New Gallery: Ultima 1 (1986) Manual Design Boards
Original design boards for the manual from the 1986 re-release of Ultima 1.
Tagged: Origin Systems
Pix’s Origin Adventures: Five Years Running
Origin historian Pix is celebrating five years of Origin adventures.
The Digital Antiquarian: Ultima III in Pictures
The Digital Antiquarian has continued his retrospective look at Origin Systems and the Ultima games with a pictoral feature about Ultima 3.
Sierra: “We Probably Didn’t Treat Garriott As Well As We Did Some Other Authors”
Origin historian Pix remarks upon a remarkably frank admission made by Sierra in one of their InterActions publications.
Portalarium Brings In the Heavy Hitters
Portalarium recently added four new developers to the Shroud of the Avatar team. Here’s why it’s a big deal.
The Digital Antiquarian on Escape from Mount Drash
The Digital Antiquarian sets out to dispel some of the myths and legends surrounding Ultima: Escape from Mount Drash.
“New” Gallery: The Ultima Online GM Guide
I’ve moved the Ultima Online GM (and Counselor Programme) Guide from Old Aiera to The Origin Gallery.
Raph Koster On His Life, and Games
Former Origin Systems designer Raph Koster has posted a lengthy look at his life and its relationship to gaming and his career in making them.
The Ultima 7 “Hannibal” Advertisment
Pix has posted a scan of an early version of a peculiar advertisment that was drawn up for Ultima 7.
Ultima Forever: Female Mages!
Mythic Entertainment have announced that the Mage class in Ultima Forever will no longer be male-only; female Mages will be playable at launch this summer!
New Gallery: Ultima 8 Ad Proofs
Images, from Pix, of original proofs for a magazine ad promoting Ultima 8.
