Produced by: Team Archon
Website: The Ultima 6 Project
Releases:
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (1,015.3 MiB, 2,684 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (1/10) (105.0 MiB, 13 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (2/10) (105.0 MiB, 13 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (3/10) (105.0 MiB, 15 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (4/10) (105.0 MiB, 13 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (5/10) (105.0 MiB, 12 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (6/10) (105.0 MiB, 13 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (7/10) (105.0 MiB, 12 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (8/10) (105.0 MiB, 12 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (9/10) (105.0 MiB, 12 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project v1.0 (10/10) (69.2 MiB, 15 hits)

Milestones:
* Milestone 1 (147.9 MiB, 105 hits)
* Milestone 2 (225.6 MiB, 100 hits)
* Milestone 3 (270.9 MiB, 109 hits)
* Milestone 4 (356.8 MiB, 107 hits)
* Milestone 5 (442.5 MiB, 96 hits)
* Milestone 6 (140.0 MiB, 107 hits)
* Milestone 6 Patch (3.2 MiB, 94 hits)
* Milestone 7 (713.7 MiB, 113 hits)
* Milestone 8 (Beta Release) (808.9 MiB, 112 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project Beta 2 (834.0 MiB, 313 hits)
* Ultima 6 Project Beta 3 (994.9 MiB, 192 hits)

Tools:
* Font Builder (619.0 KiB, 114 hits)
* Interface Designer (1.2 MiB, 117 hits)

Tech Demo:
* Tech Demo (36.8 MiB, 108 hits)

Another Dungeon Siege-based remake, this high-profile (and high-tech) project aims to re-create Ultima 6, adding many of the same features to the game that Lazarus added into Ultima 5: enhanced music, expanded storyline, new characters and additional side quests.

The project has been in the works for a number of years, but their development pace has seemed to surge ahead in the last year or so; they’ve achieved several milestone releases since first being posted to Aiera, each one adding vast amounts of additional functionality to the game.

Produced by: Arnim Sauerbier
Website: Arnim Sauerbier
Releases:
* Aklabeth for Nokia Smartphones (33.6 KiB, 247 hits)

* xu4 for Nokia Smartphones (1.9 MiB, 238 hits)

* Ultima 7 - Exult - Program (1.0 MiB, 68 hits)
* Ultima 7 - Exult - Data (14.0 MiB, 58 hits)
* Ultima 7 - Music (mono) (12.5 MiB, 55 hits)
* Ultima 7 - Music (stereo) (28.7 MiB, 66 hits)

* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - Program (766.2 KiB, 35 hits)
* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - libSDL (16.2 KiB, 34 hits)
* Ultima 8 - Pentagram - Configuration (998 bytes, 27 hits)

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!

Produced by: Eric Fry
Website: Nuvie at Sourceforge
Releases:
* Windows Snapshot (1.1 MiB, 147 hits)
* Mac OS X Panther Snapshot (751.7 KiB, 97 hits)
* Mac OS X Tiger Snapshot (1.7 MiB, 123 hits)

Eric Fry’s novel remake of the Ultima 6 engine is also going to be compatible with Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. Though currently being developed under Mac OS X, there are downloadable binaries for both Windows and OS X 10.3+ (the developer feels these snapshots might also work under earlier versions of OS X, however this is untested. It is the opinion of Aiera that they will not, simply because of some key API changes that exist between OS X 10.2 and 10.3).

The program source code is also available. Linux users will have to compile Nuvie from source.

Produced by: Troy Forrest
Releases:
* Chunk Editor (17.9 KiB, 105 hits)

A simple editing utility for modifying the graphics ‘chunks’ in Ultima 6.

Produced by: Paul Gilbert
Website: U6Edit @ Sourceforge
Releases:
* U6Edit (523.5 KiB, 134 hits)

This powerful editing suite for Ultima 6 allows for the modification of the original game’s maps and graphics, and also includes a complete editing suite for conversations, with opcode highlighting. Currently, the program seems to support both Ultima 6 and Martian Dreams (but not, apparently, Savage Empire).

Produced by: DOUG the Eagle Dragon
Website: IT-HE Software
Releases:
* The Unoffical Ultima VI Developer's Kit v1.0 (128.9 KiB, 141 hits)
* Ultima 6 Items List (24.9 KiB, 122 hits)
* Ultima 6 Savegame Manager (100.0 KiB, 115 hits)
* Book Editor (17.6 KiB, 109 hits)
* Finder (20.6 KiB, 111 hits)
* IT-HE Utilities Source Code (1.4 MiB, 103 hits)
* Ultima 6 Editing Information (132.7 KiB, 119 hits)

The always amusing, always inventive DOUG the Eagle Dragon has produced an incredible wealth of software for editing many different aspects of Ultima 6, so much so that a “brief” description is rather difficult to give.

