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Description
Ultima I is a remake of the classic RPG Ultima from 1981. You must travel to another world and save the land Sosaria from the evil wizard Mondain. The game features tile based top-down overworld graphics and first person perspective pseudo-3D dungeons.The original Ultima was re-programmed using assembly language, with updated graphics, minor changes in towns' and people's names, and some different puzzles.
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Alternate Titles
- "Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness" -- PC-88 / PC-98 title
- "Ultima I: The Beginning..." -- Media title
Part of the Following Groups
- Enhanced remakes
- Fantasy Creatures: Dwarves
- Fantasy Creatures: Elves
- Fantasy Creatures: Orcs
- Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
- Games made into books
- Physical Bonus Content: World Map
- Ultima series
- Ultima universe
User Reviews
Critic Reviews
Retrogaming.it | DOS | May 29, 2008 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
GamesVault | DOS | Jul 10, 2009 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Your Commodore | Commodore 64 | Oct, 1987 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Commodore User | Commodore 64 | Oct, 1987 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Retro Archives | MSX | Jul 09, 2017 | 13.5 out of 20 | 68 |
Retro Archives | DOS | Jul 09, 2017 | 13.5 out of 20 | 68 |
Retro Archives | Commodore 64 | Jul 09, 2017 | 13.5 out of 20 | 68 |
Retro Archives | Apple II | Jul 09, 2017 | 13 out of 20 | 65 |
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft | Commodore 64 | 1992 | 45 out of 100 | 45 |
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft | DOS | 1992 | 44 out of 100 | 44 |
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Regaining your Health. | 3 | Edwin Drost (4204) Jan 26, 2017 |
Health | 2 | Rwolf (19322) Jan 28, 2013 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
Ultima I appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Extras
Origin, like they did with many of the Ultima games, included a "trinket" in the box. In this case the trinket consisted of a small cloth bag with five metal coins.Related Web Sites
- Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness Shrine (This RPG shrine has complete information on Ultima 1; information based on 1986 DOS release, but should also be useful for Apple release.)
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