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#ultima

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vga256

one of my little hobbies is digging for buried treasure on WBM before bed.

today's find: the ultima online beta test application form has been rediscovered 28 years later

i remember filling this cgi-bin form out when i was a teenager. i had a 486 SX-33 with 4 megs of ram and 14.4k dialup modem at the time, and this put me well below the minimum requirements. i lied on the beta application because i was convinced i'd never get in without higher system specs. 😅

web.archive.org/web/1997033018

#ultima#ultimaOnline#gamePreservation
vga256

back in 1997 i was graduating high school and completely unsure about what to do with my life. as much as i hated my local school culture, it had given me a solid structure to live in for over a decade.

that spring/summer/fall coincided with the public beta tests and launch of Ultima Online. it became my second home while i was figuring out how to leave my family home and dip my toes into adulthood and living alone. by september of 97 i was going to university full-time and struggling through that transition. UO began to overwhelm my life, and i was spending 12-16 hours a day mining for ore, sewing fancy shirts and skullcaps, and fishing off the docks in south Britain.

the soundtrack became an everpresent part of my life, and i ended upgraded my soundcard to a SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold, just so i could hear the soundtrack that was specifically re-orchestrated for the card (with a 4 meg patch library!).

this morning I stumbled upon Loot Goblin's re-interpretation of the UO soundtrack. it has been crafted in the most unusual way - into downtempo, forlorn, and intimate melodies. this has instantly become my background music for coding. if you played the game, you'll immediately recognize the tracks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Tb4R

sadly, no bandcamp:
music.apple.com/us/album/ultim

YouTubeUltima Online, but it's Lofi | Ultima Online Lofi AlbumBy Loot Goblin Lofi
#ultima#ultimaOnline#mmorpg
vga256

i can't really believe this research was never done or published over the years. it's funny how basic knowledge like this disappears: the original typeface that graced the cover of every Ultima game.

"Victorian" was created by english typeface designers Freda Sack and Colin Brignall in 1976, and was included in the ITC typeface library.

top: Victorian Standard Regular typeface.

bottom: Worlds of Ultima - Martian Dreams box cover, with a slightly modified version of the Victorian font. You'll notice that the M has a very pretty descender added by an artist at Origin Systems. i *suspect* this was painted or airbrushed by Denis Loubet (does anyone know denis here?), but there are no credits given in any of the manuals.

both use an exactly 64 point font.

#typefaces#ultima#dosGaming
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