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The familiar worlds like you’ve never seen before.

Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire and Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams are available now on GOG.com for free, courtesy of GOG.com and Electronic Arts.

Lord British presents two adventures you would never think are possible in Ultima universe. Players of the Ultima series may recall that the black moonstone the Avatar found at the start of Ultima 6 can be used to teleport you anyplace and anytime. That is why ORIGIN Systems have, using the Ultima 6 engine, sent the gamers worldwide on two unexpected journeys in both space and time.

First, the Avatar travels to the time-lost land of Eodon, where dinosaurs still rule and ancient mysteries abound. Basically, Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire is Ultima meets The Lost World with simplified RPG elements; it’s a fun jungle epic with a change in pace you will welcome with open arms. If you’ve never played any Ultima games, The Savage Empire is a good place to start. Explore jungles and wastelands, cross lava flows, encounter stone-age tribes, and battle the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex right now for the unbeatable price of absolutely zilch.

Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams takes the Avatar and his friend Dr Spector to the year 1893 to witness a launch of a space cannon aimed at Mars. No, you haven’t forgotten some important lessons from history--this is an alternate universe version of Earth, but you will definitely recognise a lot of the people in it. You will interact with many historical figures as Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Theodore Roosvelt, H.G Wells, and dozens more. After reaching Mars, you will have to survive the hostile environment and battle strange plants and monsters as you explore the surface of Mars. Enjoy this historical world of adventure, completely free of charge and free of any DRM only on your favorite distribution platfrom, GOG.com.

Check out these free games, but also be sure to check out the rest of the Ultima series, if you haven’t gotten in on GOG.com yet, because there are thousands of hours of incredible RPG goodness locked away in these titles, and it would be a shame to miss a single minute of it.

Those release would not be possible without help from Joe Garrity, and Steven "Xe Dragon" Dengler, Marc "Sergorn Dragon" Charlot, and Pix. Thanks!
Thanks GOG!
Erm, i see starting the game [creating a character] requires some DosBOX magic on our part, since the game asks us to use the INSTALL.EXE. Is it supposed to be that way?

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Also, Martian Dreams is a bit more borked. The Create Character option doesn't work, and Continue Game spits out an error: "DISK ERROR Function: 1, error: 2, file: savegameobjlist.
Post edited June 18, 2012 by Arteveld
Sounds like two quite interesting games. At the very least they seem unusual in terms of story and setting when it comes to RPG's.
The download for Savage Empires should be fixed now.
oddly, that was the EXACT game that was throwing back a error in the downloader. You can download it in the download again (thanks for being quick to fix the problem)
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TheEnigmaticT: The download for Savage Empires should be fixed now.
Indeed thanks!
The Big Question now is: Does this mean I can throw away my boxed copy of Martian Dreams? :P

But enough of this GOG-worship!! Bring on the rampant speculation about the Big Surprise in about an hour!! :)
Wow, and great extras to boot! Thanks!

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Rincewind81: Wishlisted - maybe for 50% off.... :D
You want someone to pay you?
Sweet. Never managed to get Savage World running in Dosbox by myself for some reason. Figured out Martian Empires, but a distinct lack of manuals stopped me in my tracks.
Thanks GOG, nice surprise!
Thank you very much, you're the best!
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Barneyhamster85: GOG,

Have I told you lately that I love you?

No?

I love you GOG.

Love,

Barneyhamster85
+1
Hazzah! The only Ultima games I didn't own. Wishlist.

Edit:
Wait... Free?

Spiffy++
Post edited June 18, 2012 by TheCycoONE
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RaggieRags: Wow, and great extras to boot! Thanks!

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Rincewind81: Wishlisted - maybe for 50% off.... :D
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RaggieRags: You want someone to pay you?
No, this was just a little joke. ;)
Do you know what DOS rpg needs the removal of its DRM?

POOL OF FRACKING RADIANCE

Code wheels, how do they work?