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Ultima 1

Ultima 1 told the tale of the battle between the Stranger from Another World and the evil wizard Mondain. As with the other pre-Avatar Ultimas, this game features a science-fiction component in addition to its fantasy world.

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On June - 13 - 2008 3 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Saduj
Website: Ultima Restoration
Releases:

Utilities
* Ultima Potions (hak pak) (376.6 KiB, 214 hits)
* Ultima Potions (demo module) (37.0 KiB, 149 hits)
* Ultima Potions II (hak pak) (375.8 KiB, 137 hits)
* Ultima Potions II (demo module) (41.3 KiB, 146 hits)
* Venom Dagger (erf import file) (2.4 KiB, 144 hits)
* Venom Dagger (hak pak) (36.3 KiB, 143 hits)
* Venom Dagger (icons) (700 bytes, 152 hits)
* Venom Dagger (source files) (11.9 KiB, 145 hits)
* NPC Schedules (erf import file) (64.7 KiB, 141 hits)
* NPC Schedules (demo module) (455.6 KiB, 139 hits)
* NPC Schedules (readme) (4.2 KiB, 151 hits)
* Moongates (erf import file) (23.7 KiB, 136 hits)
* Moongates for CEP (erf import file) (23.7 KiB, 139 hits)
* Moongates (demo module) (198.5 KiB, 133 hits)
* Moongates for CEP (demo module) (565.3 KiB, 138 hits)
* Savage Empire Female Portraits (3.2 MiB, 213 hits)
* Savage Empire Male Portraits (1.6 MiB, 187 hits)
* Ultima Conversation System (files) (287.7 KiB, 147 hits)
* Ultima Conversation System (demo) (685.6 KiB, 137 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits & Soundsets Unlocker (18.3 KiB, 164 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits & Soundsets Unlocker (readme) (216 bytes, 159 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits (93.4 KiB, 171 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Soundsets (31.6 KiB, 196 hits)

This is actually a comprehensive collection of utilities and in-progress remakes of titles, all done in the engine. The list of utilities is pretty comprehensive, including functional moongates (with !), NPC scheduling, animated potions, a conversation system to replace the default NWN system, and a very good reproduction of the venomous dagger of fame.

But even more promising is the list of remakes that are being put together by this team and others. Currently in progress are remakes of , (which provides the screenshot here), , , and . Most of these seem still to be in the early stages of development, but the Ultima 7 remake — which deals, it seems, only with the events of at present — looks to have progressed somewhat further.

Here is hoping, then, that this collective set of efforts bears much fruit in the future! As the projects progress, I’ll probably break off each remake into its own standalone entry. For now, this one omnibus entry will suffice.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On February - 22 - 2008 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Dino the Dark Dragon
Website: Dino’s Google Group
Releases:
* Sites List (1.1 KiB, 127 hits)
* Files List (1.7 KiB, 138 hits)
* Ultima 1 Engine (67.5 KiB, 222 hits)

began reverse-engineering the engine as a spare-time project. Here is his work in progress.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On June - 20 - 2007 2 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Releases:
* Ultima 1, 3, 4 & 5 Cheat (19.2 KiB, 353 hits)

A program that can be used for through to (but not, according to its name, for ).

Note: this update may not work with Ultima 3, and may also be missing the strength attribute. This has been found to be the case in , at any rate, although at present it is not known whether the error is within the program proper, or whether it is in some way related to DOSbox.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 4 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: SoftwareByPaul
Website: SoftwareByPaul
Releases:
* Ultima 1 Demo (220.6 KiB, 125 hits)

This novel port of to the offers a number of improvements over the original game, including the addition of a party-system – you can have up to a 4-person party. This version also features top-down dungeon navigation (instead of the forward-facing view of the originals) and battle sequences. Now you can battle monsters and overthrow the wizard on your , as long as you have PalmOS 5 or better.

This development does come at a price, however, because this port is shareware. There is a demo available for download, but the noteable limitations in it are that you cannot purchase food, and you cannot reach Mondain. The full-version can be purchased from the developer.

 
categories: U1 Remakes, Ultima 1
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 4 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Arthur DiBianca
Releases:
* Graphics Patch (38.7 KiB, 174 hits)

is an old game, and the routine it uses to display (out.exe) occasionally encounters glitches with some graphics cards that cause the graphics to lose colour and eventually get garbled. This patch will correct most of those errors.

 
categories: U1 Patches, Ultima 1
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