The Official Book of Ultima

By Shay Addams

Book by Addams, Shay This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874552281
• ISBN13: 9780874552287
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Compute! Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

For all Ultima Fans, a must read!

Smashing! Explains it all, and is exceptional in its coverage of how Ultima IV came together. Wasn't exactly how I pictured it, but tied up a lot of loose ends.After reading this - you'll have to play 1 through 6 again just to see all the easter eggs, the in-jokes, the hidden items, and see it all in a whole new light.

Ah, nostalgia

This book took me back to childhood days in front of my Commodore 64, wandering the realms of Sosaria and Britannia. Fans of the famous computer-game series will get a kick out of this book, although it is dated -- I think it only goes up to Ultima VI.

Excellent book for fans of the Ultima series!

Shay Addams' companion piece to the first 6 titles in the Ultima series, "The Official Book of Ultima", will appeal to fans of the games on two fronts: The first half of the book is a well-written, lively history of the Ultima series, all the way back to Richard Garriot's first game, Akalabeth. Addams presents all the usual anecdotes, but adds many new stories to the legend of Lord British and the company he founded, Origin Systems. The second half of the book consists of solutions to the first 6 games in the Ultima series, including a full solution to Ultima I, the first such solution ever published. The solutions are written in a narrative style, as if the game character is actually experiencing the game, rather than the usual "Click here, do this" type of solution we're all familiar with. In short, this is an outstanding book that no self-respecting fan of the Ultima series should be without.