Tagged: Ultima

New Gallery: Bob White Plot Dungeons

New Gallery: Bob White Plot Dungeons

Yes, Dragons and Dragonettes, an actual piece of the Bob White plot. I. Kid. You. Not. Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and to the hard work of both him and the...

Game conveniences we take for granted

Game conveniences we take for granted

Apropos of this, this list of the “Top 10 Current-Gen Conveniences We Take For Granted” from GameFAQs seems relevant. For example: #6: Objective Markers Remember how in old RPGs, you would be told to...

25th anniveraries abound!

25th anniveraries abound!

Nintendo has announced a special red Wii version to mark the 25th anniversary of the Mario franchise; the first Super Mario Brothers game released on September 13, 1985. Interestingly enough, just three days later,...

Dragon Age 2 imports "the world"

Dragon Age 2 imports "the world"

[amazonify]B003UF9E0O:right[/amazonify]Joystiq reports that the lingering ambiguity over how BioWare’s Dragon Age 2 [pre-order] will handle character imports has been cleared up. …lead designer Mike Laidlaw revealed that while you don’t get to import your...

Wing Commander 2 being tested for re-release?

Wing Commander 2 being tested for re-release?

It seems like BioWare Mythic are pressing ahead with their project to get DOSboxed versions of the old Origin games — or, at least, the Wing Commander and Ultima series — re-released via digital...

Restored: Ultima Classics Revisited

Restored: Ultima Classics Revisited

This short-lived, ambitious project by prmths aimed to create engines, compatible with most modern operating systems, for the first six Ultima games (and Akalabeth). It…fell short of that goal, disappearing shortly after the release...

Restored: Win64

Restored: Win64

A guy by the name of Ralph Manson produced an alternative Commodore 64 emulator a few years back, which purportedly ran a little bit better than the recently-restored CCS64 emulator. Honestly, having never played...