Dino's Guide to Ultima VIII - Pagan

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Plot

The plot in Ultima VIII - Pagan is probably one of the best. It features a desperate attempt of trying to escape the Guardian's world, after having been banished there by the Guardian. With few allies, the Avatar must make his way through numerous trials in order to learn the magic of the four elemental titans and finally overthrow them to use their power to form a Black Gate that can take him away from the world of Pagan.

Read more plots and reviews here:

The above listed links are external, and thus I hold no power over their content. Be warned that there may be mistakes in the plots at the above links.

Features

Gone is the inability to enter water, as well as the necessity to eat. The Avatar now is totally alone, but is capable of jumping and climbing. This game features numerous trials over water, in which a fall would be fatal. Many people complained that this game required too much saving and reloading because of various attempts required to overcome each obstacle, so a patch was issued to allow the player to enjoy the plot more.

Running U8 on modern machines

Ultima 8 is one of the hardest games to get to run on modern computers. You can try Ultima 8 in Windows to make it run, but it is not guaranteed to run. If it does, it may crash often, so be warned. I also recommend keeping a backup copy of the "Ultima8" folder, as sometimes, in my case at least, it crashes and does something that does not allow me to run the game any more from the particular executable. So what I do is copy the savegames to my backup folder and run it from there, throwing away the old folder and making a new copy.

Places where to download Ultima 8 in Windows:

Remakes

The project currently aiming to remake Ultima VIII - Pagan is Ultima VIII - Exile. This remake will be using the Neverwinter Nights engine, so you will need that to play it. I am on the team, so if you have any questions, you can mail me. The website is kindly hosted by Exodus Machine.

This Guide

This Guide consists of:

Other Guides

Other sites, or sections of sites, dedicated to Ultima VIII - Pagan can be found at:

Music

You may download the music of Ultima 8 from one of the following locations:

On the subject of music, the answers to Evil_Freak Dragon's quiz (number 5 to be specific) mention that the music of the Shrine of the Ancient Ones seems to be a modified version of the Kotl theme of The Savage Empire.

Pictures

If you want to see pictures of the game in action, consider the following links:

I found a little trick how to take your own screenshots of the game. First, run Ultima 8. Press the start button on your keyboard to go back to your desktop, and Ultima 8 should be frozen. Now click on Ultima 8 on your taskbar to go back to the frozen game, and press Print Screen on your keyboard. The screenshot is taken, now to paste it somewhere. Open your favourite graphics program and press Ctrl + V to paste the picture.

I know this works for me, but I don't know if it will work for anyone else because I don't know of anybody who tested it. Alternatively, to take screenshots, you can grab a screenshot program from the World of Ultima's Files. I haven't tried it myself.

If you would like to see scans of the box cover, visit the following places:

There are a couple of Ultima 8 screenshots on Gamespot: The Ultima Legacy which don't seem to feature anywhere in the game:

Credits

I must thank the following people:

Disclaimer

All contents, including graphics and text information, are copyright by me unless otherwise stated. The only graphic that comes from another source is the world map which was given to me by Xe Dragon who runs the HRUMP, and is therefore used with permission. All content in this site may not be reproduced in any way without my permission.

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