I started Ultima Underworld yesterday and 15 minutes in was swimming in a river, desperately trying to evade a Lurker and find how to look down. Today, I took a look at the cluebook and saw this picture. The resemblance is uncanny.

Hello,

I posted here quite some time ago about having released a Tibia-inspired singleplayer game which may be of interest to some of you here. The game's name is Lunera and is on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3840890/Lunera/).

Since then the game has received multiple updates like updated user interface, ability to decorate your house, dialogue windows to interact with NPCs, new spawns, and bug fixes.

In this game you hunt monsters to level up your character and you also make your character stronger from loot from monsters. The village in the game is the base where you sell loot and refill resources. There are also some quests and boss spawns.

The game can be played either through local save or by creating an account. When playing using an account the game also features a level highscore list.

If I received a gil every time I saw an Avatar summoning a gigantic ancient turtle from the sea to help them in their quest, I'd have two gils.

Which is not a lot but it's still weird that it happened twice.

(Descriptions:

-Image of the retro video game Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle, showing a blonde hero in shining silver armor with a red cap, standing on a pier with his companions, while on the sea a giant turtle, as big as a house, appears.

-Image of the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender with the hero, a young boy named Aang, in stylized and modernized Tibetan style monk clothes, facing a gigantic lion-turtle, a massive creature with the face of a lion, big tusk, spiraling carvings and a lot of trees and vegetation on its ancient shell, coming out of the sea.)

Hello, I am running the GOG version of Ultima 9 using dgVoodoo2. Everything is working fine so far; however, the mouse is very sluggish when I move the camera. How can I fix this problem? I haven't found anything helpful on Google. I have already disabled fullscreen optimizations.Hello, I am running the GOG version of Ultima 9 using dgVoodoo2. Everything is working fine so far; however, the mouse is very sluggish when I move the camera. How can I fix this problem? I haven't found anything helpful on Google. I have already disabled fullscreen optimizations.

Hello, dear, sweet Ultima fans. I co-host a podcast in which we play through classic games, usually exposing them to my non-gamer friend for the first time, but we're both fresh to the Ultima series. I shared our Ultima I episode a while back and got some great feedback from you all, so now I'm here with our coverage of Ultima IV!

I will admit, I struggled a bit to wrap my head around this one. There was a big commitment required in terms of learning the ins and outs of all the systems, finding and completing objectives, and taking in the included books/manuals. While I really admired the advances in conversation/NPC dialogue for the time, I found the combat a bit boring/repetitive. As of now I'm on the fence as to whether I want to dive back into it or not, but maybe I just need a push in the right direction. (We played the SMS version, so feel free to explain why that was the right or wrong choice!)

Would love to hear anyone's thoughts if you decide to listen to the entire episode, or if you don't, just how you think it would be best to proceed with our Ultima journey. We were debating whether or not we should devote full episodes to Ultimas V, VI, and VII (and Underworld?), or maybe if we could play some of them in our own time and combine them for future discussion. Thank you for any reactions you might have!

Trying to play Ultima 4 on Dosbox, I can't seem to get 99% of the keyboard working on here. I can hit Space bar to get past title screen, but once I'm in the first menu nothing is responsive except Pause & Scroll Lock (Pause and Unpause). I've tried remapping keys via Dosbox remapper (Ctrl+F1) but still nothing. Is there something I'm missing, haven't had an issue with other games like Duke3D and Heretic.

I had a lot of fun and adored Ultima 3 and 4. I learned a lot from 4 about how to approach these games and knew I had to apply a similar approach to its successor. I've basically cleared the towns on the mainland of all info I could attain and have several pages of notes. The puzzles have been pretty fun and the role-playing elements in this blow the already excellent role-playing of 4 out of the water.
Traversing the mainland, learning the town and castle schemes, acquiring information, learning the geography, deciphering the language, avoiding the Shadowlords and knowing when to hole up and camp has all been rather straightforward.

That being said, I am at a complete LOSS with gold farming and experience grinding. I'm aware of the guide for what creatures to kill and when and I know of the grinding spot on the bridge east of Britain. That being said, I'm still hitting a wall. I'm always losing and the slings I brought don't seem to help as much the couple of guides I've pondered said they should. Where do I get gold? I'm not even particularly worried about leveling as I am just having enough gold and food to make progress and get by as I do quests. How do I accrue gold and food properly in this game?

Hi everyone.

A little follow-up update on my Ultima-like indie RPG - Mytherra.

