One More Underworld Story From Dan Schmidt
Former Looking Glass Studiosprogrammer Dan Schmidt shares one other story about the development of Ultima Underworld, in this case a peculiar boundary case in the dialogue of the ghouls.
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Doug Church Joins Valve
Former Looking Glass developer Doug Church, who worked on Ultima Underworld and System Shock, has signed on with Half Life developer Valve.
GAMBIT Interview With Austin Grossman
A lengthy podcast interview, by GAMBIT, with former Looking Glass designer and writer Austin Grossman, who worked on System Shock and the Underworld games.
Ultima Underworld Bugs Have Never Been So Funny
Former Looking Glass Productions programmer Dan Schmidt discusses some of the hilarious bugs, and “bugs”, encountered when developing Ultima Underworld.
Ultima Underworld…a retro treasure!
I just stumbled across this, and figured it’d be worth a repost, since it basically speaks most of my own thoughts about Ultima Underworld in relation to the first iD Software titles: Some people...
Boxer for Mac now ships with the Ultima Underworld demo
Boxer, for those who don’t know the name, is a Mac port of DOSBox that claims to vastly simplify the process of playing DOS games using that software. Having used it, I’d say that...
Added: The Great Stygian Abyss (1st Floor) for Unreal
Another excellent Unreal map created by Ryan “Zerker” Armstrong, this project is a re-creation of “the entire first floor of Ultima Underworld for Unreal.” The level fully supports all of Unreal‘s default gaming modes,...
Added: Ultima Underworld for Unreal Tourmanent
A remake of the maps of all eight levels of Ultima Underworld for Unreal Tournament. Each map has been “enhanced,” according to the producer, over the original version, so expect your favourite areas from...
An appropriate font test
“The quick brown fox” has nothing on this: Not that there have been goblins or dwarves in the Ultima series since…well, okay, Ultima Underworld, yes, but…ah, nevermind. The font is meh, but the phrase?...
Sergorn Dragon continues his Ultima adventures
If you haven’t already checked out Sergorn Dragon’s Ultima Adventures blog, go thou and do so. He doesn’t necessarily go into as much detail about each individual game (he’s already up to Ultima Underworld,...
