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Ultima 2: Revenge of the Enchantress
was released in 1982. While a larger game than its predecessor,
it featured marginal, if any, graphic improvement over Ultima
1. It was re-released several times afterward (1983, 1985, and
1989, most notably) on a wide range of systems.
Ultima 2 picks up where Ultima 1 left off. Following Mondain's
death, his protoge and (young!) lover Minax vows revenge, and
launches an assault on the Stranger from Another World's native
Earth, ushering in a nuclear holocaust there. The game takes
place in several different eras and epochs of time, from prehistoric
Earth to a devastated future. Finally, the player travels through
time to Minax's castle to do battle with her.
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Ultima 2 for Palm OS
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Produced by: SoftwareByPaul Website: SoftwareByPaul Releases: * Ultima 2 Demo 1.0.3
This novel port of Ultima 2 to the PalmOS 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 enchantress Minax on your PDA, 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, find Enlino, or reach Planet X. The full-version can be purchased from the developer.
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Ultima Classics Revisited
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Produced by: prmths Website: UCR Releases: * Version 0.1.0 (Windows) * Version 0.1.2 (*nix)
This interesting collection of Ultima remakes currently offers a fully implemented engine for Akalabeth, and a partial engine for Ultima 1 as well. The current beta version is 0.1.2, and is hosted here for download. Akalabeth is fully playable now in UCR.
Featuring enhanced graphics and offering full compatibility with modern operating systems, this ambitious project aims to re-create the first two Ultima trilogies.
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Ultima 2 - Enilno
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Produced by: Sage Old Website: Enilno: The Ultima 2 Project New Website: Titans of Ether
Much like Ultima 1: A Legend is Reborn (later ERA, now defunct), this project aims to re-create an Ultima game using a custom-built 3D engine.
Sage and his team plan to re-tell the tale of Ultima 2 from the Sosarian perspective. While their game will feature Earth in the plot, it is set in the lands of Sosaria in the transitional time between Ultima 1 and Ultima 3, during the reign of Minax.
As of August 2005, Sage has joined with the Titans of Ether to bring Enilno to life with their help, using the Morrowind engine (or, more probably, Oblivion).
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Ultima 2 for Windows
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Produced by: John Alderson Website: Windows Native Ultima 2 Releases: * WinUltima2 1.0
A port of Ultima 2 to the Windows environment that requires the original game data files to be installed on your hard drive. While it uses the four-color pallete that Ultima 2 originally used, it includes the option to select other color schemes as well.
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Ultima 2 - Fixed Version
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Produced by: Mike Marcelais Releases: * Maps Patch
A patch that corrects the maps in Ultima II and restores them to their originally intended format and appearence.
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Ultima 2 Upgrade
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Produced by: Exodus Project Website: The Exodus Project Releases: * Moonstone's Galactic Patch * Micro's Speed Fix * Upgrade Package
A team effort to upgrade Ultima 2 by the Exodus Project team, it includes a number of improvements to the original game, including EGA graphics (an improvement over the 4 color original), full-color tiles, lower-case text, better save game support, and hotkey support.
Additional files included here are Moonstone Dragon's Galactic Patch (which adds maps for some of the inner planets) and Micro Dragon's Speed Patch (which corrects the all-too-familiar divide-by-zero error).
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