The Unofficial Developer’s Kit is a comprehensive utilities package that includes four programs that can be used to edit Ultima 6:

• Tweak – a party roster editor (add people to your party, even if in the game they won’t respond to the join command!) with a few other bonus features
• Map – world editor, edit the chunks and map
• RedSetter – affix ‘temporary’ objects to the ground, making static scenery
• Undead – repairs characters who have been rendered “brain-dead” by violent death and subsequent resurrection

DOUG has also released some useful subsidiary programs to this utility:

• Savage Empire Patch (96.0 KiB, 120 hits) – a patch that enables the editor to work with Savage Empire
• Martian Dreams Patch (69.2 KiB, 114 hits) – a patch that enables the editor to work with Martian Dreams
• Party Fix Utility (11.4 KiB, 102 hits) – a small program that corrects an occasional error in Tweak that causes ‘solid’ characters

Conversely, the Items List is more of a cheat than a utility (since you can only use the ‘item creation’ feature of Ultima 6 if you use the ‘spam’ cheat); this is a list of many of the items you can get Iolo to create in the game.

The Savegame Manager is a useful program that allows for more than one save-game in Ultima 6, even when using ‘hacked’ versions of the game.

The Book Editor will allow you to UNBIND all the books and signs in Ultima 6 into a text file, and then REBIND them into the game format after you edit their contents.

The Finder utility has two components, both of which will assist in the use of the RedSetter program that is a part of the Ultima 6 Developer’s Kit:

• Stamp – affixes a ‘homing device’ to the Avatar (the location of the Avatar is critical to proper use of RedSetter)
• Finder – tracks the Avatar using the ‘homing device’

Finally, the Editor source code: written mostly in Borland C, this is the code for all of the utilities from IT-HE software, as well as some information documentation to assist in its usage. Note that the source code has been RARed first, and then ZIPped, to make it smaller.

Produced by: Rescue Raider
Releases:
* Ultima 6 Character Editor (29.0 KiB, 151 hits)

Another character-editing utility for Ultima 6.

Produced by: Nodling Dragon
Website: Ultima Tech Info and Patches
Release:
* Ultima 6 File Formats (20.6 KiB, 120 hits)

Nodling Dragon’s incomplete reference file for some of the Ultima 6 file formats. Useful for editors.

Produced by: Nodling Dragon
Website: Ultima Tech Info and Patches
Releases:
* u6encode Source (1.8 KiB, 74 hits)
* u6decode Source (3.7 KiB, 77 hits)

Much as with Nodling’s equivalent utilities for Ultima 4, these files let you decode (decompress) LZW-compressed data files that Ultima 6 uses, and then re-encode them in a way that Ultima 6 can read (although not with the LZW algorithm, which was patented at the time these utilities were written). Nodling Dragon points out that when one uses the encoder, the resultant file will be a bit larger than the equivalent “original” file, for this reason.

NOTE: the packages here include only the source code necessary to compile a command-line utility in each case.

Produced by: Galleon Dragon
Website: Galleon Dragon
Releases:
* U6O Client (3.4 MiB, 162 hits)

Galleon Dragon’s ambitious re-creation of Ultima 6 — which has been brought back online by mose — takes the game into the online realm, allowing you to play against other Ultima fans. It also implements many of the quest features of the game.

As with most remakes that use the original graphics for the game, this remake requires the original game data files to be installed on your hard drive.

However, the game also features a number of graphical improvements which build off of the original game data, such as higher-resolution objects and transparent atmospheric effects.

Produced by: mikefictiti0us
Website: Exult Forum Discussion
Releases:
* Ultima 6 Patch (3.7 MiB, 169 hits)

This ambitious retooling of Exult aims to modify the Ultima 7 game world and story into that of Ultima 6. Apparently being undertaken by a single person, the early screenshots look very promising. While Ultima 7′s tile graphics lack the vibrant colour that was seen in Ultima 6, the attention to detail that mikefictiti0us has put into areas like the Throne Room and Nystul’s Lab is very promising.

Produced by: Finire Dragon
Website: Finire Dragon
Releases:
* Speaker Patch (115.4 KiB, 97 hits)

Another timing-correction patch that allows Ultima 6 to correctly play sounds through the default PC speaker on faster systems.

Note that Finire Dragon’s webpage has no section concerning this patch – he only hosts it there.

Produced by: Nodling Dragon
Website: Ultima Tech Info & Patches
Releases:
* MPU-401 Driver (6.1 KiB, 120 hits)
* SoundBlaster Driver (4.0 KiB, 115 hits)

Nodling Dragon’s site is well worth the read if you have any interest in making an Ultima remake, as it contains numerous technical documents on the format of Ultima game files.

These are a pair of patches that Nodling released because Ultima 6‘s MT-32 driver does not correctly output music on faster systems. The MPU patch works with the standard MIDI interface on most systems. The SoundBlaster patch actually adds compatibility with SoundBlaster, which had previously not been supported.

Produced by: Origin Systems Inc. (defunct)
Website: Origin (redirects to UO site)
Releases:
* AdLib Patch (1.9 KiB, 70 hits)

Ultima 6‘s AdLib sounds require a short delay (23 microseconds) after the game accesses the sound port. On the slower 286/386 systems the game first released on, this was no problem. However, on newer systems, this can be problematic, as the processor is much too fast. This patch causes the necessary delay.