nice GoG added the Ultima games to their preservation program. I know it's flawed, but for a long time I wanted to re-play Ultima IX

#ultima #ultimaIX

[1/3] 🧵 few remember this, but back in the mid-90s origin systems built #UltimaIX as a 3d game with a unique isometric camera using a software renderer running at 640x480

screenshots from this early pre-alpha were sent around to a few german gaming mags, and then forgotten as it went into development hell

here are a handful of the dozen or so screenshots from that early build of U9, before it was scrapped in favour of a 3D hardware GPU-friendly renderer

although the final game would look much prettier, i always thought this early build preserved the soul of #Ultima

#RetroGaming