Ultima – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Akalabeth: This Time With Actual Gameplay

On March 15, 2020March 16, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

The title screen Woah, a two post game? Haven’t had one of those in a while. Anyway, I’m currently posting this from a hotel balcony, enjoying some traditionally changeable Melbourne weather. I have some mild cold symptoms and a too-cautious family, so here I am in luxurious solitude. I’m quite […]

Priority CRPG 1: Akalabeth – World of Doom (1979)

On March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

For those who missed my earlier post on the subject, I’ve decided to prioritise some of the games and series that I really want to play. I’ll still be going through my chronological list, but after every four games I’m going to jump ahead a little in the timeline to play […]

Origin Sells Out

On September 6, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

One day in early June of 1992, a group of executives from Electronic Arts visited Origin Systems’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. If they had come from any other company, the rank and file at Origin might not have paid them much attention. As it was, though, the visit felt a […]

Scientology and the Fellowship

On March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

The people who believe in the Guardian, the masses who believe in him, are completely good people who are completely duped. And so this cult religion is building, in belief of the Guardian and the Guardian’s ends. The lowest level members of the Fellowship, which is this organization that […]

Ultima VII

On February 15, 2019February 16, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

From the time that Richard and Robert Garriott first founded Origin Systems in order to publish Ultima III, the completion of one Ultima game was followed almost immediately by the beginning of work on the next. Ultima VI in early 1990 was no exception; there was time only for a […]

Life Off the Grid, Part 2: Playing Ultima Underworld

On February 1, 2019February 2, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

I rarely play or even see current games; the demands of this historical project of mine simply don’t allow for it. Thankfully, though, being a virtual time traveler does have its advantages. Just when I’m starting to feel a little sorry for myself, having heard about some cool new release […]

Life Off the Grid, Part 1: Making Ultima Underworld

On January 18, 2019January 19, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

The 1980s was the era of the specialist in game development, when many of the most successful studios did just one or two things, but did them very, very well. For Infocom, that meant text adventures; for Sierra, graphic adventures; for MicroProse, military simulations; for SSI, strategic wargames and Dungeons […]

The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games launches for pre-orders!

On January 14, 2019January 15, 2019 By Neil G

Throughout my youth I’ve always been an RPG gamer, I used to love playing games such as Dungeon Master, Lands of Lore, Albion or even the later style of Fallout, Baldurs Gate and Dark Messiah. Especially when I get to read a grand story of the adventures ahead, while choosing […]

Game #66: Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (NES) – Promised Destiny

On January 10, 2017September 4, 2018 By Zenic Reverie

Game 66 Title: Ultima: Warriors of DestinyReleased: January 1993Platform: NESDeveloper: OriginPublisher: FCI/Pony CanyonGenre: RPGExploration – Top-downCombat – Active battles (enemies take turns over time)Series – Ultima It’s difficult to know where to start with a new post. I struggle how to approach condensing my time with a game into a […]

Akalabeth and Skipped Games

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

This main screen is from a later DOS re-make, by which time the game had become known as Ultima 0. [Edit from 2 March 2013: Over three years after I hurriedly wrote about Akalabeth at the beginning of my blogging experience, I revisited the game in much more detail, playing […]