OH MAN! I used to play this game when I was a kid and I couldnt remember for the life of me what it was called. I've been looking for it on and off for months! I just did an AAAHHH YEEEAAAH out loud!
@Imgema Not just that, slopes, floors and ceilings in different heights, looking up and down, jumping, a few 3D RENDERED OBJECTS!! In a 1992 game!! I'm glad to see from the comments here that other people appreciate this too
@Killerratte hovertank 3d e catacomb 3d was out before this but it's true that Carmack was "ispired" by the texture mapping of this game, but because he said that he can make a better texture mapper...
This game seems to have been forgotten by the mainstream these days, and that's a damn shame. Without Ultima Underworld, it's more than likely that some of your favorite games would never exist. The Elder Scrolls, BioShock, Deus Ex, Half-Life, Tomb Raider, Doom, and many more all owe an enormous debt to this game.
@SergeantLuke Doom was in developement way before this game was released, and Tomb Raider is a 3rd person action game i dunno how a first person RPG has anything to do with it.
Increase the number of cycles and it should run fine. When I load UU and UUII, the gameplay is laggy, but as soon as you increase the cycles about midway, it runs like a charm.
Ok read the speech, and know now. Wow this game was amazing, i was a hardcore amiga boy back then, but later upgraded to my first pc, as these were the kind of games i wanted to play, and the amiga was being sadly abandoned more and more by companys
I'm not trying to bash any game developer or company that wants to see their franchise prosper. It is usually when financial people come in that destroy what the games had into something that look alien in comparison.
I don't think Ultima Underworld was ever asking for a lot of money. But you can clearly tell that the ones who made it were pioneers.
When people quit asking for tons of money like I see a lot these days, is when gaming will become creative again.
hey guys i need help, i couldnt buy this game anywhere so i downloaded it
i have a Dosbox 0.74 on m computer since i play daggerfall on it, i open UU1.exe (or something) and nothing happens, just some window pop out for 1 second and it instantly closes ;/
i still have this game and the sequel but cant run it :( Dosbox 0.74 is too confusing. This is the first pc game i played and have to admit one of the games that made me into a gamer i am today. They dont make games like these anymore.
@jdub8950 well, elder scroll pretty much comes from ultima, but well, skyrim is elder scrolls latest games, everything is changed, but still is the same do whatever you want and be whoever you want, the ideas and principles im talking about are gameplaywise, both games have very diferent lores...
@jdub8950 I have to totally agree. Theres a game on iOS called 'The Quest' which is pretty good. I'm hoping the success of that game might entice ports of TES:Arena, Daggerfall, Ultima Underworld etc over to it as its the perfect platform for it. Imagine playing this on an iPad?
People can say whatever they want, but in the eyes of an experienced gamer like myself, the late 1980s, early-late 1990s were the peak of gaming.
A lot of games these days focus far too much on graphics and other nonsense to try to cover up what they really are. Fluff. There's too much emphasis on marketing and not enough attention to quality.
Games like Ultima Underworld, Secret of Monkey Island, and Wing Commander set new standards. Today we get crap like COD: MW 3 that just asks for money.
ulmaria.webs.com - Ulmaria is a private and free Ultima Online server. Our goal is to provide a more refined UO experience. We are true to the Ultima Series and base our world around that. Our world is a true sandbox offering actual land for housing, mortal guards in towns, so if you commit a crime you will have a fighting (or running) chance. 600 stat cap, no skill cap. RPG server, PKing and PVP allowed any time anywhere except for starting town.
I remember walking into a Babbages (remember them?), picking up the box for this game, and the first thing the store keeper said to me was "Excellent game".
Boy, was he right. This was a true masterpiece, a landmark in gaming, and really breathtaking when first played. These were the days when the limitations of the PC forced designers to be innovative, before marketing people forced games out before they were ready, or fluffed them up just to make a sale.
Huh... so as someone who loved Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, and Dungeon Master/Chaos Strikes Back... somehow I missed this game, and it looks pretty damned good, considering the age of the game. I might have to find a way to pick this game up and try it out.
@RicoLen1 Best game ever. Get it over at abandonia. Manuals are available there as well, you'll need the spell list. I played all those games you mentioned, this is one of the most immersive games I have ever played.
This game was about the only thing back in that day that would have dragged me away from my Amiga. That didn't exactly happen but damn i came close to do so until the Amiga itself started going into the 3D realm ;) Now i hate "today's" 3D games and want to go back to basic texture mapping with "gameplay" or back to 2D.
My all time favourite game along with Labyrinth of Worlds, how did you get it running so smooth on Dosbox? I've tried to alter the cycles but it's either too jerky or like it's on speed! Good to see it being played by someone else though.
