The Savage Empire

The Savage Empire

MS-DOS - USA - 1st edition.

Developer Origin Systems Publisher Origin Systems Published 1990-??-?? Platforms DOS, NEC PC-9800, Sharp X68000 Genres Exploration, Role-playing game Themes Adventure, Lost World, Prehistoric, Wilderness Series Ultima Distribution Commercial

The Savage Empire, also known by its full title, Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Origin Systems and released for MS-DOS in 1990 and later ported to other platforms. It is the first game in the Ultima: Worlds of Adventure series. It uses a modified version of the Ultima VI Engine.

The story revolves around the Avatar in a lost valley occupied by dinosaurs and prehistoric tribes, like in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World and similar books.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	No.

Being a big fan of the Ultima series, I was interested in this game, but I didn't find the game play enjoyable enough to play it for long.

Review

I have never played this game for more than a couple minutes and haven't heard many positive reviews about it.

Media

Box Art

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  The box art features a rifle-toting Avatar and a tribal woman defending themselves against a tyrannosaurus. It's certainly fitting to the pulp-fiction style of the game.

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  A higher resolution box, but with more stickers obscuring the art.

Documentation

Like most Origin titles, the game's manual was very well-made, and the game came with a detailed map.

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  Manual - DOS - USA.

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  Paper map.

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  Paper map (alternate).

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  Getting Started.

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  Reference Guide.

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  Strategy guide - Clue Book.

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  Strategy guide - Quest for Clues IV.

Maps

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  Eodon.

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  Caves.

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  Kotl.

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  Myrmidex Caves.

Videos

Longplay.

Play Online

MS-DOS

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	Aiela, despite being a party member and strong warrior, is a damsel in distress and reward who fawns over the player.
Bechdel test?	Fail	I don't think women ever talk about anything other then men, and you can't play as a female character.
Strong person of color character?	Pass	Most of the characters are indigenous tribal people.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

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