Exult

Last updated: August 12th, 2008

Filed under SI Remakes, Serpent Isle, U7 Remakes, Ultima 7

Produced by: Team Exult
Website: Exult at Sourceforge
Releases:
* Windows Binary (1.98 MB)
* Mac OSX 10.3 (1.39 MB)
* Sharp Zaurus (1.35 MB)
* PocketPC (ARM) (246 bytes)
* PSP (2.02 MB)
* Fedora - Game (1.01 MB)
* Fedora - Tools (273.96 KB)
* Fedora - Exult Studio (254.6 KB)
* Source (RPM) (1.64 MB)
* Source (.tar.gz) (1.64 MB)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Program (1.01 MB)

Additional Files
* Black Gate Sound Files (4.56 MB)
* Black Gate Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (6.18 MB)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (1 of 2) (12.03 MB)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (2 of 2) (10.86 MB)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (5.91 MB)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (7.65 MB)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Data (14.01 MB)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Music (mono, low quality) (12.5 MB)
* Nokia 770/M800 - Music (stereo, higher quality) (28.71 MB)

Exult 1.4 (unstable)
* Exult 1.4 (Windows) (2.08 MB)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM4) (1.26 MB)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM5) (1.27 MB)
* Exult Studio (Windows) (3.47 MB)
* Exult Tools (Windows) (1.26 MB)
* Exult 1.4 Source (4.28 MB)
* Photoshop Shape Plugin (87.73 KB)
* GIMP Plugin (50.36 KB)
* Gimp Plugin 2.0 (46.96 KB)
* 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, so other systems can compile and build Exult.

Tags >> Exult | Fedora | Mac | OS X | Serpent Isle | Sharp Zaurus | The Black Gate | Ultima 7 | Voodoo | Windows

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Black Gate Keyring

Last updated: July 24th, 2008

Filed under U7 Remakes, Ultima 7

Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
Website: Seven Towers
Releases:
* Keyring (906.73 KB)

This is actually a collection of small upgrades to Ultima 7 (and the Forge of Virtue — this is required!). Chiefly, it adds a keyring to the game to assist the Avatar in managing the massive number of keys one tends to accumulate as one progresses through the game.

It also features a number of modifications to the game’s event scripting and a fair bit of custom usecode, plus some other “not so subtle” changes according to the developer, so it qualifies more as a remake than a patch.

This patch requires Exult.

Tags >> Avatar | Exult | Forge of Virtue | keyring | The Black Gate | Ultima 7

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Ultima Restoration

Last updated: June 13th, 2008

Filed under Engines, General Utilities, MD Remakes, Martian Dreams, SE Remakes, Savage Empire, Spin-offs, U1 Remakes, U7 Remakes, U8 Remakes, Ultima 1, Ultima 7, Ultima 8

Produced by: Saduj
Website: Ultima Restoration
Releases:

Utilities
* Ultima Potions (hak pak) (376.62 KB)
* Ultima Potions (demo module) (37.02 KB)
* Ultima Potions v2 (hak pak) (375.84 KB)
* Ultima Potions v2 (demo module) (41.29 KB)
* Venom Dagger (erf import file) (2.44 KB)
* Venom Dagger (hak pak) (36.27 KB)
* Venom Dagger icons (700 bytes)
* Venom Dagger source (11.91 KB)
* NPC Schedules (erf import file) (64.71 KB)
* NPC Schedules (demo module) (455.61 KB)
* NPC Schedules (readme) (4.1 KB)
* Moongates (erf import file) (23.66 KB)
* Moongates (demo module) (198.47 KB)
* Savage Empire Female Portrait Pack (3.23 MB)
* Savage Empire Male Portrait Pack (1.57 MB)
* Conversation System Demo (65.83 KB)
* Conversation System Files (29.87 KB)

This is actually a comprehensive collection of utilities and in-progress remakes of Ultima titles, all done in the Neverwinter Nights engine. The list of utilities is pretty comprehensive, including functional moongates (with Orb of the Moons!), NPC scheduling, animated potions, a conversation system to replace the default NWN system, and a very good reproduction of the venomous dagger of Ultima 7 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 Ultima 1, Ultima 7 (which provides the screenshot here), Ultima 8, Savage Empire, and Martian Dreams. 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 The Black Gate 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.

Tags >> Martian Dreams | Neverwinter Nights | Orb of the Moons | Savage Empire | The Black Gate | Ultima | Ultima 1 | Ultima 7 | Ultima 8

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Ultima 7: The Feudal Lands

Last updated: March 3rd, 2008

Filed under Epic Ultima Spin-offs, SI Remakes, Serpent Isle, Spin-offs, U7 Remakes, Ultima 7

Produced by: Wizardry Dragon, Marzo Sette Torres Jr., Crysta the Elf,
Website: Ultima 7: The Feudal Lands
Releases:
* Oct. 29 2006 Snapshot (2.74 MB)

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.

Tags >> Avatar | Exult | Exult Studio | Lands of the Feudal Lords | Serpent Isle | The Black Gate | Ultima | Ultima 7 | Ultima 7: The Feudal Lands

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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!

Tags >> Aiera | Akalabeth | Aklabeth | Exult | Haxima | Nazghul | Nokia | Nuvie | Pentagram | SDL | Ultima | Ultima 4 | Ultima 5 | Ultima 6 | Ultima 7 | Ultima 8 | xu4

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