Tagged: Ultima 8

Pentagram and xu4 Snapshots Updated

Pentagram and xu4 Snapshots Updated

I have updated Ultima Aiera’s copies of the snapshot downloads for Pentagram and xu4, both because they were out of date anyway and because of the recent SDL fixes for the OS X versions.

Ultima Game Music On a (Real!) Roland MT-32

Ultima Game Music On a (Real!) Roland MT-32

Jaesun999 has begun recording in-game music from various Ultima titles as played on an original (and very real — not emulated!) Roland MT-32. He has posted his results so far in a short YouTube playlist.

Pentagram updated

Pentagram updated

I just happened to notice that the Windows binary snapshot for Pentagram had been updated recently. I have added the new version to the project entry here.

Ultima 8: Pagan – The Movie

Ultima 8: Pagan – The Movie

Okay, not quite. Kobra Kai Dragon found this on YouTube yesterday and posted a link thereto in the forum. It’s kind of a technical demonstration which appears to be for a class someone is...

Some neat bits of Ultima history

Some neat bits of Ultima history

This is cool. Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum alerted me to the existence of GMZ, a gaming blog that aggregates news about games (“mostly indie retro rock ‘n roll type”) with “interesting design...

Restored: Ultima 8 Remake (Pagan)

Restored: Ultima 8 Remake (Pagan)

This project, which used the Neverwinter Nights engine as its base, was yet another project that was abandoned prior to completion. Being that it was made with NWN, however, anyone with an measure of...

Pentagram updated!

Pentagram updated!

Well, it’s been a good couple of years since their penultimate news post, but on October 15th the Pentagram team dropped in a quick update to let us know that, since their need for...