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Iris2 released, joke remakes, and new files

Last updated: April 4th, 2007

I noticed a few updates during my wander through the project websites today, some of which are not new and some of which are.

Ultima 5: Lazarus

Firstly, on the Lazarus Forums, I noticed a series of weapons-related mods that I had not previously picked up on. I have added these to Lazarus’ entry on Aiera.

Exult

I also noticed that Exult had released a new Windows snapshot for their 1.4 version, and have uploaded this to replace the current hosted snapshot for Exult’s entry here.

Ultima: Iris

Additionally, Petrell pointed out yesterday that Iris2, the next generation of the Ultima Iris 3D client for Ultima Online has just released its first public build. It is available for download from the Iris main site, and I will have it online here at Iris’ entry at Aiera by the end of the day (allowing for my time zone being GMT-7).

Update: The Iris2 release version has been re-updated to version 911, and this is now available for download through Aiera.

Joke Remakes

I have also added UltimarX10, Ultimah, Untima: Decension, Ultimerr, and Ultima 4: Elijah to the Joke Remakes section of the site.

Ophidian Font

Finally, Paulon Dragon provided a download for the Ophidian runic font, and I have added this to the list of Ultima fonts here.

WtFD

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Untima IX:: Descension

Last updated: April 4th, 2007

Filed under Joke Remakes

Produced by: Garrett Birkel
Website: Untima 9
Releases:
* Untima IX 0.55v6 (Macintosh OS X)
* Untima Mac Source
* Untima PC Source

Unlike Ultimuh, this is a rather more competently-made spoof that features a graphic tileset very similar to what one might expect to see in Ultima 3 or Ultima 4.

And wheras Ultimuh was essentially intended as a mockery of the Ultima games, Untima plays out as a genuine game experience, spoofing some of the finer points of the series and drawing on a few other pop-culture sources as well (as Lord Finnish sends you to dispatch the dreaded monster Bunnicula).

And like many of the earlier Ultima games, Untima was put together by one man.

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Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy - The Quest for the Golden Amulet

Last updated: April 4th, 2007

Filed under Joke Remakes

Produced by: Nuclear Meltdown Productions
Website: Nuclear Meltdown Productions
Releases:
* Ultimuh

A handful of teenaged programmers threw this take on the Ultima series together. It’s not great satire in that it’s a side-scrolling game (an engine style Ultima never explored, thankfully), but it makes homage to the Old English diction of most of the Ultima series, the occasionally enigmatic plots of the games, and the often repetitive actions one has to undergo to pass an Ultima title.

The graphics are…well, they’re painful, but it’s an intentional kind of painful.

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Ultimerr

Last updated: April 4th, 2007

Filed under Joke Remakes

Produced by: DGMacphee
Releases:
* Ultimerr

Another satirical look at the Ultima series, this time featuring a loosely isometric game engine. A short little title, you play the role of Abitar, who is sent on a quest to find the White Gem of Anthrax so that you might defeat the evil Prince Foreskin.

Or some such.

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Lazarus’ Redemption Prophecy: A Legend is Reborn with the Dawn of Elijah’s Great Balls of Fire (also sometimes entitled “A Documentary of the Creation of ‘Runes of Virtue III: Attack of the Black Knight’, a Remake of Dungeon Siege using the Dungeon Siege Engine”)

Last updated: April 4th, 2007

Filed under Joke Remakes

Produced by: Evil_Freak Dragon
Website: Great title, eh?

A whimsical tale of some of the original Ultima remake project teams, the use of the Dungeon Siege engine, and other community in-jokes. Truth be told, it’s just good absurdist humour.