@bumblegirl65 WOrks fine for me, I had to up the cycles about 11 to 14 times. I always had lag back in the old days, it's nice to play without it, finally!
this game had me hooked and I never was able to finish it even after days, months playing it I always died after defeating the end wizard and then get poisened by a f*ckn spider when trying to make my way back. It still pisses me off to this day.
This was my fisrt pc game I ever played. then came Wolfeinstein 3d and Dune 2 but this one is one of the greatest ... I just gotta find this game again and try it.
I guess I was lucky my dad was dumb enough to spend 3000 dollars on gateway 486 33 mhz intel monster in 92.
I got to play kings quest, police quest, space quest, ultima underworld, wing commander, and the bizzarre adventures of woodruff and the schnibble (FUCKING BRILLIANT GAME)
This game is up there with the Super Mario 1 and Zelda 1,
and in my opinion edges them out in sheer genious and overall being the best game ever made.
Games that are timeless without requiring 150 people working on them for 5 years are the true gems.
Nowaydays so much work goes into graphics it easy to forget what actually makes games good. That said I love alot of newer games , even ones with asshole requirements like GTA IV, Bad Company 2, TF2, Crysis, and so on.
@Wolfsheim23 Yeah Dungeon Master was the first ever 3D, First Person Perspective game, before that though there was zork and wizardry that were 2d first person perspective games.
@RicoLen1 Zork was a series of text adventures by Infocom. Wizardry was full of 3D mazes but it was mostly static turn based rpg. I played all those =) Dungeon Master was the first where I had freedom of movement in a 3D environment first person perspective.
@lordzilu1584 Yes, and also father of all following 3D RPGs, I was in shock when I finished this game 2 years ago, I realized it came with all ideas that kept recycling on and on since than.
I remember when the pc that could run this broke i cried (I was 5)then last year i found dosbox and played this and uw2 for a week straight without sleeping... i would trade and console and game. hell i would give up an xbox360 ps3 and wii with as asmany games as i want for this game and the ultima series on an old windows 95 that wont break
I remember getting this when I was a kid and it was and is still one of the very best games I have ever played. I loved the little bag of runes that came with the game. This game is ever emulated, never equaled.
This is very very simple,no jumping skill means shorter jumps and makes you less likely to reach an area.
2:I haven't played the game for like 10 years or more.
last time i played this game was when i was a teenager and i actually did become really good at the game and got pretty far,this was also before i had internet so i was stuck and didn't know what to do.
They don't make games like this any more. Games that make you have to think, strategize, converse, work out problems and make decisions all in a fairly unforgiving world. Maybe today on the Gothic games do it justice. Certainly have to also agree that Arx Fatalis was a worthy spiritual successor to Ultima Underground 1 and 2! By the way, if you are looking for old time RPG's you should check for the "Ultimate RPG archives". Both UU's, all the Bard's Tales, Stonekeep, Wizardry Gold (continued)
@HardWarUK (Continued from below) .....Wasteland (forerunner to Fallout!), Dragon Wars and Might and Magic: World of Xeen. I got this compilation about 5 years ago for $30 and have 600+ hopurs in all the games - with 600 to go! Now that's value for money!!! :)
According to legend, John Carmack saw this being demoed in 1990 and told Todd Hollinstead that he could write a faster render engine than that, thus Catacomb 3D was born, and a year later...Wolfenstein 3D. And many many years later, all the hard work Blue Sky Productions, Id Software and and early online gaming community put their hearts and souls into was ruined by retarded abominations such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield Bad Comipany.
@Offspringfan64 You cannot say MW2, BFBC2 and such ruined what Blue sky, id and other early online gaming communitys "put their hearts and souls into". They have nothing in common with the new games. Even if wolfenstein etc would never have existed, someone else would probably come up with the FPS genre. Your making it sound like Call of duty and such we're easy to make aswell. Nothing stops people who dislike the newer FPS games from playing the old ones. I must admit MW2 could be better though
When playing this game, I was just 13 years old. It gave me the feeling of "real" adventure that can not be felt in playing any modern games, particularly those of MMORPG kinds. The feeling of venturing down in a dark & complicate place cannot be forgotten. Anyone can recommend me any new games that give us similar adventurous like this? Thanks!
You have to increase the CPU cycles of DOSBox via Ctrl-F12 up to 10.000 cycles. The UW1 should run smoothly. To decrease the CPU cycles after playing UW1 use Ctrl-F11.
