So Here’s Exult, and Ultima 7, Running Natively on iOS
iOS developer Litchie is working on an iOS-native port of Exult.
iOS developer Litchie is working on an iOS-native port of Exult.
In which we look at the various Ultima fan projects that have been active, even if only briefly, in 2014, and note the progress that these have made.
The Internet Archive has published a trove of over 2,000 MS-DOS games which can be played in a browser window. Several Origin Systems games, some Ultima titles included, are in the collection.
The Nuvie team have added a new conversation gump to the engine, which makes conversations in Ultima 6, Martian Dreams, and Savage Empire much easier to follow.
Dominus has finished implementing Ultima 7’s teleport cheat in the Exult engine.
Dominus has implemented some of the functionality of the teleport cheat screen from Ultima 7 in Exult.
The Ultima 6 Remake team have launched a Facebook page, and have also given us a look at the remake’s title screen.
Bill Randolph graciously took over an hour out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his work at Origin Systems, especially on Ultima 9. He answered a number of questions about the game and its development, and shed some new light on its difficult development.
Retro Gamer has published an interview with Richard Garriott focused on the history of Origin Systems. Which contains a few amusing errors.
Richard Cobbett, writing at PC Gamer, takes a look at the Ultima series…and the Avatar’s role in setting up the various events that plagued Britannia therein.
Sixth Circle Gaming, who had previously been working on a board game adaptation of Ultima 7, are now known as IronOak Games. And they’re working on a new title: For the King.