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Ultima 6 Soundtrack in LOTRO

29th January 2025 by Dino

Samson Dragon, who you might remember from the Ultima Emulation Archive, has recently finished recording a new rendition of the Ultima 6 soundtrack. It's played in-game in Lord of the Rings Online along with his in-game band, who act out scenes portraying the Avatar and companions.

I've added a link to this video to the Ultima 6 Guide's main page.

New Savage Empire Speedrun World Records

26th January 2025 by Dino

Since September 2020, I've held the world record for the fastest speedrun of The Savage Empire. But earlier this month, as I predicted would happen, Crystal Phoenix Hobbies managed to take over that title. A series of record speedruns culimated in one at under 10 minutes, breezing through the Myrmidex Caverns while turning the Myrmidex against themselves with the Charm spell. As if that weren't enough, a separate record of 36 minutes and 47 seconds was also set with the prerequisite of following the game's plot by uniting all the tribes.

As a result, the Speedruns section of the Savage Empire Walkthrough page has been updated with all the new speedruns, which you'll find under "Third Generation Speedruns". The earlier speedruns have been categorised under first and second generation.

On a separate note, the Trivia section of the Ultima 9 Fun page has also been updated because someone has found a fifth way to trigger the Armageddon cutscene.

Savage Empire Speedrun in 1 In-Game Day

17th November 2024 by Dino

As I wrote in the last entry here, a speedrun of The Savage Empire was completed last year in just two in-game days.

Crystal Phoenix Hobbies, the author of that speedrun, improved their record a few days ago, publishing a new speedrun showing the game being completed in just one in-game day.

Both of these speedruns use a shorter route than that which I took when I set the current record for speedrunning The Savage Empire in about 15 minutes, and so it's not hard to imagine a new record being set one day.

I've added the new speedrun to the Speedruns section of the Savage Empire Walkthrough.

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