I've bought the game when it first came out (there even was a bag with some rune stones in the package although the magic doesn't seem to work on this plane of reality ;-) )and have played at least twice every year since then. It's my favourite game. I like it even a little more then its successor.
ddragon33: it's a good game, but ultima 6 blows it away. underworlds tended to bore me after playing for a bit. it took two bears and a crowbar to get me away from U6.
yeah i remember when this game came out. i was 8 years old then. i spent like all my waking hours playing ultima 6 - the false prophet back then (i still play it fairly often)
so i had to get the game. amazing (AMAAAZZZINNGGGG) graphics for 1992, wolf3d didn't have shit on it. ultima 6 was a better game overall though.
I used to fuck my girlfriend a lot while I played this. It was a weird combination of things and I had to look at her a lot - or I would end up shooting my load to a monster or part of a cave and that really brought things to a weird place for me. I really miss her sometimes, but overall she was crazy and I kinda hate her.
@Alfrunk Wow Caps, Your "PS3" Games will Never EVER be as Epic as the old Crawlers like theese Btw Caps dosent make u sound big it makes you sound like a Troll
looks pretty advanced for its time. wolfenstein 3d (or any id's game before doom) didnt have stairs. or any other thing like that. and this has got so much to do (according to wikipedia and some old videogame magazine.) and this was the first first person game ever.
i miss this game! my favs are UWI, UWII, Savage Empire, Black Gate. Serpent Isle cud hav been way gr8 if isnt for the lengthy dialogues. Ascension is a major letdown.
OH MAN! I used to play this game when I was a kid and I couldnt remember for the life of me what it was called. I've been looking for it on and off for months! I just did an AAAHHH YEEEAAAH out loud!
mkymonkey 15 hours ago
Cannot wait to start this. I just started an Ultima Let's Play series, I'm only on 1 though so I still have awhile to go.
gamingwithscott 4 days ago
God i love this music
1300l 6 days ago
This looks way more advanced that Wolfenstein 3D. Hey, at least you can see textures on the floor/ceiling.
Imgema 2 weeks ago
@Imgema Not just that, slopes, floors and ceilings in different heights, looking up and down, jumping, a few 3D RENDERED OBJECTS!! In a 1992 game!! I'm glad to see from the comments here that other people appreciate this too
brotherzero 6 days ago
@Killerratte hovertank 3d e catacomb 3d was out before this but it's true that Carmack was "ispired" by the texture mapping of this game, but because he said that he can make a better texture mapper...
1r0zz 3 weeks ago
Extremely advanced game for that time.
nehomar2005 1 month ago
This game seems to have been forgotten by the mainstream these days, and that's a damn shame. Without Ultima Underworld, it's more than likely that some of your favorite games would never exist. The Elder Scrolls, BioShock, Deus Ex, Half-Life, Tomb Raider, Doom, and many more all owe an enormous debt to this game.
SergeantLuke 1 month ago 4
@SergeantLuke Doom was in developement way before this game was released, and Tomb Raider is a 3rd person action game i dunno how a first person RPG has anything to do with it.
MysteryBounty 1 month ago
I bought my first PC just to play this game, a 386sx. This game was so immersive at the time and so advanced compared to the competition
Spindry96 1 month ago
This is the Skyrim of the 1990s..
ddnguyen278 2 months ago
wow its like daggerfall.. maybe better!
NielloEd 2 months ago
how you did you get the game to run this smoothly? ive only just learned how to operate DOSbox to full screen
wheelchairpropeller 2 months ago
Absolutely love Ultima Underworld and UUII. Classic games that are still a lot better than many modern day games.
dronespace 2 months ago
I'd try this game but it's slow as hell in dos box, weird, cause I have a beast pc
SergioSource 2 months ago
@SergioSource
Increase the number of cycles and it should run fine. When I load UU and UUII, the gameplay is laggy, but as soon as you increase the cycles about midway, it runs like a charm.
dronespace 2 months ago
Wish someone would re-make this game, updated.
walperstyle 3 months ago
@walperstyle Arkane studio's made Arx Fatalis in 2002. That's probably the closest thing to a remake of UU
blacbraun 2 months ago
Truly epic game with many fond memories for me. Part 2 as well.
LaurelVentura 3 months ago
Wow, I want to play this more then Skyrim.
Xipholaris 3 months ago
Ok read the speech, and know now. Wow this game was amazing, i was a hardcore amiga boy back then, but later upgraded to my first pc, as these were the kind of games i wanted to play, and the amiga was being sadly abandoned more and more by companys
chrisM33 4 months ago
Why is the dude at 2.40 just hanging around the dungeon haha
chrisM33 4 months ago
Runescape FPS
111jomaro 4 months ago
How'd you managed to get it to run so smoothly?
