Posts Tagged ‘origin systems’

#289 Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Posted: 1st November 2021 by Jeroen in Games
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1014th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/Playstation 1 Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts While with a lot of other genres, I tried to finish on a big game of the genre or something like that, for shoot ’em ups my final entry is the only in a […]

#255 Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds

Posted: 6th September 2019 by Jeroen in Games
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812th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 1993 Developer: Looking Glass Technologies Publisher: Origin Systems/Electronic Arts There are a few games that I vividly remember being introduced to through the library. It started me on Baldur’s Gate, which I played that way first before getting my own copy, as well as […]

#230 Ultima VII

Posted: 26th March 2019 by Jeroen in Games
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771st played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 1992 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Origin Systems The Ultima series of games rather intimidates me. The first game in the series was still fairly primitive, while as an MMO Ultima Online is more of an outlier than you’d expect from the genre. However, that […]

#285 Bioforge

Posted: 3rd March 2018 by Jeroen in Games
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675th played so far Genre: Role-Playing/Puzzle Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts I’m not sure quite where I stand with Bioforge. Graphically, and in vague theme, we have something that resembles an older version of System Shock, but it’s billed as an RPG/Puzzle/Adventure while the manual lists a bunch […]

#32 Ultima 1

Posted: 20th September 2015 by Jeroen in Games
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457th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: Various Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Richard Garriot, Origin Systems Publisher: Origin Systems One of the early RPGs I played was Ultima Underworld, the sequel to which we’ll end up playing at some point in the future. I’m not entirely sure what led me to it. I had […]

#358 Ultima Online

Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Jeroen in Games
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226th played so far Genre: MMORPG Platform: PC Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Origin Systems Publisher: Electronic Arts And I suppose it’s about time we start with the granddaddy of them all. Ultima Online is one of the first MMORPGs, and with its rise being at the same time as the rise of the internet, […]