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@computer #OriginSystems never let me down. #EA sure did!

Lord British Reclaims Ultima Copyright From EA in 2027
#Ultima #LordBritish #RichardGarriott #ElectronicArts #OriginSystems #UltimaOnline #DragonCon #Commodore64 #CRPG #WingCommander #UltimaIX
https://theoasisbbs.com/lord-british-reclaims-ultima-copyright-from-ea-in-2027/?fsp_sid=8731

Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989

“The consumer doesn’t really know what to buy for their computer,” Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo’s newfangled game console.

The popular space trading and combat simulator game Wing Commander: Privateer was released 30 years ago this week.
Cover art by Chris Douglas.
#scifi #wingcommander #privateer #originsystems

More #Ultima love added to #TheVideoGameLibrary thanks to James Crosby from the community!

Manuals, guides and interviews for Ultima I-IV, all packed into this 220-page Japan-only release! 📚

https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-genesis-of-ultima

#Ultima1 #Ultima2 #Ultima3 #Ultima4 #UltimaI #UltimaII #UltimaIII #UltimaIV #OriginSystems #MMO #MMORPG #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Gaming #PCGaming #PC #AppleII #Akalabeth #RetroGaming #DungeonCrawler #RPG #Gamer #Computing #RetroComputing

some #obscure #UltimaOnline #RetroGaming #history

back in the late 90s, when #uo's playerbase was exploding, player-built houses were both a convenient secure location, and a social signal of personal wealth. when a new shard (server) opened, players would race around the map trying to find legal "placements" for house deeds... areas where you could erect a home that had flat land, and no rocks or trees in the way. open land was truly scarce, and competitions to place a house were fierce.

to combat the real estate rush, #OriginSystems implemented a "decay" mechanic that would make your house collapse/disappear if it was unoccupied for a few weeks. thousands of homes disappeared this way, to the extreme frustration of the player community.

in the late 90s, a player placed this tiny single room house on the Napa Valley shard, between the towns of Minoc and Vesper. it remained occupied for years, until it was converted into a "public house" without locks. the house still stands to this day, 24 years later. it is one of the longest standing player-built homes in the history of the #mmorpg.

read the entire story here, as told by /u/MacroPlanet:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimaonline/comments/1097crs/rediscovering_old_places_in_uo_napa_valley/

By popular demand (thanks to @vga256), have catalogued "The Official Guide To Ultima" into #TheVideoGameLibrary.

Both the 1st and 2nd Editions are listed. Everything you'd ever want to know about the saga circa 1992.

What's your favourite #Ultima game?

👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-official-book-of-ultima

#UltimaI #UltimaII #UltimaIII #UltimaIV #UltimaV #UltimaVI #Gaming #VideoGames #VideoGame #PC #PCGaming #OriginSystems #RichardGarriott #AppleII #C64 #Commodore64 #FMTowns #MSX2 #PC8801 #PC9801 #SharpX1 @bookstodon

huge thank you to keenan weaver over at the excellent echo sector site for discovering and sharing this major #OriginSystems #RetroGaming find.

the Crusader series turned out to be a major hit for the embattled company in the mid-late #90s

Crusader 2 never made it to market. now we can finally try it out in pre-pre-alpha form for the #psx!

https://www.echosector.com/2022/12/crusader-2-psx-pre-pre-alpha-recovered-and-released/

🚨 BOOK NEWS 🚨

Andrea Contato is crowdfunding an English translation of his #VideoGame history book.

"Video Games: The People, Games, and Companies" is a five-volume set that traces #Gaming history through to 1999.

The #Kickstarter for the Stage One translation (from Italian), is up right here:

👉
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1108065491/the-inside-story-of-the-birth-of-microcomputer-games?ref=checkout_rewards_page

Also be sure to check out his first 2 books about #Ultima and the history of #OriginSystems:

Part 1: https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/through-the-moongate-the-story-of-richard-garriott-origin-systems-inc-and-ultima-part-1

Part 2: https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/through-the-moongate-the-story-of-richard-garriott-origin-systems-inc-and-ultima-part-2

Okay, here's a sample post for you to share, @gamecollectors

The (functional) radiation detector batch that shipped with Bad Blood.

#OriginSystems #BigBoxPCGames #Retrogaming

#Bullfrog classics Syndicate Plus and Syndicate Wars, and two spin-offs from #OriginSystems' Ultima series: Ultima Underworld 1+2, temporarily free re-release bundle on GOG

#Ultima #UltimaUnderworld #Syndicate #SyndicatePlus #SyndicateWars #FreeGames #GratisGames #free #gratis #games #gaming #WindowsGaming #GOG #GOGcom