Ultima 7 Design Documents, Part the Second
Another trove of design documents from the “Ultima 7: The Black Gate” development team.
Tagged: Ultima 7
MAKEFACE Instructions
Instructions on how to build and use MAKEFACE, Origin Systems’ utility for building NPC portrait data files for Ultima 7.
Arthurian Legends Plot Documents
Plot and design documents for Arthurian Legends, a cancelled game about King Arthur that was briefly in development at Origin Systems.
Origin Systems 1990 Product Development Plan
A product development plan circulated by Origin Systems in 1990.
Origin Systems Coming Attractions Brochure
Scans of a brochure produced by Origin Systems, which announces and gives details about Serpent Isle, Trade Commander (Privateer), and Forge of Virtue.
Ultima 7 Magazine Ad
Ultima 7 Magazine Ad from Compute Magazine, Issue 136, from December 1991. This ad was printed in a number of different magazines.
Ultima 7 Preview in Computer Gaming World
A preview of Ultima 7 that was featured in the October 1991 edition of Computer Gaming World.
Serpent Isle: Original Design
Photographs of the surviving maps from the original design of Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle.
Ultima Trade Show Advert
Courtesy of Pix, this is a trade show advert for several Ultima games, dating back to 1991 or 1992.
Ultima 7 for Super Nintendo/Super Famicom: Japanese Manual Images
Numerous images from the Japanese manual for the SNES port of Ultima 7.