JaamesRules 4 months ago
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I love Elder Scrolls... this looks pretty cool, definitely will give it a try
drawcomics 4 months ago
Such an incredible achievement in gaming-programming history. Also the music is haunting and eerie. I'm 32 now, and this was my childhood.
Chrisbajs 4 months ago 22
@Chrisbajs your post made me smile sir lol
MrBlindjay 2 months ago
Download exult and play ultima 7: the black gate and ultima 7 part 2: serpent isle. Definitely some great games.
Ferahgo702 5 months ago
Ever see something that instantly takes you back to being a kid?
^This
ColinJV89 5 months ago
I agree Korn1holio.
I'm not trying to bash any game developer or company that wants to see their franchise prosper. It is usually when financial people come in that destroy what the games had into something that look alien in comparison.
I don't think Ultima Underworld was ever asking for a lot of money. But you can clearly tell that the ones who made it were pioneers.
When people quit asking for tons of money like I see a lot these days, is when gaming will become creative again.
KratostheThird 6 months ago 4
I never ending this game :-(
snipedog 6 months ago
wow this game owns man i wanna buy it where can you buy it at the trash dump
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huide023 7 months ago
@huide023 you can download it for 5.99 at gog.com.
gnarkill87 4 months ago
hey guys i need help, i couldnt buy this game anywhere so i downloaded it
i have a Dosbox 0.74 on m computer since i play daggerfall on it, i open UU1.exe (or something) and nothing happens, just some window pop out for 1 second and it instantly closes ;/
MrMoorasPowrocil 7 months ago
i still have this game and the sequel but cant run it :( Dosbox 0.74 is too confusing. This is the first pc game i played and have to admit one of the games that made me into a gamer i am today. They dont make games like these anymore.
jdub8950 7 months ago 7
@jdub8950 hey.. check out skyrim...i mean...THE ELDER SCROLL V: SKYRIM, it comes from the same ideas and principles as this game
dfghj241 4 months ago
@dfghj241 really? When was this said?
jdub8950 4 months ago
@jdub8950 well, elder scroll pretty much comes from ultima, but well, skyrim is elder scrolls latest games, everything is changed, but still is the same do whatever you want and be whoever you want, the ideas and principles im talking about are gameplaywise, both games have very diferent lores...
dfghj241 4 months ago
@jdub8950 I have to totally agree. Theres a game on iOS called 'The Quest' which is pretty good. I'm hoping the success of that game might entice ports of TES:Arena, Daggerfall, Ultima Underworld etc over to it as its the perfect platform for it. Imagine playing this on an iPad?
FMMProductions 4 months ago
That comment was made over a year ago, and thus, he probably won't hear your response.
KratostheThird 7 months ago
People can say whatever they want, but in the eyes of an experienced gamer like myself, the late 1980s, early-late 1990s were the peak of gaming.
A lot of games these days focus far too much on graphics and other nonsense to try to cover up what they really are. Fluff. There's too much emphasis on marketing and not enough attention to quality.
Games like Ultima Underworld, Secret of Monkey Island, and Wing Commander set new standards. Today we get crap like COD: MW 3 that just asks for money.
KratostheThird 7 months ago 3
@KratostheThird
agree. The games then were unpredictable, genres were being invented seemingly every month. And that's not just "old fart rant" on my end.
There are still people who create games that one may call "art" (take Machinarium for example).
I think we'll see a revival of some sort eventually.
Maybe some crazy rich guy will start producing games that will violate all the selling cliches.. and the games will be Art again.
Korn1holio 6 months ago
@Korn1holio those games still exist. There just not enough pple playing them and suporting them
smoodkrim 5 months ago
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I've never palyed this but it amazes me that modern rpgs don't bother with such an oviously useful feature as jotting down personal notes...
PifflesTheMonkey 7 months ago
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PifflesTheMonkey 7 months ago
Is it only me or does it feel a bit like Oblivion , ( the fights , dungeons, trolls and such )?
lokdox 8 months ago
@lokdox Well Todd Howard did say that this game and its sequel were some of the biggest inspirations for the Elder Scrolls series :)
TomBandfield 8 months ago
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ulmaria.webs.com - Ulmaria is a private and free Ultima Online server. Our goal is to provide a more refined UO experience. We are true to the Ultima Series and base our world around that. Our world is a true sandbox offering actual land for housing, mortal guards in towns, so if you commit a crime you will have a fighting (or running) chance. 600 stat cap, no skill cap. RPG server, PKing and PVP allowed any time anywhere except for starting town.
adamg6284 9 months ago
is this multiplayer
2293christian 9 months ago
@2293christian NO
THISSONGISBULSHIT 7 months ago
Came out at the same time as Ultima 7, just before summer hol's - that was a great gaming summer. :)
VainEldritch 9 months ago 2
I remember walking into a Babbages (remember them?), picking up the box for this game, and the first thing the store keeper said to me was "Excellent game".
