Ultima V Lazarus Mod Gets Enhanced Demo Release

Ian "Tiberius" Frazier writes "Team Lazarus, a volunteer-run 'mod' organization, has released a second playable demo of the unofficial Ultima V: Lazarus mod to the public. Ultima V: Lazarus is a complete recreation of ORIGIN Systems' classic 1987 role-playing game Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny, utilizing the modding capabilities of Gas-Powered Games' Dungeon Siege. In addition to all the features found in its previous release, this Lazarus demo includes a host of new quests, locations, and an all-new frontend." We previously covered this mod back in February.

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Nice work

[Song for the Deaf]

I am so glad that they stuck with it. Out of all the Ultima remakes this is the one I have been most exctied about. Few realize how daunting remaking a game as epic as an Ultima can be, and even fewer have the intestines to pull it off (IIRC no one really has, I might be wrong, though Exult doesn't count...)

Many a promising remake has been called off and others languish.

I guess the bottom line is...remake or not, these days making a good computer game is tough business indeed.

"lazarus"?

[scrytch]

The infinity-engine-ish remake of U4 has an awesome title: The Dawn of Virtue. Heck, that's better than the original (Quest of the Avatar). I thought Ultima 5's original title sounded like a bad heavy metal band (Warriors of Destiny), but this one makes even less sense. Lazarus? Was there even such a character in U5, or is he making some kind of obscure reference to resurrection?

U5 was ... okay. I found the underworld to be mostly a big winding corridor full of monsters, and not that engrossing. I found it pretty anticlimactic after the blackthorn plot (which unfortunately never gets that deep if you play the virtual plot) and the slaying of the shadowlords. Then again U4 had The Akalabeth Dungeon That Never Ended (those 3d dungeons were put in because U1's dungeons were just an embedded game of Akalabeth) so I suppose it was nice to wind my way through 2D for the endgame...

Re:"lazarus"?

[Nasarius]

Lazarus? Was there even such a character in U5, or is he making some kind of obscure reference to resurrection?

Um, I would imagine that it's a reference to resurrection, seeing as this is a remake. How is that obscure?

Ultima 4 for Linux

[baywulf]

Those who want a remake of Ultima 4 for Linux/OSX/Windows can get it at http://xu4.sourceforge.net/

Ultima V and Dungeone Siege required

[JasdonLe]

Note sure how common this knowledge is, but...

Lazarus will be available for users who own a copy of the original game, Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny* (PC Version only) and a copy of Gas-Powered Games' Dungeon Siege**.

Game looks GREAT, so far, though!

Peroxides Ultima 1 remake

[Wuukie]

Peroxide's Ultima 1 - A Legend is Reborn was called off because they wanted to go commercial and wanted to avoid obvious legal problems.

Re:Peroxides Ultima 1 remake

[corporate trinket]

Right, there is a thread that talks a bit about the problems on their forums. http://www.peroxide.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=280

Ultima the reconstruction

[evil-osm]

Here is a good site that has most of the remakes that are currently being worked on. It hasn't been updated in a year, however the remakes that it links to are still active.