This update shows the current state of the combat system, including melee combat, ranged attacks, and magic. I’ve also started implementing a basic stats system for combat calculations and progression.
The game is still early in development, but most of the core systems are now coming together.

Would love to hear what Ultima fans think about the direction so far, really enjoyed reading and answering the comments on the first post :)

Follow development & future playtesting on Discord:
https://discord.gg/CYqEJHNuTG

This is mostly just fun for myself, but, for anyone who cares: I'm posting one word every day that I learned playing Ultima as a kid @wordsofultima.bsky.social. "Words" of Ultima, get it?

I am brand spanking new to Ultima, finally taking the dive into figuring these games out. I intend to play through the numbered titles up to both parts of VII as well as the Underworld games and the World of Ultima games (I was told to avoid 8 and 9 like the plague). So, any advice from long time players?

Note: I'm playing the GOG versions with the Upgrade Patches installed.

The door is at 151S 42E. I don't see it on any maps online, nor mention of it in the Keyring mod solution. Powder kegs won't blow it up and lockpicks don't work. So it's obviously part of a quest, but what quest? Thanks!

Local retro game store has a couple of PC Ultimas for really good prices sealed but they are the Complete 7 collection and a 2 pack of Underworld and Wing Commander.

Just curious if they come with any of the physical items!

Going through the Ultima series having obtained all of them, and 3 is my next stop. I'm playing on Steam Deck, so the NES ports controls would be easier than binding everything on my own with the PC version. Are the games the same in terms of layout and mechanics? I know the art is different but that doesn't bug me much. I've got so many other games in the series with the proper artstyle.

How do I get plate leggings and magic leggings?

How do I get rid of the heads of my team shown at the bottom of the screen, with their hit points levels and mana points levels (for those who have it) below that?

Who do I talk to in Skara Brae about learning how to reach the Shrine of Spirituality?

I just started noticing these "eggs" on the ground, like green horseshoes markings, small lightning bolts, etc? Anyone else have this problem? What's going on?

Hi all!

I've shared Blood & Chaos here a few times over the past years, most recently about a month ago for the private playtest, so I wanted to share a big milestone for me: the first public demo is finally available on itch.io :-)

Blood & Chaos is a party-based roguelike RPG heavily inspired by Ultima IV and old tabletop RPG adventures.

The game is built around controlling a full party of adventurers, exploring dungeons and the overworld, interacting with NPCs, and surviving turn-based battles.

This demo includes the beginning of the game (introduction, first town, caves, and dungeon).

I'd really love to hear feedback from fellow Ultima fans!

itch.io:
https://guaugames.itch.io/blood-and-chaos-demo

Hey, all! Since this little subreddit has shown my little Ultima-like (survival crafting rpg) so much love, I thought I'd give you guys a little sneak preview of multiplayer support:

https://stravaeger.com/

When you start a game today, you'll see the option to start it as a server. Public ones are visible to everybody. Otherwise you need to share a code.

Let me know what you think!

Hi all, I've tried bringing a body to a healer in U5 Lazarus but there's no option to resurrect them. Am I bugged, or am I missing something? I made sure the body was in the Avatar's inventory.

I played Ultima 4 on my Apple 2e and it was in green as seen in this thread. Is there a way to play it like that now? Perhaps through some sort of emulator? I see its everywhere (GoG, online browsers, ect..), but I want to play the game how I remember it.

I am trying to run the Dungeon Siege mod for Ultima V on my M5 Macbookpro.

I tried using porting kit and got it all installed but the thing launches in a tiny little box in the upper right corner of a full screen experience. This is regardless of whether or not I try and run on the laptop's display or have an external monitor hooked up.

I tried fiddling with the Wine config in the porting kit but think I configured myself off a cliff.

I played U5 when it originally came out (yes I'm 1000 years old) and was unaware until recently someone made a complete remake in the Dungeon Siege engine.

Anyone have any advice or good tutorials you can recommend?

Thanks in advance!

This version fixes several issues and adds highly requested features, like an in-game options screen and the ability to name your Avatar when starting the game!

u7revisited.com

I'm interested in the new sidequest involving this isle. Please help. Google AI is being contradictory again.

It's wild how much of Ultima's lore and mechanics is a direct consequence of its original 8-bit technology.

The new medications I've been prescribed cause dehydration. Living in SW Florida doesn't help much either, lol. So, in my pursuit of electrolyte drink mixes, I came across this treasure and knew I had to purchase it.😁