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Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)

Looking Glass Studios, Looking Glass Technologies

DOS · FM Towns · PC-9800 Series · Windows Mobile

3.91 from 54 ratings

321 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 158 backlogged · 42 wish listed

How long? Main story 15h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

The Isle of the Avatar was discovered during the Fourth Age (as related in Quest of the Avatar), at the climax of the Avatar’s quest. The Stranger from Another World, who came to Britannia in answer to Lord British’s summons, completed the Test of the Eight Virtues and became the Avatar — the embodiment of the pure axiom of life. … Read more
The Isle of the Avatar was discovered during the Fourth Age (as related in Quest of the Avatar), at the climax of the Avatar’s quest. The Stranger from Another World, who came to Britannia in answer to Lord British’s summons, completed the Test of the Eight Virtues and became the Avatar — the embodiment of the pure axiom of life. It was during his journeys that the Avatar unearthed a chilling artifact: the skull of Mondain the Wicked, the first of the Triad of Evil. There were those who claimed that the artifact held the power to destroy all life on our world. Fortunately, it was the Stranger who discovered it, and not someone of lesser Virtue. Upon completing the Path of the Eight Virtues, the Avatar embarked on a search for the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. Legend linked this ancient tome with the subterranean maze known as the Great Stygian Abyss. “Truly, no one has ever plumbed its depths,” wrote Shamino, who arranged by magic to obtain a map of its corridors. “I cannot imagine the horrors that await the first to venture into the Stygian depths.” Read less
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Developers
Looking Glass Studios, Looking Glass Technologies
Publishers
Electronic Arts Victor, Origin Systems, ZIOSoft
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Stealth
Franchises
Ultima
Series
Ultima
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 11, 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
  • 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
  • Dec 1993 (Full Release) (Japan) FM Towns
  • Dec 17, 1993 (Full Release) (Japan) PC-9800 Series
  • May 29, 2002 (Full Release) (North_America) Windows Mobile

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Status Mixplit Apr 7, 2022

Disc version is from PC Gamer Classic Games Collection disk volume 1 July 2,000. Full games not just demos. Full disc contents: X-COM: UFO Defense , Wing Commander, Alone in the Dark, Terminal Velocity, Duke Nukem 2, King's Quest, Descent, Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, Ultima Underworld, Links, The Secret of Money Island.

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