Produced by: SiENcE
Website: Crank Gaming

There’s not much information about this project that is presently available. Dingoo is a portable media player device, and Dingux is a custom Linux kernel for it that comes bundled with SDL and other media-friendly libraries. Exult has been ported to the system by SiENceE, whom some of you may also know as one of the developers of Iris2.

Presently, there’s little more than a YouTube video demonstrating the port in action, but expect to see a release fairly soon.

Produced by: Malignant Manor
Website: SI BG Merge @ the Exult Forums
Releases:
* SI BG Merge v6.8.7 (1.8 MiB, 64 hits)
* SI BG Merge Patch (449.2 KiB, 56 hits)

This interesting mod for Exult imports the shapes from The Black Gate into Serpent Isle, adding hundreds of new shapes, with a few being repeated for use with The Black Gate‘s usecode.

It is still in development, and still buggy (some in-game functionality may be lost by use of the patch), but for users of Exult Studio this may well be an exciting development indeed, as it vastly expands the versatility of available shapes when modifying or creating maps.

Produced by: Team Exult
Website: Exult at Sourceforge
Releases:
* Windows Binary (2.0 MiB, 152 hits)
* Mac OS X 10.3 (1.4 MiB, 121 hits)
* Sharp Zaurus (1.4 MiB, 88 hits)
* PocketPC (ARM) (246 bytes, 97 hits)
* PSP (2.0 MiB, 103 hits)
* Fedora - Game (1.0 MiB, 95 hits)
* Fedora - Tools (274.0 KiB, 86 hits)
* Fedora - Studio (254.6 KiB, 80 hits)
* Source Code (RPM) (1.6 MiB, 85 hits)
* Source Code (.tar.gz) (1.6 MiB, 79 hits)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Program (0 bytes)

Additional Files
* Black Gate Sound Files (4.6 MiB, 119 hits)
* Black Gate Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (6.2 MiB, 100 hits)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (1 of 2) (12.0 MiB, 117 hits)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (2 of 2) (10.9 MiB, 111 hits)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (5.9 MiB, 126 hits)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (7.7 MiB, 105 hits)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Data (0 bytes)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Music (mono, low quality) (0 bytes)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Music (stereo, higher quality) (0 bytes)

Exult 1.4 (unstable)
* Exult 1.4 (Windows) (2.2 MiB, 131 hits)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM4) (1.3 MiB, 76 hits)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM5) (1.3 MiB, 91 hits)
* Exult Studio (Windows) (3.5 MiB, 90 hits)
* Exult Tools (Windows) (1.3 MiB, 91 hits)
* Exult 1.4 Source (4.3 MiB, 82 hits)
* Shapes Plugin for Photoshop (87.7 KiB, 88 hits)
* GIMP Plugin (50.4 KiB, 84 hits)
* GIMP Plugin 2.0 (47.0 KiB, 90 hits)
* SDL 1.2 Libraries

An amazing remake, Exult is a cross-platform reworking of the Ultima 7/Serpent Isle engine that allows the game to be run on modern operating systems with expanded memory environments. This is not the same as a Voodoo memory-manager wrapper program, and it works on many systems apart from Windows.

Exult 1.2 is the latest “stable” release – Team Exult is making massive engine changes, and subsequent releases are expected to have instabilities as a result. It has Windows, Mac OS X, Sharp Zaurus, and Fedora builds available. Also avaliable is the source code, so that people running other systems can compile and build Exult.

Produced by: L@Zar0
Website: Traducción Ultima
Releases:
* Traducción de Serpent Isle (5.2 MiB, 38 hits)

This is a full translation of Serpent Isle and The Silver Seed into Spanish. It may require Exult in order to work.

Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
Website: Seven Towers
Releases:
* Serpent Isle Fixes (255.7 KiB, 43 hits)

This interesting collection of Serpent Isle modifications enables you to, among other things, actually cure Cantra of her post-resurrection insanity.

The developer notes that these mods are only workable using the Exult engine, and will not function with only a base install of Serpent Isle.

Additionally, he cautions that the mods might not function properly without The Silver Seed expansion installed, although he has attempted to design them so that this shouldn’t matter.

Produced by: Wizardry Dragon, Marzo Sette Torres Jr., Crysta the Elf,
Website: Ultima 7: The Feudal Lands
Releases:
* Oct. 29 2006 Snapshot (2.7 MiB, 76 hits)

This is a mod for Exult (with the release of Exult Studio, expect these to become more and more common) that seeks to merge The Black Gate and Serpent Isle into one seamless narrative. Additionally, it will feature a third continent — the Lands of the Feudal Lords — and a series of quests that the Avatar and his/her party must complete there.

This is an ambitious remake (and also a spin-off, within the technical definition of the term), to be sure! In addition to the expanded narrative, the developers plan to re-introduce the Virtues to the lands of Ultima (i.e. the Avatar will once again be able to interact with the Shrines). As well, they plan to overhaul the spellcasting system and to enable party members to wield spellbooks.

Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
Website: Seven Towers
* Avatar Pack (278.5 KiB, 67 hits)

Another Seven Towers mod, joining the likes of Black Gate Keyring and Serpent Isle Fixes, this package completely re-does the portraits for the Avatars in both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle. It not only provides new portrait graphics, but updated gump and paperdoll graphics for each Avatar as well.

Now you can even play a redheaded Avatar!

Produced by: Sam Matthews
Releases:
* Exult 3D (19.2 KiB, 170 hits)
* Exult 3D Models (3.9 MiB, 117 hits)

A project that surged onto the Exult forums over a year ago and which subsequently stopped development in a half-complete state. Currently, Exult 1.4 is required to run it.

