Dino's Guide to Ultima 1 - The First Age of Darkness

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Background information

You can read about Ultima 1:

Here at Wikipedia
Here at The Codex of Editable Wisdom

Bestiary

Everything you need to know about enemies is on the Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines.

Bugs and Mistakes

Ultima 1 inaccuracies [English | German] can be found at Hacki's Ultima Page [English | German].

Concentrations

Entire sections dedicated to Ultima 1 can be found:

Here at the Ultima Web Archive
Here at RPGClassics

In 1995, Plaid Dragon released three hint files for Ultima 1. Copies of these can now be found all over the web.

U1WALK.TXT - walkthrough
- HTML at the Ultima Web Archive
- TXT at Auric's Ultima Moongates
- TXT at gamewinners.com
- HTML at gameboomers.com
- TXT at GameFAQs
U1TECH.TXT - tech file - covers just about every aspect of the game, including character creation, user interface, geography, items, magic and transportation
- HTML at the Ultima Web Archive
- TXT at Auric's Ultima Moongates
U1HINT.TXT - hint file - deals with general questions and answers about various parts of the game
- TXT at Auric's Ultima Moongates
- TXT at gamewinners.com

A FAQ by Andrew Schultz [TXT], available from GameFAQs, is rich in information about Ultima 1 and also includes a walkthrough.

A FAQ/Walkthrough by Brian Hodges [TXT], available from GameFAQs, has lots of information about Ultima 1.

Documentation

The Ultima 1 Encore CD-ROM Game Manual is on the Ultima Online Archive.

There is an incomplete zipped Ultima 1 Manual on Trigon Dragon's Ultima I Dox.

The story from the manual can be found on the Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines.

Items

The Complete Guide to Ultima 1 on PD's Hint Network has a list of weapons and armour.

The Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines have lists of armour, transportation and weapons.

Magic

There is a list of spells on the Complete Guide to Ultima 1, part of Prescient Dragon's Hint Network. They are in the order in which they are found in the game.

There is a Spell list on Ultima Lives.

A list of spells is on the Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines.

Pictures

Ultima 1 screenshots can be found:

Here (various platforms) from MobyGames
Here (various platforms) at the Ultima 1 Shrine
Here (box covers and PC version) at La Legende d' Ultima

Plot

The introduction to Ultima I from the manual can be found on the Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines.

Walkthroughs

Plaid Dragon's walkthrough (1995) is available at several locations over the web. See above for a list of locations.

There is an Ultima 1 walkthrough on the Complete Guide to Ultima 1, part of Prescient Dragon's Hint Network.

Information about character creation and attributes, as well as hit points and other character statistics are explained in the hero page on the Ultima I Shrine, on the RPG Classics Shrines.

Hints obtainable from rumours in Ultima I can be found on the Ultima I Shrine on the RPG Classics Shrines.

An Ultima I walkthrough is on the Ultima I Shrine, part of the RPG Classics Shrines.

The Ultima 1 page at UltimaInfo has a list of useful tips for the game.

Acknowledgements

Thanks goes to:

Johnny Wood, of Shattered Moon (developer of Ultima 4 Multiplayer), for providing notes with information about game files and file formats, as well as the Spuds MacKenzie pointer.
Natreg Dragon for the part about Setting the graphics mode.