playing #Akalabeth (sometimes called #Ultima 0) and tbh it's not as bad as I assumed a proto-RPG from 1979 would be. It's closer to a roguelike really, and the loop is fun. The dungeon levels are small enough not to require mapping. I was pleasantly surprised!
also the stick-figure enemies are cute, especially the gremlin
I didn't know that Akalabeth (Ultima 0) had originally sold 12 copies, before it was picked up by a publisher. It then went on to sell thousands of copies and made a decent amount of money!
Thoroughly enjoyed this 50 minutes long Akalabeth & Ultima I retrospective. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIWyHd3FFFU
More #Ultima love added to #TheVideoGameLibrary thanks to James Crosby from the community!
Manuals, guides and interviews for Ultima I-IV, all packed into this 220-page Japan-only release! 📚
https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-genesis-of-ultima
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Tetsuo Kanai The Genesis of Ultima introduces the world of Ultima. It contains operation manuals and brief walkthroughs of Ultima I-IV; guides of other Ultima games including the Savage Empire, the Martian Dreams and Underworld series; and interviews with Hitoshi Yasuda(安田均), notable TRPG designer, Aya Nishitani(西谷史), author of Ultima Youmahen(ウルティマ妖魔変) novels, Ichiro Harada(原田一郎), aka Avatar Harada, assistant chief editor of LoGiN magazine, Yasuhiro Kawabata(川端康弘), game designer of Famicom Ulti
This used to be the center pieces of my collection. Rare and expensive old games.
Now it turns out I‘ve been scammed and sold forgeries by a well known figure in the Ultima and tetrogames community. Along with many others
#ultima #akalabeth @[email protected]
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Dominus_Exult/status/1531169951502979072
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