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ultima underworld: the stygian abyss
product description
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss for the PC developed by Blue
Sky Productions and
published by ORIGIN Systems in 1992.
Included Items
• Original box
• Instruction manual
• Install guide
• Reference card
• Starter guide
• Registration card
• 4 x 3.5" IBM game disks
Condition Score
Good (G) More severe defects (box slightly torn or crushed; noticeable wear on media, manual, or other materials).
None of my floppy disk games are tested, so if you purchasing to play, I will happily test the disks for you on a Windows 98 machine.
Game Summary
After having brought peace to Britannia during his previous journey there, the Avatar returns to our world. However, he is haunted by ghostly dreams that warn him of a great danger in Britannia. The Avatar decides to travel there once again. Upon his arrival, he witnesses the kidnapping of Baron Almric's daughter. Found guilty of the crime, the Avatar is thrown into the Great Stygian Abyss with the choice of either finding the girl or rotting in the dungeon. On his journey he will have to get along with the many inhabitants of the dungeon, who are survivors of a failed colony, and eventually find out that there's much more to this kidnapping than meets the eye.
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is commonly considered the first role-playing game with fluid first-person movement in a real 3D environment. Unlike earlier first-person RPGs such as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, the player can move in every direction and the graphics are updated continually. The player is also able to look up and down with the press of a key, jump, and swim. The dungeon is not made entirely of corridors and rooms arranged in a rectangular fashion, but has a lot of variety: slopes, stairs, bridges, underground rivers, and more.
The game's combat system is action-oriented. The player has to draw his weapon, aim at his opponent, and hold the cursor over the game screen to inflict damage; the longer the player holds it, the stronger is the attack. Some weapons have different types of attacks, depending on where the cursor is held: for example, jabs are executed when the cursor is near the bottom of the screen, while slashes are performed with the cursor in the middle.
In the beginning of the game, the player chooses the gender, the class, and the initial skills for the Avatar. Skills include various weapon proficiencies, lockpicking, bartering, and others. They can be increased by reciting mantras at special shrines after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Leveling up also increases the Avatar's hit points and mana. The magic system is based on runes that can be found in the Abyss. If combined in the right order, they produce a magical effect.
As the Abyss is populated by more than just monsters, there are various conversations the Avatar can conduct with non-playable characters. The player can also make choices regarding the Avatar's behavior towards these characters. Game progression is largely non-linear: the player is able to explore most of the Abyss in any order, though several specific tasks must be accomplished in order to complete the story. An auto-map displays all the locations the player has explored previously, and also allows the player to make notes on it.
Included Items
• Original box
• Instruction manual
• Install guide
• Reference card
• Starter guide
• Registration card
• 4 x 3.5" IBM game disks
Condition Score
Good (G) More severe defects (box slightly torn or crushed; noticeable wear on media, manual, or other materials).
None of my floppy disk games are tested, so if you purchasing to play, I will happily test the disks for you on a Windows 98 machine.
Game Summary
After having brought peace to Britannia during his previous journey there, the Avatar returns to our world. However, he is haunted by ghostly dreams that warn him of a great danger in Britannia. The Avatar decides to travel there once again. Upon his arrival, he witnesses the kidnapping of Baron Almric's daughter. Found guilty of the crime, the Avatar is thrown into the Great Stygian Abyss with the choice of either finding the girl or rotting in the dungeon. On his journey he will have to get along with the many inhabitants of the dungeon, who are survivors of a failed colony, and eventually find out that there's much more to this kidnapping than meets the eye.
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is commonly considered the first role-playing game with fluid first-person movement in a real 3D environment. Unlike earlier first-person RPGs such as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, the player can move in every direction and the graphics are updated continually. The player is also able to look up and down with the press of a key, jump, and swim. The dungeon is not made entirely of corridors and rooms arranged in a rectangular fashion, but has a lot of variety: slopes, stairs, bridges, underground rivers, and more.
The game's combat system is action-oriented. The player has to draw his weapon, aim at his opponent, and hold the cursor over the game screen to inflict damage; the longer the player holds it, the stronger is the attack. Some weapons have different types of attacks, depending on where the cursor is held: for example, jabs are executed when the cursor is near the bottom of the screen, while slashes are performed with the cursor in the middle.
In the beginning of the game, the player chooses the gender, the class, and the initial skills for the Avatar. Skills include various weapon proficiencies, lockpicking, bartering, and others. They can be increased by reciting mantras at special shrines after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Leveling up also increases the Avatar's hit points and mana. The magic system is based on runes that can be found in the Abyss. If combined in the right order, they produce a magical effect.
As the Abyss is populated by more than just monsters, there are various conversations the Avatar can conduct with non-playable characters. The player can also make choices regarding the Avatar's behavior towards these characters. Game progression is largely non-linear: the player is able to explore most of the Abyss in any order, though several specific tasks must be accomplished in order to complete the story. An auto-map displays all the locations the player has explored previously, and also allows the player to make notes on it.
I operate a hassle free returns policy, if your not entirely satisfied with your purchase it can be returned for a full refund. Return postage costs are the buyers responsibility unless the item is clearly not as described or depicted.
Items are dispatched next working day after purchase, all items are individually and carefully packaged ensuring they arrive in the condition in which they are depicted. There are two primary methods of shipment standard which is more cost effective but is untracked or tracked and signed for which ensures door to door tracking for peace of mind.
Accepted payment methods are paypal.
Rewind-Finder began back in 2003 and in that time my store has grown as well as the items I stock, I am a collector myself so understand the importance of ensuring you are satisfied with your purchase and that the condition of the item is of paramount importance which is why items are always boxed for transportation.
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Rewind-Finder began back in 2003 and in that time my store has grown as well as the items I stock, I am a collector myself so understand the importance of ensuring you are satisfied with your purchase and that the condition of the item is of paramount importance which is why items are always boxed for transportation.
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Items are dispatched next working day after purchase, all items are individually and carefully packaged ensuring they arrive in the condition in which they are depicted. There are two primary methods of shipment standard which is more cost effective but is untracked or tracked and signed for which ensures door to door tracking for peace of mind.
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I operate a hassle free returns policy, if your not entirely satisfied with your purchase it can be returned for a full refund. Return postage costs are the buyers responsibility unless the item is clearly not as described or depicted.
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