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...
Tagged: Ultima
What is your favourite early Ultima art style?
I’m cribbing this idea directly from the Wing Commander CIC, by the way. The Ultima games have seen a tremendous evolution in their graphical styles and in-game artistry. Part of this is due to...
Thank you, Shattered Moon!
Shattered Moon, whom some of you may know and recognize as the developer behind Classic Ultima Online, chipped in a sizeable donation to Aiera last week, for which I am monumentally grateful. I mean,...
Ultima Return needs YOU!
Oh noes! Sergorn Dragon informed me this morning that Kat, the editor and a main writer for Return to the Serpent Isle, has had to part ways with the team and the project for...
Added: Britannia Map for The Moon Project
What is it? It’s a recreation, by Ryan “Zerker” Armstrong, of the entire world from Ultima 7 for The Moon Project, a science fiction RTS released in 2000 as a sequel to the excellent...
New Gallery: Ultima Underworld 2 Cluebook Art
Courtesy of Ryan “Zerk” Armstrong, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present for download 28 images from the Ultima Underworld 2 cluebook, Gems of Enlightenment. As Zerk notes: “Since only a fraction of Uw2 players,...
Because I think I'm so funny…
So it all started when one of my Twitter followers, DaveJustDave, said this: I replied: And then I had an idea…and now you all have to suffer for it. And laugh, hopefully: Go on,...
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...
Anyone want to set up a permanent Minecraft server for that Ultima 6 map?
Ultima fan (and a follower of mine on Twitter) James A Trujillo suggested — in response to this little slice of awesome — that someone should set up a permanent instance of Minecraft Server...
Added: Ultima 6 Minecraft Conversion
I joked, some time ago, about building a Minecraft-based model of Britannia. Now, I don’t know if the Rules of the Internet state, at any point, that any articulated idea will, after a set...
