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Author: Paul Gilham
Date: Dec 18, 2006 16:00

5.19) Ultima Online

5.19.1) What is Ultima Online?

Ultima Online was the first commercially successful MMORPG. Players
interact with one another over the Internet, via a third-person
isometric view of Britannia (and later other areas, too).

The game had what was by all accounts an extremely fun pre-alpha
test for two weeks from 1 April 1997, and another starting on 13 May
1997. The beta test took place between June and September 1997 and
the full game has been on release for several years, now.

UO has seen a number of major upgrades and expansions during its
life, which many Ultima purists would say bear progressively less
resemblance to the cardinal series. Despite that, UO enjoys
continuing popularity. A significant part of the online commmunity
that has formed around it can be found in rgcuo.

5.19.2) System requirements
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