Boy, was he right. This was a true masterpiece, a landmark in gaming, and really breathtaking when first played. These were the days when the limitations of the PC forced designers to be innovative, before marketing people forced games out before they were ready, or fluffed them up just to make a sale.
Those were the days...
MarsMan10000 9 months ago 2
@MarsMan10000 Babbages is still a popular retailer.
Subtalvik2 9 months ago
@Subtalvik2 Really, they're still around?
Where are they still open? I'm in the Washington D.C. area, and they folded up around here years ago. Must have been a regional thing.
MarsMan10000 9 months ago
@MarsMan10000 I live in Colorado there's a Babbages in Chapel Hills Mall.
Subtalvik2 9 months ago
Dudes,they should bring this to ps3/360.This game is immersive!
fordgt402 9 months ago
I used to love this game. There would be no Elder Scrolls were it not for games like this.
ReadR00ster1 9 months ago 3
Huh... so as someone who loved Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, and Dungeon Master/Chaos Strikes Back... somehow I missed this game, and it looks pretty damned good, considering the age of the game. I might have to find a way to pick this game up and try it out.
RicoLen1 10 months ago
@RicoLen1 Best game ever. Get it over at abandonia. Manuals are available there as well, you'll need the spell list. I played all those games you mentioned, this is one of the most immersive games I have ever played.
zoopyjoobles 9 months ago
This game was about the only thing back in that day that would have dragged me away from my Amiga. That didn't exactly happen but damn i came close to do so until the Amiga itself started going into the 3D realm ;) Now i hate "today's" 3D games and want to go back to basic texture mapping with "gameplay" or back to 2D.
blade004 10 months ago
My all time favourite game along with Labyrinth of Worlds, how did you get it running so smooth on Dosbox? I've tried to alter the cycles but it's either too jerky or like it's on speed! Good to see it being played by someone else though.
bumblegirl65 10 months ago
@bumblegirl65 WOrks fine for me, I had to up the cycles about 11 to 14 times. I always had lag back in the old days, it's nice to play without it, finally!
zoopyjoobles 9 months ago
this game had me hooked and I never was able to finish it even after days, months playing it I always died after defeating the end wizard and then get poisened by a f*ckn spider when trying to make my way back. It still pisses me off to this day.
Mr7vwf8nzi 10 months ago
Wow, looks like cooler than TES: Arena!
Craward 10 months ago
I love this game, I still play it through (or at least as far as i can get) once a year.
Y0uEnj0yMyself 11 months ago
Man I love the glory days of PC gaming. I can hardy stomach most "modern" PC games nowadays.
TPCrisis 11 months ago
Personally, I prefer System Shock, but Ultima Underworld is still a damn good game.
ThomasGGebert 11 months ago
all it needs is a gun and some nazis
J5MARLON 1 year ago
3:34 ... i found a dildo !
robax3r 1 year ago
@ddragon33 you can nominate it for best game ever.... its already won
THISSONGISBULSHIT 1 year ago
This was my fisrt pc game I ever played. then came Wolfeinstein 3d and Dune 2 but this one is one of the greatest ... I just gotta find this game again and try it.
lordpatrice 1 year ago
@lordpatrice Mine, too. Except I played this and Wing Commander. They were on the same cd rom back in the day.
bullard0924 11 months ago
this is a really great game!
opmdevil 1 year ago
I guess I was lucky my dad was dumb enough to spend 3000 dollars on gateway 486 33 mhz intel monster in 92.
I got to play kings quest, police quest, space quest, ultima underworld, wing commander, and the bizzarre adventures of woodruff and the schnibble (FUCKING BRILLIANT GAME)
mfuhreck 1 year ago
This game is up there with the Super Mario 1 and Zelda 1,
and in my opinion edges them out in sheer genious and overall being the best game ever made.
Games that are timeless without requiring 150 people working on them for 5 years are the true gems.
Nowaydays so much work goes into graphics it easy to forget what actually makes games good. That said I love alot of newer games , even ones with asshole requirements like GTA IV, Bad Company 2, TF2, Crysis, and so on.
mfuhreck 1 year ago
@mfuhreck Please don't speak of those games in the presence of UU. Those games were for babies.
blacbraun 2 months ago
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AlexLococo 1 year ago
the game that started it all
abdur3060 1 year ago
Oops I mean FPS.. First before DOOM at least on PC. I think on Amiga I had one before this tho. Dungeon Master.
