From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima IX: Ascension
My Pentium II PC at the time couldn’t run Ultima IX worth a damn 14 years ago. For me, it was the Crysis of it’s time, a game that some […]
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From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Pagan: Ultima VIII
While another team at Origin headed up development on Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle for 1993, Richard “Lord British” Garriott and his own crack squad worked on the officially […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle is a tough game. But it’s also one of the very best chapters of the Ultima series in a number of important ways. It’s […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima VII: The Black Gate
I was a late bloomer when it came to the Ultima series having spent much of my CRPG time with The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, Dragon Wars, and a few of […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima VI: The False Prophet
It’s 1990 and things continued to change for gaming at what seemed like a breakneck pace. Consoles continued to experience a renaissance thanks largely to Nintendo and Sega, PC hardware […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
By the time Ultima V was released in 1988 , Origin’s flagship CRPG series found itself in plenty of company. Sir-Tech continued with their own interpretations of the PC-based RPG, […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Richard “Lord British” Garriott was getting older, more experienced, and his games grew along with him. By the time Ultima IV arrived in 1985 after two years of development, he […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Exodus: Ultima III
I hitched a ride with the Doctor to the UK of 1985 to find this ad in the pages of Zzap!64. The controversial cover art for the third Ultima brought […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
Mondain, as evil as he was, had an apprentice. In this case, an enchantress by the name of Minax. And after offing him in Ultima I, she’s understandably upset. But […]
From the pages of the past, games of yesteryear – Ultima I
There isn’t really much more that I can say that so many others have already done so well about one of the giant cornerstones of CRPGs. Richard Garriott’s hobby, which […]
