Ultima: Aiera

Ultima 5 for TI Calculators

Last updated: June 10th, 2008

Produced by: David Randall
Website: Ultima 5 for TI Calculators
Releases:
* Ultima 5 for TI-89 and TI-89 Titanium (1.29 MB)

An ambitious project to port Ultima 5 to the Texas Instruments 68K programmable calculators, this remake took a little over a year to reach completion, but as of June 2008 it is done and in open release.

This remake has many features, some new to Ultima 5 (e.g. not a part of the original title), which include:

512 tiles, 11×11 pixels and 4 colors. The original tiles were 16×16 pixels and 16 colors.
2 world maps (each with a size of 256×256 tiles)
32 multi level towns (each level size 32×32 tiles)
8 multi level dungeons
about 150 NPC (non-playable characters) each NPC has a unique daily schedule and conversation script.
400 hours of game play(!!)

Tags >> Texas Instruments | Ultima 5

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Ultima Ports for Nokia 770/M800

Last updated: February 21st, 2008

Filed under AK Remakes, Akalabeth, U4 Remakes, U5 Remakes, U6 Remakes, U7 Remakes, U8 Remakes, Ultima 4, Ultima 5, Ultima 6, Ultima 7, Ultima 8

Produced by: Arnim Sauerbier
Website: Arnim Sauerbier
Releases:
* Akalabeth (33.59 KB)

* Ultima 4 - xu4 (1.85 MB)

* Ultima 7 - Exult - Program (1.01 MB)
* Ultima 7 - Exult - Data (14.01 MB)
* Ultima 7 - Music (low-quality mono) (12.5 MB)
* Ultima 7 - Music (higher-quality stereo) (28.71 MB)

* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - Program (766.23 KB)
* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - libSDL (16.17 KB)
* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - INI file (998 bytes)

These are actually just ports of other Ultima projects (linked below), but as I’ve never seen so many in one place at one time (and from one person!), they are classified not only as ports but as their own separate entry on Aiera.

The following projects have been ported to the Nokia 770/N800 internet tablets:

Akalabeth - a port of Paul Robson’s SDL version of the game
Ultima 4 - a port of xu4
Ultima 5 - a port of Nazghul/Haxima
Ultima 6 - a port of Nuvie
Ultima 7 - a port of Exult
Ultima 8 - a port of Pentagram

It serves to note that these ports are ongoing works, and it further serves to note that some of the projects that have been ported (Pentagram, for an easy example) are themselves incomplete. However, O Reader, if you use a Nokia 770/N800 internet tablet, and would like to be able to play some classic Ultima titles whilst on the go, this is likely a project for you!

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Ultima 5 - Lazarus

Last updated: January 8th, 2008

Filed under U5 Remakes, Ultima 5

Produced by: Team Lazarus
Website: Lazarus
Releases:
* Lazarus 1.2 (Windows) (520.95 MB)
* Lazarus 1.2 (Mac) (528.27 MB)
* Lazarus 1.2 French Patch (Windows) (8.21 MB)
* Lazarus German Patch v1.0 (12.57 MB)
* Blink Activation Patch (4.29 KB)
* Difficulty Override (16.08 KB)
* Font Patch (11.5 KB)
* Portrait Patch (615.4 KB)
* Lazarus Editing Environment (Windows) (3.26 MB)
* Chronicle of Lord British's Expedition (1.01 MB)
* Lazarus Game Manual (10.32 MB)
* Map of Britannia (638.58 KB)
* Lazarus Soundtrack (142.19 MB)

Patches and Upgrades
* Enhanced Graphics (11.49 MB) - (pictured) from 3DWorx
* Looking Up Camera Mod (40.82 KB)
* Grail Quest's Mods (622.93 KB) - see this text file (12.74 KB) for details
* Bugfixes and Modifications (599.52 KB) - see the Lazarus forums for details
* Project Britannia Compatibility Mod (22.28 KB)
* Comfortability Mod 1 (3.6 KB) - start with a bedroll
* Comfortability Mod 2 (3.65 KB) - start with a bedroll and the sextant (may break a later quest)
* Comfortability Mod 3 (7.53 KB) - reduced daily food consumption rate
* Comfortability Mod 4 (3.23 KB) - adds hotkey support for the pocketwatch (if the party has it)
* Regeneration Ring Health Loss bugfix (3.18 KB)

Spell-related Mods
* Spell Scroll Icon Mod (51.66 KB) - (pictured) replaces the default icons for spell scrolls with graphics that make it easier to identify which spell is on which scroll. Only works on new scrolls added to inventory, not scrolls already held
* Spell Scroll Icon Mod with Chuckles Scroll Changer (61.65 KB) - adds to the above mod the ability to talk to Chuckles the Jester and have him “exchange” all your current spell scrolls for new ones, thus updating their icons

Weapon Mods
* Magic Weapon Fix (25.72 KB) - fixes an issue with weapon enhancement damage not being applied. See this post on the Lazarus forums
* Magic Axe Redux v1.1 (12.59 KB) - uses spell damage to cause the magic axe’s bonus damage
* Magic Axe Redux v2 (14.5 KB) - addresses balance issues with the previous version of the mod
* Cheerful's weaponfixes (20.18 KB) - fixes some scripting and bug issues with weapon-based spells
* Flint Item Changer (9.84 KB) - talk to Flint to “upgrade” your magic weapons to bug-fixed, modded versions

Cheerful Dragon’s Weapon Addons
* Undead-slaying Silver sword and Stronger glass sword (10.58 KB)
* Ranged throwing axe (4.69 KB)

Lazarus 1.0
* Lazarus (Part 1) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 2) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 3) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 4) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 5) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 6) (76.29 MB)
* Lazarus (Part 7) (57.8 MB)

Demos:
* Alpha Demo 1.0 (Win/Mac) (22.8 MB)
* Alpha Demo 2.0 (Win) (100 MB)
* Alpha Demo 2.0 (Mac OSX) (87.61 MB)
* French Patch 2.0 (Win) (30.73 KB)
* German Patch 2.0 (Win) (8.16 KB)

One of the most high-profile remakes during its development, Ultima V: Lazarus is a Dungeon Siege-based remake of Ultima 5 led by Tiberius Moongazer. It was completed and released in the early part of 2006.

Lazarus features an enhanced and expanded musical score, additional plot elements, many new and exciting characters and side quests, and fully rendered cut scenes.

The project is available for download in its entirety here, and in addition there are available for download several mods, patches, and bug-fixes; Lazarus has spawned a modding community of its own.

Tags >> Dungeon Siege | Ultima 5 | Ultima V: Lazarus

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