Read about Martian Dreams at:
The story of Martian Dreams can be read:
Hacki's Ultima Page [German | English] has some Martian Dreams nitpicks [German | English].
Several players have experienced a bug where the game crashes when saving. Different sources have blamed different conditions for this, so it is not clear what the cause is. See:
Apart from the Save Crash Bug, there are a couple of other Martian Dreams bugs listed at The Codex of Ultima Wisdom, including a game-breaking problem with limited inventory capacity.
MDHack is a tool that toggles cheats (developer debugging tools) and copy protection in Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire. Pages about MDHack can be found at the following locations:
Thanian Dragon and Paulon Dragon have compiled a list of items obtainable with MDHack. This can be found:
A more complete list of object numbers can be found among the Nuvie docs.
The Cheating in Martian Dreams page at The Codex of Ultima Wisdom has a list of NPCs with their corresponding IDs.
Additional cheats are possible via Martian Dreams Cheat Tables created by gibberishh in 2024. These need to be used with Cheat Engine.
Martian Dreams sections can be found:
Martian Dreams pages can be found:
Martian Dreams design documents can be found:
The GOG version of Martian Dreams includes the manual, reference card, map, and cluebook (among other things).
The Martian Dreams copy protection questions and answers are available on my copy protections document.
The word "GRYPHON", written into the ice caps of the Martian Dreams map, is a tribute to the main map designer on the Martian Dreams team.
It is possible to finish the game early by finding and using the ruby slippers, a reference to The Wizard of Oz.
Yellin, Sherman and Duprey are stand-ins for Iolo, Shamino and Dupre.
The Dream world contains some familiar characters including Smith the Horse and the Shadowlords.
There's a list of Martian Dreams easter eggs and cultural references at the The Codex of Ultima Wisdom.
If you try using the Alt cheats from Ultima 6, a message appears saying that it's an obsolete magic word. See the Cheating section to enable them.
Get Martian Dreams on GOG.com for free along with the manual, cluebook, and other goodies.
Nice, clear cloth maps of Mars can be found:
A tiny, illegible cloth map of Mars can be found:
Computer-generated maps can be found at:
There is a whole page about places and interesting encounters at UltimaInfo.net (Internet Archive).
The face on Mars is a hill on the surface of Mars shaped like a face, which both features in the game and really exists. The following is a list of related resources.
Screenshots of Martian Dreams can be found:
The "Worlds of Ultima - Martian dreams" video on YouTube by piajeno shows the game introduction and some gameplay.
Indie Gamer has a post about Martian Dreams (9th January 2020). It contains a brief description of the game as well as a YouTube video in which she plays the introduction and first moments of the game.
A whole selection of Martian Dreams music is available at The Bard's Library, part of Mysterious Sosaria.
From the Martian Dreams section at The Other Codex, you can download a zip file containing icons made from the portraits of the Martian Dreams NPCs.
The Ultima Codex has a list of projects related to Martian Dreams.
Find Martian Dreams reviews at:
A walkthrough was written by Aubrey Kalyn Chen aka SwiftHeart Dragon on 12th June 1995. It can be found:
Another Walkthrough, by Lim Soo Ling [TXT], is also on the Ultima Web Archive.
Paulon Dragon's The Other Codex has an excellent walkthrough, as well as answers to some Frequently Asked Questions. A copy of Paulon's walkthrough is hosted at The Codex of Ultima Wisdom.
The Let's Play Archive has a Let's Play Martian Dreams walkthrough. Let's Play walkthroughs are known for the massive amount of screenshots accompanying them and for the humourous approach taken in completing the games.
The official cluebook is available with the GOG distribution of Martian Dreams.
Sergorn Dragon played through Martian Dreams in September 2010 and documented his journey at Ultima Adventures.
The CRPG Addict played Martian Dreams more recently, with entries between 2015-2017 that can be found via his Index of Games Played By Title page.
Martian Dreams speedruns show that the quickest path to victory is to head straight for the ruby slippers, achievable in under 4 minutes.
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