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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. Exult by Echnin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dude, Exult has existed for ages. It does everything that stuff does.

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  2. Untill now? by mha101 · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Running Ultima 7 ("The Black Gate" and "Serpents Isle") has been possible for more than a year, both on Windows and Linux (and some others) through the use of the Exult Ultima 7-engine.

    Exult even lets your play the game in higher resolutions (using algorithms like SuperEagle and 2XSAI), and with more detail than in the original game.

    Exult Homepage