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Ultima 7 in Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the backward-compatibility dept.

trotski writes "In its day, Ultima 7 was one of the most complex and detailed RPG's ever made. Lets put it this way, in 1992 it required 20 mb of hard drive space and a 386 processor; cutting edge equipment that at the time retailed at well over $2000. Unfortunatly, until now getting Utlima 7 to run properly under win9X or worse, win2K or XP was heart-breaking. Fortunatly, someone has designed a utility that allows you to run this program under all versions of Windows as well as Linux! Very exciting for people out there who want to play this classic." Actually, Linux support seems to be only hypothetical at this point; along with the link to download the code is a note that says "Anyone who wishes to study the source code, or to port it to Linux or any other OS, is welcome to download this file."

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  1. Amazing! by Malicious · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, let me get this straight....
    Suddenly, there is a large movement for people to port Linux programs to Windows?
    Isn't this slashdot? Shouldn't this be a selling point for crossing over.?
    Make it up! "http://linux.org/Ultima7/Switch"

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  2. Ahh! MIDI warning on the link! by XorNand · · Score: 4, Funny


    The scourge of the WWW: embedded MIDI files!

    Er, actually, I kinda dig this one. In fact, it's the only embedded MIDI I've ever replayed.

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    1. Re:Ahh! MIDI warning on the link! by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

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      Now quick, grab the sandalwood box!

  3. Re:The answer is.... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who wants to reboot to play a game?

    That would be like doing all your productive stuff in one operating system and all your game playing in anot-

    Uhm, nevermind.

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  4. Re:Exult by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 3, Funny
    "The need for food seems to have disappeared. I beat BG recently and only had to feed my party once. I guess the Exult developers thought that the food system was a bad idea and just didn't implement it fully. In my book, not having to deal with Shamino whining "I must have food" every 2 minutes is a plus."

    But this means that only the players who played the original DOS version will be able to see the antics that happen when the party gets really, REALLY hungry ;-) (The members randomly start saying Moo, Oink, etc... It's all the funnier when you see it in that old english type font they use.)

  5. Re:Flat Real Mode by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you were indeed the one responsible for the memory configuration of U7, I wouldn't mention it too loudly around here. :P

  6. Re:Exult by Alorelith · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's the fun in that? One time I got Serpent Isle to work with BOTH sound and music in DOS. I'm probably one of just a handful of people that accomplished this massive feat. Heh, when I walked by girls at school, I could feel their eyes gleaming in awe. They called me the Serpent Master...

  7. Re:Cool by owenb · · Score: 2, Funny

    right between wind commander II and ultima underworld 1

    Ah, the hours of flatulence-based fun to be had from playing wind commander II!

  8. Still need another project by p24t · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone know of a project to make Ulitma IX run under Windows?