For many years, the Lands of Britannia prospered and flourished under the benevolent rule of Lord British. Unbeknownset to the inhabitants of Britannia, the evil wizard mondain was slowly strengthening his magical powers and increasing the hordes of foul denizens - patiently awaiting the proper time to sieze the lands. Through subtle exertions of his magical power, Mondain was able to stir dissent among the Lords of the land and render them ineffective by factional wars. Then, he did release his minions upon Britannia and crush the people beneath his evil will. And thus the first era of the Dark Ages came upon the Lands of Britannia. Who among you will rise to challenge the evil wizard?
This version of Ultima introduced Space as part of the realm and introduced timed gates. It was not a particularly hard ultima to complete but it did provide hours of entertainment.
This version of Ultima was not only addicting in the way that it built on the the previous two versions but was one of the first adventure games to be made as a true RPG type game complete with characters, levels, and all of the other required elements.
This Ultima came on 8 disks and was a disk swapping nightmare. While the play was fun if you could play it, the slowness and disk swapping made it one of those games that you didn't want to play after the first couple times.
Enter the realm of Britania: A world rich in history, adventure, and intrigue. Lord British, the benevolent ruler of Britannia has been lost on an expedition to explore the vast reaches of a newly discovered underworld. Panic erupts in Britannia when the sole survivor of the expedition returns with dread tales of their fate. To restore peace, the trusted but ambitious subject, Blackthorn seizes control of Britannia. His fanatical devotion to order ultimately transforms him into a self-righteous tyrant. Now, Britannia's destiny depends on your ability to discover the fate of Lord British and to unseat the merciless Blackthorn.
This is a cross between a driving game and an arcade game where you drive car around a course, collecting flags and jumping on other cars to smash them and collect points. Watch out for the other cars, if they bump you, you lose a vehicle.
This simulation puts you in charge of the 8th Army Air Force in Europe beginning August 1, 1943. Your mission is to win the war by bombing important targets around Germany. You can also play the game as the Luftwaffe commander.