Difference between revisions of "Ultima"
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==Media== | ==Media== | ||
===Box Art=== | ===Box Art=== | ||
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| + | Ultima - A2 - USA.jpg|Original Apple II card from 1981. The original Ultima came in a plastic bag with this printed card. [[Denis Loubet]] painted a Persian warrior on a horse attacking a dragon swimming in magma. This uses the very first Ultima logo which is the [[Victorian]] typeface with a modified "m." | ||
| + | Ultima I - A8 - USA.jpg|The Atari 8-bit box of 1983 uses completely new art and logo that was modified from the one used on the Ultima II box. It features a castle with towering spires on a rocky crag with two huge moons in the distance. I prefer this art over the original. | ||
| + | Ultima I - C64 - USA.jpg|Remake box of 1986 used for Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The remake box uses the same artwork as the original, but shows more of it. It also uses the taller Ultima logo with a metallic effect and adds a Roman numeral I to it. The Origin Systems logo is added to the bottom. | ||
| + | Ultima I - PC98 - Japan.jpg|Japanese release of 1988 for MSX, PC88, PC98, Sharp X1. This box zooms in on Loubet's artwork a little uses the later Ultima logo, and adds the retconned subtitle, "The First Age of Darkness." | ||
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===Documentation=== | ===Documentation=== | ||
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| + | Ultima I - A2 - Ad.jpg|Apple II ad for the remake. | ||
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===Maps=== | ===Maps=== | ||
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| + | Ultima I - DOS - Map - Over World.png|Over world, DOS. | ||
| + | Ultima I - DOS - Map - Over World (With Spoliers).png|Over world, DOS, with spoilers. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XUsdNh7J_A youtube.com/watch?v=7XUsdNh7J_A] - Longplay, DOS. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XUsdNh7J_A youtube.com/watch?v=7XUsdNh7J_A] - Longplay, DOS. | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 23 April 2019
Ultima is a video game role-playing game developed by Richard Garriott and published by California Pacific Computer Co. in 1981 for the Apple II and, in 1983, for the Atari 8-bit line. This is the first Ultima title in the series and was highly influential game in the computer RPG genre. The game was remade as Ultima I in 1986 and released for several other platforms. In the game, you play the role of a hero tasked with defeating the evil sorcerer Mondain to save all the lands.
I've booted Ultima up a couple of times, but never played it very much. It's so out-dated now, I have little desire to try to beat it. Despite playing very little of the game, I have done quite a bit of work reverse engineering the game and placed my results on ModdingWiki.
Status
I own two copies of the PC remake, but only from the Complete Ultima CD-ROM compilation. I have not beaten the game or even played it much.
Review
I don't know enough about this game to review it.
Media
Box Art
Original Apple II card from 1981. The original Ultima came in a plastic bag with this printed card. Denis Loubet painted a Persian warrior on a horse attacking a dragon swimming in magma. This uses the very first Ultima logo which is the Victorian typeface with a modified "m."
The Atari 8-bit box of 1983 uses completely new art and logo that was modified from the one used on the Ultima II box. It features a castle with towering spires on a rocky crag with two huge moons in the distance. I prefer this art over the original.
Remake box of 1986 used for Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The remake box uses the same artwork as the original, but shows more of it. It also uses the taller Ultima logo with a metallic effect and adds a Roman numeral I to it. The Origin Systems logo is added to the bottom.
Japanese release of 1988 for MSX, PC88, PC98, Sharp X1. This box zooms in on Loubet's artwork a little uses the later Ultima logo, and adds the retconned subtitle, "The First Age of Darkness."
Documentation
Apple II ad for the remake.
Maps
Over world, DOS.
Over world, DOS, with spoilers.
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Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=7XUsdNh7J_A - Longplay, DOS.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/ultima-i - MobyGames (Remake).
