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EUO

Last updated: September 16th, 2008

Filed under Inspired Works, Online Remakes, Spin-offs

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Produced by: Max Breedon
Website: EUO
Releases:
* EUO Installer (3.46 MB)
* Patcher Update (use only if needed) (99.65 KB)
* Launcher (Client Configurator) (24.71 KB)
* Map Editor (158.8 KB)
* 3D Client (253.32 KB)

Borrowing a fair bit from other RPGs, is intended to be a real-time, single/multi-player, persistent-world …one that looks and plays much like or . The project site proudly proclaims that those looking for mouse support and -style graphics should seek their fix elsewhere.

EUO uses a -like skill system, without player classes. Combat is based on dice rolling like in (and with more Ultima Online influences, apparently). Although the original EUO did feature a U4-like tileset, the current iteration is completely original (although most monsters and traps will be familiar to Ultima 5 fans). Spells can be cast using either the Ultima 5 runes, or through a simpler list for the less-than--proficient.

Also, the game now incorporates the scripting language, meaning that the player can influence the dungeons to a greater degree through certain key actions. Leveling is done at shrines, with stats being upgraded along the same lines as happened in .

The game features over 100 NPCs and over 50 quests, with more being added all the time. And now, a 3D client is even available!

 

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Ultima: Iris

Last updated: August 12th, 2008

Filed under Online Remakes, UO Remakes, Ultima Online

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Produced by: Team Iris
Website: Ultima - Iris
Releases:
Iris
* Iris 0.8.7 (Windows) (9.63 MB)
* Iris 0.8.6 (Linux 64-bit) (13.47 MB)
* Developer Framework 0.4 (10.9 MB)
* Documentation (3.24 KB)

Iris2 (Iris-Ogre)
* Iris2 Build 2365 Setup (Windows) (128.76 MB)
* Iris 2 Build 2365 (Windows Source) (149.42 MB)
* Iris 2 Source (Linux) (144.02 MB)
* Emergency Updater (432.02 KB)

Also required (for Windows):
* Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1
* DirectX End-User Runtimes

is a game client for , which gives the game a more modern feel in keeping with the evolution of 3D MMORPGs while still retaining the “feel” of UO (such as it is). Iris is only compatible with a number of different “freeshard” server types. See the project website (actually a wiki) for full details.

Iris requires a legal copy of Online, preferably one of the later-edition versions of the game, but it serves to note that trial versions of UO can be used for play on freeshards without suffering limitations. Trial versions of the game can be obtained from the UO: Mondain’s Legacy website.

 

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Ultima Legacy

Last updated: March 13th, 2008

Filed under Epic Ultima Spin-offs, Online Remakes, Spin-offs, UO Remakes, Ultima Online

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Produced by: Darkheart Dragon, Avatus Kingsman (formerly), and many others
Website: Ultima Legacy
Releases:
* Custom Data Files

is a modified version of (which can be played for free) set in a post- . Its premise includes the assumption that : Ascension did not happen, and out of that it has spawned a complex and involved storyline that included the n invasion of Britannia. Legacy doesn’t exactly form the backstory for the project entitled , although there is a relation there as both projects were founded, in part, by Avatus Kingsman (although where he has gone to, none now know).

To join Legacy is a bit of an involved process — the modified data files that are necessary for game play are provided here for download, but there’s more to it than just that. For starters, you need to own a copy of , and if possible it is recommended that you have instead. may also work.

The rest of the joining process is explained at the Legacy website, and so I direct the interested reader to “journey onward” there.

As of 2008, Legacy is being revised to tell a -based tale. They are also switching from the freeshard system to . Follow all the latest developments at the project website.

 

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Classic Ultima Online - Ultima 4

Last updated: May 9th, 2007

Filed under Engines, Online Remakes, Spin-offs, U4 Remakes, Ultima 4

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Produced by: Shattered Moon
Website: Classic Ultima Online
Releases:
* U4 Multiplayer Client (2.58 MB)

This promising reworking of the engine does what U6 Online did for - launches the classic single-player RPG into the realm of online gaming! It has become part of a larger project called , which sounds as though its aim is to port several different titles into an online framework.

The project is currently in an alpha stage, and there is a client available. You can download the client from , or through Dennis DeMarco’s website.

To play: launch the client, specify u4m.demarco.com as the game server, and then create a player.

This project was formerly known as ““.

 

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Dransik

Last updated: March 10th, 2007

Filed under Inspired Works, Online Remakes, Spin-offs

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Produced by: Iron Will Games
Website: Dransik
Releases:
* Client 1.03

Dransik apparently began as an Ultima 5-like online MMORPG, as a project supposedly headed by former Ultima 8 developer Jason Ely. However, the game evolved somewhat, taking on a more isometric graphics set with some very beautiful special effects.

Dransik is no longer in development, of course, having morphed into a second online RPG called Ashen Empires. However, it is now available for free download and play, and the only limitation imposed on you by the developers is that your backpack/inventory capacity is reduced if you do not play through an active Ashen Empires account.

 

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