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.
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Thepal has posted a short update to The Serpent Isle Remake website, annoucing that the project’s hiatus…isn’t quite at an end just yet.
Sergorn Dragon posed an interesting question on Twitter last night, which I am now repeating here for further commentary by the Ultima fan community.
Dominus has posted a question to the Exult forums concerning whether or not he and the rest of the team should continue supporting legacy operating system versions.
Thepal is taking a short hiatus from his project, the Oblivion-based remake of Serpent Isle.
It’s almost like they were expecting GOG to release Ultima 7… …that’s right, Dragons and Dragonettes: both Pix’s Ultima Patcher for Windows and Xarton Dragon’s more cross-platform Portable Ultima Patches have been updated to...
The Good Old Games version of Serpent Isle evidently doesn’t come with the map or cluebook included as extras. Until such time as I can work with GOG to get these things added to the list of extras for the game, you can find links to both in this article.
A pair of fan-made, Hollywood-style trailers for both parts of Ultima 7.
The original introductory movie produced by Denis Loubet for Serpent Isle. Longer and cooler.
Ultima 7 and Serpent Isle are available for download from Good Old Games.
