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Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, is a remake of the first Ultima game by Richard Garriott. Re-coded in Assembly, this re-release ran much faster with better graphics. There also were new cities, a new money system, and other changes to the content.
Just FYI for folks who had this cataloged, this could have potentially been seen as just one release of the original Ultima, and had been merged with the original Ultima page. But really, this is seen as a remake with different coding, graphics, and content. So, instead of merging this with the original Ultima, this was corrected to state the 1986 remake release date/publishers/platforms, while the original Ultima now only includes the original Apple II and Atari 8-bit releases.
Point being, if you had this cataloged as the 1981 original Apple II or Atari 8-bit version, then you should change that to the original Ultima. This entry should be specific to the 1986 Apple II remake and its many subsequent ports.