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Ultima 9: Character Sketches
Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, the Ultima Codex is pleased to present ten (10) scanned pages of character...
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Ultima 9: Ed del Castillo Plot Summary
Courtesy of former Origin programmer Bill Randolph, and thanks to the tireless efforts of Joe Garrity of the Origin Muesum, the Ultima Codex is pleased to present the following document — which has...
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Point of Origin: Mudders of Invention
Raph Koster, known also as Designer Dragon, has been cleaning out his garage, and marked the occasion of Ultima Online’s 15th anniversary by tweeting a pair of scanned images of an article entitled...
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Ultima Online Renaissance: The Walmart Jewel Case Edition
Deckard was out on a shopping run when he noticed something interesting in the rack of cheap, jewel case-enclosed software at his local Walmart: an apparently specific-to-Walmart edition of Ultima...
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Ultima Online Review in PC Gamer
Courtesy of Pix, here are scans of a two-page review of Ultima Online that appeared in PC Gamer’s January 1998 issue: The review is generally quite positive, although a small box in the lower-right...
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Ultima Online Review in PC Format
Pix posted scans of a second two-page review of Ultima Online, this time from PC Format magazine. The review is remarkably similar to PC Gamer’s (which was published in the same month — January 1998),...
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Ultima Online Review in PC Home
Pix posted a scan of a one-page review of Ultima Online that appeared in the February 1998 edition of PC Home, a European gaming magazine. This review, contra the reviews from PC Format and PC Gamer,...
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Ultima Online: Age of Shadows Concept Posters
These images were taken by Withstand the Fury Dragon in February of 2013, at the behest of Paul Barnett at Mythic Entertainment. They showcase some concept art (and in-game mockups) of things added to...
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Ultima Online: Spirit of Virtue
These images were taken by Withstand the Fury Dragon in February of 2013, at the behest of Paul Barnett at Mythic Entertainment. They showcase some concept art (and mockups) for a proposed overhaul of...
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Ultima Online GM and Counselor Guide
Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, the Ultima Codex is pleased to present over 180 scanned images from a...
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Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn Art Guide
In yet another treasure from the Mythic Archives, here is a style guide produced for artists working on assets for use in the Kingdom Reborn expansion for Ultima Online. Download the Original Scanned...
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UO Next: Style Guide
In yet another treasure from the Mythic Archives, we get a glimpse into some of Electronic Arts’ cancelled plans to clean up, modernize, and streamline Ultima Online’s interface and appearance....
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Ultima Online 2: Technical Design Document
Origin Systems tried to create an Ultima Online 2 a couple of times, but was never able to get the idea very far into the development stage. And in this treasure from the Mythic Archives, we get a very...
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Termination Letter for an Ultima Online Counselor
The original Ultima Online Counselor program was brought to a close in 2000, ostensibly. This letter, however, suggests that the date was actually in mid-2001: The letter itself is to the point,...
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Ultima Featured in PC Games Hardware Wissen
Dominus, from the Exult team, sent along these images, which are scans of the cover of — and an article from — the year-end issue of PC Games Hardware Wissen (“PC Games Hardware Knowledge”), a German...
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Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn Design Document
The Kingdom Reborn expansion for Ultima Online — launched in July of 2007 — is mostly remembered for bringing a new client to the game. The KR Client, as it came to be known, was billed as a 2.5D...
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Ultima 9 Post-Mortem Report
Bill Randolph worked on the networking and multiplayer systems for Command & Conquer at Westwood Studios before moving over to Origin Systems in the late 1990s, whereat he took on the role of lead...
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Ultima Online Intro Video Storyboards
Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, the Ultima Codex is pleased to present 17 still images — some of which are...
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