Ultima 1 Remade & Reborn

sheetsda writes "A company called Peroxide Entertainment(a freeware company) is remaking Ultima 1 under the title Ultima 1 - A Legend is Reborn. They're using their own engine, 'featuring most of the goodies you'd expect of a modern commercial 3d engine in the market' and recycling the overall plot but adding details."

Waiting for Bard's Tale

[hubertf]

I'd actually consider finding spare time for THAT.

- Hubert

Ultima 7 for Linux / Windows / Mac

[kramer]

Fans of the ultima series might want to check out Exult [sourceforge.net] which will allow you to play Ultima 7, Ultima 7 II, and their add ons without using a speed limiter in DOS.

It's still development, but you can apparently paly Ultima 7, and it's expansion "Forge of Virtue" in their entirety, and most of Ultima 7 II is playable.

It does require you to have the actual game, so it's not a complete game itself, just a re-written engine.

Re:Ultima was the best series

[kria]

Personally I always enjoyed Ultima III, but maybe I'm biased - we played that on our old Atari 130XE (or was it the 800? Whatever) so much that when I went to school (elementary school, mind you) I could hear the music everywhere. It was a wonderful bonding experience with my brother, my dad and myself.

I also enjoyed the fact that each game had a random map, so you had the cloth map to put labels on (we used right protect tabs, yes those paper things). The spell casting books were just awesome.

And, of course, the fourth adventure was where they screwed up and killed off all races but humans. I don't remember for sure, but I also think that's where you stopped having a party that you completely controlled.

Enough nostalgia for now, I suppose.