Fearyourself has made some good progress on his Ultima-inspired game engine, Back to Roots, over the last week and a bit. Exiting dungeons is now supported, and he has begun working with in-game triggers.
High quality scans of the cover art for the console ports of Ultima IV, Ultima V, Ultima VI, and Runes of Virtue I & II, thanks to artist Lee Macleod
Fearyourself has posted a short video demonstrating the latest development he has made in Back to Roots: transitioning into and loading dungeons.
Blu3vib3 and RACapowski have begun translating another Ultima manga, this one purportedly about the tale of the downfall of Magincia.
Shattered Moon has made a few improvements to Classic Ultima Online, his multiplayer game made in the style of Ultima 4. Notably, he has implemented Ultima-like merchants in the game, and has made a few UI changes as well.
Jason “Xarton Dragon” Penney has released a set of portable, delta-only patches for the first six Ultima games (the GOG versions and, presumably, other installations as well).
Fearyourself has finished implementing transportation — all forms thereof — in his Ultima-inspired game engine, Back to Roots. Now he has set his sights on improving the engine’s renderer.
Pix has produced a patching utility that will automatically update Ultimas 1-6 and Ultima Underworld 1&2 (the Good Old Games versions) with all available patches and enhancements for each title.
The town and city artwork from the Ultima 4 cluebook was…well, nothing short of phenomenal.
The soundtracks from the Commodore 128 ports of Ultima 4 and 5.
The save-game import/character transfer feature of Ultima 5 and 6 apparently do not work in the Good Old Games releases.
