How Mana Became a Game Mechanic
The History of Mana: How an Austronesian Concept Became a Video Game Mechanic: An in-depth look at the origins of the word ‘mana’, which hails from the root language of many Polynesian cultures and...
Tagged: Ultima 3
Pix’s Ultima Patcher: Updated to Version 1.55
Pix has updated his venerable Ultima Patcher to incorporate the recent Exodus Project Ultima 3 upgrade improvements.
The Exodus Project: Ultima 3 Upgrade Updated to Version 3.1
Voyager Dragon has released an update to the Exodus Project’s Ultima 3 Upgrade, fixing a number of issues that had been brought to his attention.
Kotaku Lists Ultima 3’s Food As One of the “7 Strangest Foods in RPGs”
Kotaku takes a look at bizarre foods in various RPGs, and discusses (briefly) the party’s utter life-and-death reliance on food in Ultima 3.
The Digital Antiquarian: The Road to (Ultima) IV
The Digital Antiquarian takes a look at Origin Systems’ move to New England and the context in which Ultima 4 was created.
Pix Plays Ultimore: A World Divided
Pix has come into possession of a copy of a mod for Ultima 3 — Ultimore: A World Divided. It is one of a series of five such mods, all made by hacking the Ultima 3 game data.
Interview with Jason Ely
To mark the 20th anniversary of Ultima 8’s release, the Ultima Codex interviewed one of the game’s most well-known team members, programmer and designer Jason Ely.
