Looking To Create A Scan Archive of Origin Box Covers
Looking to create an archive of high quality Origin box covers here at the Ultima Codex.
Tagged: Ultima 1
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!
Tom’s Hardware: A History Of Computer RPGs
The technology blog has posted a short series of images presenting a brief look at the evolution of CRPGs over the last three decades.
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.
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.
Paul Barnett And The Original Ultima 1 Logo
Paul Barnett shows off the original painted card for the Ultima 1 logo, and explains a bit of its history.
The Adrenaline Vault Looks Back At Ultima 1
Ian Davis at The Adrenaline Vault has penned a short retrospective look at Ultima 1.
VAGUE: Verily Another Game-engine by an Ultima Enthusiast
Some months ago, Time Machine Dragon alerted me to a side project of his, which he had tentatively named “VAGUE”. Here’s a look at what he had in mind.
Ultima 1 Revisited Is Just About Done Stepping Through The Game's Code
Kingspud has just about finished his series of tutorials which step through the code for the original, Applesoft BASIC version of Ultima 1.