Wolfsheim23 1 year ago
@Wolfsheim23 Not a shooter, though. It's an RPG.
AlexLococo 1 year ago
This was the first RTS.. before DOOM.
Wolfsheim23 1 year ago
@Wolfsheim23
Wolfenstein 3D and Blake Stone were also before Doom...
estonazo 1 year ago
@Wolfsheim23 Yeah Dungeon Master was the first ever 3D, First Person Perspective game, before that though there was zork and wizardry that were 2d first person perspective games.
RicoLen1 10 months ago
@RicoLen1 Zork was a series of text adventures by Infocom. Wizardry was full of 3D mazes but it was mostly static turn based rpg. I played all those =) Dungeon Master was the first where I had freedom of movement in a 3D environment first person perspective.
Wolfsheim23 10 months ago
lol Killerratte sounds like Wing Commander's Kilrathi race
vampire96blood 1 year ago
ah, rpgs
themooseatestuff 1 year ago
El fish
exactspace 1 year ago
Way better than elder scrolls games
alfilreyes 1 year ago
@alfilreyes Way better than any game.
TheSupremeSkill 1 year ago
This game is the father of Elder scrolls
lordzilu1584 1 year ago 22
@lordzilu1584
yep. Arena came out 2 years later and took a lot of ideas from this. but even then, Arena was pretty damn unique
wexenhex 5 months ago
@lordzilu1584
more like one of the many bastard child that our lord sired
igorbog88 4 months ago
@lordzilu1584 Yes, and also father of all following 3D RPGs, I was in shock when I finished this game 2 years ago, I realized it came with all ideas that kept recycling on and on since than.
HybOj 4 months ago
This game even had nice and functioning physics - throwing weapons or rocks worked great
HybOj 4 months ago
this game came out before wolfestain3d....
degoban 1 year ago
heheheh, reminds me tons of Might & Magic of course. :) Not to mention Bard's Tale...
greytale 1 year ago
This was the "Crysis" game of 1991 :p
xilefian 1 year ago 2
is this game on xbla? or is it only on pc?
theawsomestdude 1 year ago
@theawsomestdude DOS PC only
xilefian 1 year ago
The person who made this game is a bugger tho flying into space and buying old space junk...
bastard.... for a basic game I mean written in basic, he got $150,000 as a teenager..
fuck him..
fulaingt 1 year ago
I remember when the pc that could run this broke i cried (I was 5)then last year i found dosbox and played this and uw2 for a week straight without sleeping... i would trade and console and game. hell i would give up an xbox360 ps3 and wii with as asmany games as i want for this game and the ultima series on an old windows 95 that wont break
THISSONGISBULSHIT 1 year ago
I remember getting this when I was a kid and it was and is still one of the very best games I have ever played. I loved the little bag of runes that came with the game. This game is ever emulated, never equaled.
Shezrie 1 year ago
This was 3d first person even before Doom, I remember it being a long game and hard.
Sedryn 1 year ago
@Sedryn
you mean even before WOLFENSTEIN 3D, since it was released before DOOM.
estonazo 1 year ago
This game was a blast back in the day...
Orion6699 1 year ago
anyone notice how the dragons chuckle when you kill a enemy?
they also cover their eyes and cringe if you're getting badly beaten.
1Dudelove 1 year ago 20
Just think, in 1992 someones PC struggled to play this game.....it was the Crysis of its time ;)
XpaXorZ 1 year ago
@XpaXorZ lol yh :P
hkpaladin 1 year ago
I'm going to look for this game. I play uo so I want to give this a shot. Looks sweet.
EroticBidoofFixation 1 year ago
@EroticBidoofFixation...Go to Ebay...there are a few copies around...You'll need dosbox to run it, but it works great!
Oh...and get the ultima collection while you're at it!
1Dudelove 1 year ago
@1Dudelove There is one problem with ultima underworld,it has some pretty stiff controls on jumps and thsoe jumps are sometimes horrendous.
I love the game though.
I remember in 1995-1996 i would sit down for a few hours a day and dedicate to playing this game.
I did it so often and tried to beat it that i ended up good at the game.
piromaniac9999 1 year ago
@piromaniac9999 no there arent most people say that but if you play it ebough it is not stiff you have to do it fluently with the mouse
THISSONGISBULSHIT 1 year ago
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piromaniac9999 1 year ago
@THISSONGISBULSHIT i figured out something i forgot to do:
1:Get more jump ability
This is very very simple,no jumping skill means shorter jumps and makes you less likely to reach an area.
