Best way to revisit Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss and Ultima Underworld II?

KoHaN69 on 2/12/2011 at 22:42

DOSBOX? remakes? were there any ports?

this section seems quite.. dead, why? :confused:

Zerker on 3/12/2011 at 00:02

Dosbox. The only ports I am aware of are for Windows CE (of all things), and Japanese PS1. Most remakes didn't really get anywhere, although (http://www.zerker.ca/zzone/2000/08/30/ultima-underworld-2/) I did make a full set of maps for UT you can mess around with.

I suggest running UW1 at 12500 cycles and UW2 at 20000 cycles. They can get a bit glitchy if they are running too fast. No idea what the default settings are if you get them from GoG.

twisty on 3/12/2011 at 08:33

Quote Posted by KoHaN69

DOSBOX? remakes? were there any ports?

this section seems quite.. dead, why? :confused:

There haven't been any successful remakes, although many have tried and failed. Years ago, someone recreated the first game using the Morrowind game editor but I never got around to trying it.
As to your question around the lack of activity in this forum, that is unsurprising considering the age of the games. UW1 will celebrate its 10th birthday next March.

Al_B on 3/12/2011 at 10:38

20th :)

Stingm on 3/12/2011 at 21:10

Well I don't know of any remakes but you could try the spiritual successor called Arx Fatalis. It's an excellent game. :angel::thumb:

Twisty, do you know how or where I can get a copy of that Morrowind Underworld remake?:confused:

twisty on 4/12/2011 at 01:38

Quote Posted by Al_B

20th :)

Late night post + new baby = lack of sleep :o

Quote Posted by Stingm

Twisty, do you know how or where I can get a copy of that Morrowind Underworld remake?:confused:

It seems that the MW UW remake was also abandoned so am unsure if the game is able to be completed:
(http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/underworld/main.htm)
Here's a list of a number of failed projects:
(http://www.ultimaaiera.com/oldsite/underworld.php)

Al_B on 4/12/2011 at 10:22

There's also (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122228) the Abysmal project that one of our forum members (eddy) was working on. ((http://sourceforge.net/projects/abysmal/) Sourceforge project here). I suspect the lack of recent activity means it's been abandoned as well which is a shame as it was looking promising.

Stingm on 5/12/2011 at 00:38

Twisty: Thanks for the link but the main file download has been removed. Yeah guess it's a lost cause. Oh well back to Morrowind! :angel::thumb::):cheeky: