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Ultima 8

Captured by the Guardian, the Avatar is dumped on a strange world called Pagan. Far away from allies and familiar equipment, the Avatar must struggle to understand an oppressive and foreign place long dominated by the Guardian.

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On September - 15 - 2008 21 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Pentagram Team
Website: Pentagram
Releases:
* Pentagram (Windows) (1.6 MiB, 77 hits)
* Pentagram (OS X) (3.4 MiB, 42 hits)
* Mac LibPNG Libraries (253.1 KiB, 30 hits)
* Pentagram Source (5.6 MiB, 29 hits)

Pentagram Map Viewer
* Pentagram Viewer (Windows) (2.0 MiB, 40 hits)
* Pentagram Viewer Source (401.6 KiB, 27 hits)

What initially began as a map viewer for has evolved into a full-on cross-platform engine remake in the spirit of . Although no official demo has yet been released, there are up-to-date releases of source code available, as well as and OS X Universal binaries.

The best aspect of this is that runs very smoothly and without an intense CPU load, unlike when Ultima 8 is run under .

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, 138 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, 212 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 - 21 - 2008 5 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

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 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 .

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

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 (, 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!

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On June - 20 - 2007 1 Comment   Discuss in the Forum 

Releases:
* U8 Mapper (16.6 KiB, 42 hits)

A set of binaries that can be used to generate or maps of using the original game graphics.

categories: U8 Utilities, Ultima 8
Tags: , , ,
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 13 - 2007 3 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Mike Angus
Website: Ultima VIII Viewer
Releases:
* Ultima 8 Viewer (22.7 KiB, 30 hits)

A rather novel utility that can be used to browse all the in , including animation sprites for creatures.

It also gives the ability to export individual graphics and sprites to bitmap, or to export collections of graphics in the same manner. A text file containing image data is created with each export.

categories: U8 Utilities, Ultima 8
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 13 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Clockwork & Stix
Releases:
* Ultima 8 Cheat (18.0 KiB, 42 hits)

A simple cheat program for .

categories: U8 Utilities, Ultima 8
Tags:
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 6 - 2007 1 Comment   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Dragon Baroque (Gaseous Dragon)
Website: Gaseous Dragon
Releases:
* Windows Patch v1.14 (40.2 KiB, 40 hits)

Gaseous Dragon comes through again, this time with a patch that enables to run in the expanded-memory environment. While rendered somewhat redundant now that has reached a later stage of its development, this patch will still be useful to many while Pentagram remains unfinished.

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 6 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Origin Systems Inc.
Website: Origin Systems (redirects to UO site)
Releases:
* AdLib Patch (42.3 KiB, 33 hits)

Another . patch, this time to correct support in .

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 6 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Origin Systems Inc.
Website: Origin Systems (redirects to UO site)
Releases:
* English Patch (547.3 KiB, 35 hits)
* French Patch (543.0 KiB, 22 hits)
* German Patch (535.9 KiB, 27 hits)

This patch upgrades to version 2.12 and makes several bug fixes and enhancements. It adds the Birthplace of Moriens (which had previously been absent), allows for targeted jumping (and also halts all floating platforms!) and introduces a number of shortcut keys.

If you have the CD, you probably won’t need this patch. There are three versions: English, French, and German.

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 6 - 2007 1 Comment   Discuss in the Forum 

Produced by: Creative Labs
Website: SoundBlaster
Releases:
* AWE32 Patch (40.8 KiB, 26 hits)

This patch uses the chip to provide support on the card in .

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