2:I haven't played the game for like 10 years or more.
last time i played this game was when i was a teenager and i actually did become really good at the game and got pretty far,this was also before i had internet so i was stuck and didn't know what to do.
I always used to remember it being space.
piromaniac9999 1 year ago
@piromaniac9999
the jump and levitate spell pretty much solves the problem. in UW2, there's pretty much a spell for everything you need.
rebelanarch 1 year ago
@rebelanarch What i find annoying is:i will be walking and jumping and my character will still jump straight up.
This can sometimes really irritate me.
On the higher levels when you get the right runes to float,you can just float over everything and solve that problem.
The ring for higher jumps and slow fall boots also help.
The problem is:by the time you get them,they aren't as useful and you will be needing other things instead such as flying and more mana for spells.
piromaniac9999 1 year ago
@rebelanarch There are items that make you levitate and such,but you get them MUCH MUCH later.
early in the game is when all the really big jumps happen and also half way past the game on the 5th floor in the frog dungeon.
I still love the game though
piromaniac9999 1 year ago
Never played this game, but man, that is some great music.
laflugantabastardo 1 year ago
@laflugantabastardo it's adaptive music, meaning it changes depending on what's going on.
BillyCauseyjr 1 year ago
8:31 lol
TGCitizen 1 year ago
god! I remember playing this for like 10 years ago...I'm considering replaying it again =3 it's really fun and actually very well executed
tarkeke 1 year ago
Ahh Nothing i love more than the Sound of old games, i am a "New" Gammer and ive always been Fascinated by theese old Master Pieces
MrSonicSlave 1 year ago
Some1 should do a remake of Ultima Series on CryEngine3. As I now it's free engine for beggining developers.
duch128 1 year ago
They don't make games like this any more. Games that make you have to think, strategize, converse, work out problems and make decisions all in a fairly unforgiving world. Maybe today on the Gothic games do it justice. Certainly have to also agree that Arx Fatalis was a worthy spiritual successor to Ultima Underground 1 and 2! By the way, if you are looking for old time RPG's you should check for the "Ultimate RPG archives". Both UU's, all the Bard's Tales, Stonekeep, Wizardry Gold (continued)
HardWarUK 1 year ago 2
@HardWarUK (Continued from below) .....Wasteland (forerunner to Fallout!), Dragon Wars and Might and Magic: World of Xeen. I got this compilation about 5 years ago for $30 and have 600+ hopurs in all the games - with 600 to go! Now that's value for money!!! :)
HardWarUK 1 year ago
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love this game
npllc 1 year ago
I remember playing this when I was about 10. It was terrifying.
merden 1 year ago
I have DosBox but where can I download this and the sequel. I am running Daggerfall just fine using DosBox, just so you know so it should work.
Falagar517 1 year ago
@Falagar517 Also if you guys like Ultima Underworld, check out MissilesAgainstBats channel. He has some very nice LPs of the game :P.
Falagar517 1 year ago
According to legend, John Carmack saw this being demoed in 1990 and told Todd Hollinstead that he could write a faster render engine than that, thus Catacomb 3D was born, and a year later...Wolfenstein 3D. And many many years later, all the hard work Blue Sky Productions, Id Software and and early online gaming community put their hearts and souls into was ruined by retarded abominations such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield Bad Comipany.
Offspringfan64 1 year ago 21
@Offspringfan64 lol
supershea2000 8 months ago
@Offspringfan64 Battlefield Bad Company really wasn't that bad.
But Modern Warfare 2 sucks big throbbing cock.
lookslikeharry2 8 months ago
@Offspringfan64 You cannot say MW2, BFBC2 and such ruined what Blue sky, id and other early online gaming communitys "put their hearts and souls into". They have nothing in common with the new games. Even if wolfenstein etc would never have existed, someone else would probably come up with the FPS genre. Your making it sound like Call of duty and such we're easy to make aswell. Nothing stops people who dislike the newer FPS games from playing the old ones. I must admit MW2 could be better though
TheSkatejeppe 7 months ago
this was before doom? first svga fps?
thejobloshow 1 year ago
When playing this game, I was just 13 years old. It gave me the feeling of "real" adventure that can not be felt in playing any modern games, particularly those of MMORPG kinds. The feeling of venturing down in a dark & complicate place cannot be forgotten. Anyone can recommend me any new games that give us similar adventurous like this? Thanks!
necbyimtcu 1 year ago
I would love more games like this ported to iphone or Ds :(
aversion2k 1 year ago
this is the game that made me get a pc.graphics and gameplay were amazing at the time compared to a snes/genesis.
coarse pc in those days were realy expensive 4000+
Arkstrikle 1 year ago
Spent many hours with this game. nice, really nice to see and hear it again. Danke fürs Hochladen!!!
