Reminder: GOG Has All the Ultima Games On Sale!
GOG.com are celebrating their release of Ultima 9 by offering all the Ultima games at a 50% discount!
Tagged: Ultima 8
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!
New Gallery: Pagan the Beautiful
I’ve managed to restore a good portion of the images from Julio Siqueira’s Pagan the Beautiful.
New Gallery: Ultima 8 Review in PC Games Plus
Scans of the Ultima 8 review (and other Origin-related articles) from the August 1994 issue of PC Games Plus.
Ultima 8’s Soundtrack On A Roland JV-1080 and Sound Canvas
Two renditions of the Ultima 8 soundtrack, done on a Roland JV-1080 and a Roland Sound Canvas.
Classic “PC Player” Interview Shows Off Ultima 8
Video of a 1994 interview at Origin Systems conducted by PC Player magazine. It shows off a bit of Ultima 8, among other games Origin was working on at the time.
Ultima 8: The Movie
To celebrate the release of Ultima 8 on GOG.com, here’s a look at a mock trailer for an Ultima 8 movie.
The Ultima 8 Introduction, in French
To celebrate the release of Ultima 8 on GOG.com, here’s a look at the French translation of the game’s introduction.
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.
