems programmer and manager Jeff Wofford takes a hard, sober look at the state of game development, and the plight of those who attempt to build a game by themselves.
Play Ultima 6, Savage Empire, and Other Origin Systems Classics In Your Browser Now
The Internet Archive has published a trove of over 2,000 MS-DOS games which can be played in a browser window. Several Origin Systems games, some Ultima titles included, are in the collection.
Eurogamer Reports on Origin System’s Unmade and Rejected Games
Eurogamer is running an article about a few games that were pitched at Origin Systems, but which either never got made or were rejected outright.