Shadoko018 1 year ago
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Szederp 1 year ago
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Szederp 1 year ago
those runes are in runes of lord of the rings
OKaeporaGaeboraO 2 years ago
This game is/was so badass!!!
Drucef 2 years ago
I just noticed that the walls at 1:23 look like the ones from WOLF3D
PeterBara95 2 years ago
When I played this back then, when it came out, it was revolutionary.
Spend many happy hours and still think the atmosphere was fantastic.
This video brings back memories!
fenriz218 2 years ago 2
Uppa ergo!
Xallo72 2 years ago
One of the bet games ever played.. We were three people taking turns playing our chars on a single comp!
Xallo72 2 years ago
this game is awesome but it lags on my comupter... dunno why. the computer is from 2007
BloBlas123 2 years ago
You have to increase the CPU cycles of DOSBox via Ctrl-F12 up to 10.000 cycles. The UW1 should run smoothly. To decrease the CPU cycles after playing UW1 use Ctrl-F11.
I've bought the game when it first came out (there even was a bag with some rune stones in the package although the magic doesn't seem to work on this plane of reality ;-) )and have played at least twice every year since then. It's my favourite game. I like it even a little more then its successor.
byron4545 2 years ago 3
ddragon33: it's a good game, but ultima 6 blows it away. underworlds tended to bore me after playing for a bit. it took two bears and a crowbar to get me away from U6.
kingcrimson234 2 years ago
yeah i remember when this game came out. i was 8 years old then. i spent like all my waking hours playing ultima 6 - the false prophet back then (i still play it fairly often)
so i had to get the game. amazing (AMAAAZZZINNGGGG) graphics for 1992, wolf3d didn't have shit on it. ultima 6 was a better game overall though.
kingcrimson234 2 years ago
Press "1" to look down
Press "3" to look up
Press "2" to center you view
jsundqui 2 years ago
Hall of Fame....nuff said.
ilbv5 2 years ago
I think most people are ok. But sometimes I wish they would grow up. Thanks for the vid !!! Awsum music, it's soooo scary!
undulateor 2 years ago
I used to fuck my girlfriend a lot while I played this. It was a weird combination of things and I had to look at her a lot - or I would end up shooting my load to a monster or part of a cave and that really brought things to a weird place for me. I really miss her sometimes, but overall she was crazy and I kinda hate her.
Alfrunk 2 years ago
TMI, my friend
handofstand 2 years ago
Holy crap, awesome gfx for its time. And mouse control and good music !
And RPG gameplay, impressive package !
vga1232 2 years ago
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Yeah what a super high sound quality. GET A PS3 MORON!!
Alfrunk 2 years ago
it had good sound quality in its time, get a brain
nooblet911 2 years ago 4
@Alfrunk Wow Caps, Your "PS3" Games will Never EVER be as Epic as the old Crawlers like theese Btw Caps dosent make u sound big it makes you sound like a Troll
MrSonicSlave 1 year ago
looks pretty advanced for its time. wolfenstein 3d (or any id's game before doom) didnt have stairs. or any other thing like that. and this has got so much to do (according to wikipedia and some old videogame magazine.) and this was the first first person game ever.
JURPO90 2 years ago
not the first first-person game ever but you're right about id being behind this game tech-wise
nooblet911 2 years ago
It's not the first first person game, if you remember Elite, that game was out when Asteroids was new.
But either way, both Elite and Underworld out dates Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein by a long shot.
Grykus7 2 years ago
@Grykus7 and out do in every aspect except graphics but they dont matter
THISSONGISBULSHIT 1 year ago
Check out my Ultima Online music videos.
987654321Tiger 2 years ago
carmak's wolfie 3d didn't have so advanced graphics
nooblet911 2 years ago
yeah, you didn't see such graphics on the amiga till 1995 (alien breed 3d)
nooblet911 2 years ago
Very nice looking game for 1992
kinmanyuen 2 years ago 6
nice!
i played that, when i was a kid...
good old times :D
moetube1337 2 years ago 2
i miss this game! my favs are UWI, UWII, Savage Empire, Black Gate. Serpent Isle cud hav been way gr8 if isnt for the lengthy dialogues. Ascension is a major letdown.
hoaxcrank 2 years ago
btw I finished the game but still havent got a clue how I opened this one door with levers... i think it was at a T-like corridor, near some tomb.
hoaxcrank 2 years ago
you mean the one with golden/silver dials in the knights/trolls level? :)
s7ai 2 years ago