A short demo reel and pitch video prepared in 2004 in a last-ditch attempt to restart development on “Ultima Online 2”.
A set of design documents for “Ultima 6: The False Prophet”, describing its world editor and object design.
A postmortem report on the development — and challenges — of Ultima 9, authored by lead programmer Bill Randolph.
Source code for Ultima 1, printed out on tractor feed paper, with hand-written debugging notes.
Letters sent to Origin Systems and EA by Donald Glinkie, the most perpetually irate Ultima fan who ever lived.
Various letters that Richard Garriott has received since developing Akalabeth.
A Dungeons & Dragons character sheet, on which Richard Garriott created the character called Shamino.
A summary of Ed del Castillo’s revisions to the plot of Ultima 9.
Another trove of design documents from the “Ultima 7: The Black Gate” development team.
A short demo reel and pitch video prepared in 2004 in a last-ditch attempt to restart development on “Ultima Online 2”.
A set of design documents for “Ultima 6: The False Prophet”, describing its world editor and object design.
Seventeen still images — a mixture of 3D renderings and storyboard concept sketches — from the original introductory sequence to Ultima Online.
A postmortem report on the development — and challenges — of Ultima 9, authored by lead programmer Bill Randolph.
Instructions on how to build and use MAKEFACE, Origin Systems’ utility for building NPC portrait data files for Ultima 7.
Plot and design documents for Arthurian Legends, a cancelled game about King Arthur that was briefly in development at Origin Systems.
A one-page Word document describing a hilarious customer service encounter by Origin Systems employee Rebecca Heidt.
Scholastic’s K-Power Magazine had Articles on Ultima 3, in the back to back, June and July/August 1984 print magazines.
Storyboards for the “Nookie” cutscene (when Raven brands, then seduces, the Avatar) in Ultima 9, by Denis Loubet.
