The Ultima Codex

The Grey Wanderer put various AI models to the ultimate - or "Ultima" - test.

@Tweetophon Funny you should ask! ultimacodex.com/2025/07/ultima…

@UltimaCodex But how will the avatar jump from little ledge to little ledge... how can exult capture the true joy of u8?

The "Ultima 8: Exult" team have implemented another area of Tenebrae from "Ultima 8" in the "Exult" engine.

@vitoralecrim Absolutely! Grant has been pretty open about his various creations being for the benefit of the community.

@UltimaCodex Haha. Nice. Now I can use it in my own games.

The ever-so-talented Grant W. Chapman has been churning out many new sprite sheets to support various fan projects (especially "Ultima 8: Exult").

Viridian Games’ recent anniversary stream offered a broad look at the current state of "Ultima 7: Revisited", but one feature in particular stood out.

The (possibly) oldest gaming fan club on the Internet turned 34 last week.

A new stable build of "Exult" has been released, bringing many bugfixes and SDL 3 support to the cross-platform "Ultima 7" engine.

Check out these UI mockups for a hypothetical tenth "Ultima" game entitled "Legacy of the Avatar."

A utility to export graphics tiles from "Ultima 1" through "Ultima 5," and then re-import tiles thereto.

Steve Taylor set out to explore "Ultima 9's" game data, and wrote a file-viewer utility along the way. (Pic related!)