Tagged: Ultima Online

An Ultima 4 Development Challenge

An Ultima 4 Development Challenge

I was told the most interesting thing today. As the good reader is probably aware, a port of Akalabeth was recently released on the iPhone (or, more correctly, iOS) platform, Apple’s mobile device operating...

Restored: everything Ultima Online

Restored: everything Ultima Online

That’s right: both Ultima: Iris/Iris2 and the old data files for Ultima Legacy are once again available for download. Although, in the case of Iris2, the download links are actually to their hosted files...

Ultima reviews!

Ultima reviews!

Reader enirya alerts us to the following: Spoony from spoonyexperiment.com is doing a series of reviews of the Ultima games, starting at Akalabeth and apparently he intends to go all the way up to...

Sanctimonia

Sanctimonia

Kevin Fishburne may be a name that some remember; he coded Littoral (which, shamefully, I have yet to restore to downloadable status). Well, last night he contacted me with a request for assistance. He...

New Iris2 build released

New Iris2 build released

That’s right: the open source 3D client for Ultima Online freeshards posted an updated build. Which I will get uploaded to Aiera shortly. Update: Downloads now available via the project entry…which I also finally...

Serpent Isle…Online?

Serpent Isle…Online?

(Some of you Dragons may already have heard of this, but I just tripped over it, so it’s news.) It looks like Razimus — who when last I heard from him was contemplating reviving...

To-do list for the site

To-do list for the site

Bumped again for my own purposes: there’s a few things left undone here. [image:98:r:s=0:l=x] This is mostly for my benefit, O Reader, as my memory is not what it once was (not that it...

Iris2 update

Iris2 update

Despite suffering a server error and site crash over the summer, the team at Iris2 (also known as Ultima: Iris) have kept up development on their 3D client for Ultima Online freeshards, and have...

What is the best order to play the Ultimas in?

What is the best order to play the Ultimas in?

Those of you who have undertaken to read the Bible in its entirety may be familiar with the fact that most Biblical “reading programs” do not recommend attempting a cover-to-cover read-through. Indeed, many such...