That said, the numerous screenshots that the developer made available were amazing, to say the least, and offered a “never-before-seen” perspective on the world of Ultima 7.

As this program uses the original data for Ultima 7 (being, essentially, Exult with a different graphics engine) you will need the original game files to run it. And yes, like Exult, it will run both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle.

Produced by: Olivier Marcoux
Website: U7-Wizard
Releases:
* Ultima 7 Wizard v1.9 (213.5 KiB, 54 hits)
* Ultima 7 Wizard Documentation (40.5 KiB, 66 hits)

Before there was Exult Studio, there was the Ultima 7 Wizard. This program allows for the editing of maps, scenery, and objects of Ultima 7 and Serpent Isle. As well, it allows you to browse the characters and portraits, and listen to the sounds and music in the game (including dialogues).

The Wizard download also includes the program’s source code.

Produced by: Jaesun
Website: NWN2 Ultima VII Part 2

I do believe this was the first remake to make use of the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine, and what a great Ultima to pick for it. Serpent Isle, the reliable fan favourite, was being re-made by Jaesun with what appears to be a minimalist style. The developer was be aiming for a straight-up, no “extra content” remake of the classic Ultima title.

Development has paused, possibly indefinitely — as of the last update, Jaesun seemed to have completed most of the towns, and a fair bit of the dialogue as well. He had also completed the Silver Seed expansion. Whether he completes any additional work is yet to be seen.

No files have been released for this project, apart from a few screenshots.

Produced by:Babylon Team
Releases:
* Black Gate Preview (3.1 MiB, 45 hits)

An effort to translate The Black Gate and Serpent Isle into Italian, which was complete (as well, the Keyring Mod has also been translated) at the time this entry was posted, but which has disappeared from the Internet in the interim (at least as far as I can tell). No local copy of the download was ever made, per a request from the Babylon Team.

C’est la vie. I was able to salvage a preview installer for the Black Gate, however. Please note that this project requires Exult 1.4 in order to work.

Produced by: Dr. Cat
Website: Dr. Cat’s Lair
Releases:
* The Black Gate v1.0 (2.1 MiB, 48 hits)
* Serpent Isle v1.0 (685.1 KiB, 46 hits)

This project, which the developers have completed as of late 2006, translates both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle into Russian. Both patches require Exult in order to work.

Releases:
* Generic Mouse Driver - 7 K of memory (38.0 KiB, 46 hits)
* Microsoft Mouse Driver - 11 K of memory (401 bytes, 45 hits)

A pair of mouse drivers that consume a fairly small amount of memory. Useful if you are attempting to run the original version of The Black Gate or Serpent Isle on an older system.

Releases:
* RDOSUMB (55.1 KiB, 31 hits)

A utility to free up memory when attempting to run an original DOS install of Serpent Isle. Rendered somewhat moot because of the existence of Exult, this utility may nevertheless be useful on older systems.

Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr, Curiousis0Gruck, and Alun Bestor
Releases:
* Redhead Patch (175.7 KiB, 45 hits)
* Rankin Patch (3.8 KiB, 45 hits)
* Quests & Interactions Patch (294.6 KiB, 61 hits)
* Interactions Patch ONLY (63.4 KiB, 56 hits)

There were a series of four small update patches released for Exult by a consortium of folks through the Wired Entertainment website (which is currently down).

The female redhead Avatar patch is pretty self-explanatory: it adds a female, red-headed Avatar to the character creation menu, and provides the necessary graphics in-game as well, in both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle.

The Rankin patch corrects a small bug in The Black Gate in which the conversation with Rankin could sometimes loop infinitely. This patch requires Exult 1.2 or later.

Finally, the Quests and Interactions patches add a massive amount of world interactivity to the game (more than already exists, which is a fair bit) — you can grind wheat, milk cows, churn butter, shear sheep, and weave cloth. It also provides a few bugfixes to the pocketwatch and to how fishing is handled. The quest patch also adds a side-plot wherein you can return the Rune of Honor to Trinsic. These patches require Exult 1.2 or later.

Please note that you can download the interactions patch bundled with the quest patch, or as a standalone.

Produced by: Klown Killer and Artaxerxes
Website: Serpent Isle in French
Downloads:
* Serpent Isle in French 1.031 (Windows) (15.5 KiB, 23 hits)
* Serpent Isle in French 1.031 (Linux) (15.2 KiB, 25 hits)

An offshoot of the Exult project, SI French is an effort to translate one of the greatest of the Ultima games from English to French. For Windows, the program has been released as a standalone executeable, while for Linux it has been released as a game patch.

The project did complete and released a couple of versions of its modifications, so while it appears to have died, it won’t be put in the Orphanage for the time being. Its website is still up, but seems to be suffering SQL errors.

This project requires Exult.

Releases:
* Music Patch (212.9 KiB, 28 hits)

An MPU-401 General MIDI patch for Serpent Isle.

Produced by: Dagon Dragon
Website: The Dagon’s Lair
Releases:
* Complete Patch (542.1 KiB, 33 hits)
* Soundfont Patch (2.9 MiB, 32 hits)

Dagon Dragon’s combination patch incorporates both Newton Dragon’s MIDI patch and Gaseous Dragon’s Windows 9x patch for Ultima 7 (both parts: The Black Gate and Serpent Isle) into one cohesive upgrade. Also included is the SoundBlaster SCC-1 Soundfont patch that allows the game music to play properly on a Roland Soundcanvas.