All Ultima Titles On Sale at GOG This Weekend (Wing Commander Too!)
GOG.com have put all of the Ultima and Wing Commander games on sale this weekend. Pick up the entire collection for under $30!
Tagged: Serpent Isle
Teaser Image: Serpent Isle in Minecraft
AvatarAcid has posted a most tantalizing overhead view of the Serpent Isle, as rendered in Minecraft.
Seven Towers Exult Upgrades Updated…Again!
Dominus sends along updated versions of two of the Exult upgrades by Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
The Seven Towers Ultima 7 Upgrades Have Been Updated
Marzo Sette Torres Jr. has released updated versions of his Keyring Mod for Ultima 7: The Black Gate and his Serpent Isle Fixes mod.
Patches & Updates for the GOG.com Ultima Releases
A quick look at some of the patches and updates for the Ultima titles presently available on Good Old Games, all of which should work with the GOG.com versions of the games.
Get Your Face In the Serpent Isle Remake
Thepal, as I believe was previously mentioned, wants to create characters in his Oblivion-based remake of Serpent Isle that look like (and are based on) real-life Ultima fans.
Do RPGs Require a Foozle?
Rowan Kaiser, writing at the Escapist, examines the small number of significant games that eschewed the typical RPG formula of presenting the character with a final boss or villain to fight.
Easter Funnies, Part the First
Some Easter hilarity, courtesy of JibJab and…certain particular image galleries at the Codex of Ultima Wisdom.
Serpent Isle…in Italian!
Old Games Italia have released their Italian translation patch for Serpent Isle!
The Serpent Isle Remake Suffers a Setback
Thepal, having suffered a hard drive failure, has lost some of his progress on his Oblivion-based Serpent Isle remake. The incident has also given him a rather clever idea, however.
About the Ultima Series
The games comprising the Ultima series were, between 1981 and 1999, the defining computer role-playing games. Both the Western and Eastern RPG “schools”, if that is an appropriate term for them, were heavily inspired by the Ultima games, and still feature numerous gameplay and interface conventions that one Ultima or another introduced.
