Ultima I - Review / Retrospective of an RPG Classic 

The entire Ultima review series playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PL6ySdS-taQCLCyXvRRoHCYgBDo2h8bUle

You have to admit this game was mind blowing, being created by a 19 year old Richard Garriot that included a grid-based graphical over world, 1st person underworld, and a "space sim" all in one game at a time when CRPG's were mainly text only, and most people played their games on the Atari. I think the marriage between Tolkein and Star Wars was an added bonus :)

The Benny Hill Theme should be the definitive theme for this encounter. Thanks Spoony

All hail the Spoony One

Your videos have replaced my "Fall asleep to Ultima"(typically spooney). Flavor was lacking for so many years. Thank you.

Ultima is genius except when it is not. Pretty much sums it up.

I LOVE that the "Definately not familiar in any way" actually got context in Ultima SEVEN! There is a crashed Kilrathi starfighter in some random guy's farm in Ultima VII, which the farmer knows who the Kilrathi from WING COMMANDER is! Which means the ultimate is not only canon with the wing Commander series, but those are the actual Fighters you are fighting in this game! Credit to Spoony's Ultima retrospective for me knowing this!

Haha, the Benny Hill theme at the end. Spoony fan?

I’ve never played this but have watched half a dozen reviews of it from different people. Fun seeing the range of takes on it, from the more humorous ones like Spoony to the more scholarly ones. Great work Finntrovert!

I legit have no idea why this popped in my feed(Actually it was part 8's video), but as a fan of old game retrospectives, even ones I never played, I decided why not. I've seen both the SpoonyOne's old reviews/looks at these, as well as a lets play series of the two seventh games by a guy here on youtube, so I'm aware of the series tropes going into them. For that, you take a far different approach to those I've seen on this one, beginning with the acknowledgement that this is not a series many people CAN get into nowadays. It has the Seinfeld is Unfunny problem, where it had a HUGE impact on the gaming landscape, one of those seminal works that simply is a bit too outdated to be fun for a modern audience. Still, you present the stuff really well, going into a lot of details that others leave out, like what the other ships on the space station are for, and doing some jabs at some of the designs by this developer. It's a very good, and well put together video, and thank you for making it.

I’ve never played any Ultima games (being completely unaware of them at the time). I would LOVE if some crazy developer decides to remake them all into one package for me 😂❤

Thanks so much for these Ultima videos. I don’t have the time to go back and replay them. And now I don’t have to.

Loved this series as a young lad. Just found your channel in my feed. Enjoying the reviews of this classic series

I played Ultima I on my Apple //c. I remember on the intro screen, sometimes a car would drive up to the castle and a garage door would open up and let the car drive in.

WOW that was informative , and the space shuttle.WHAT!!

Watching these reviews is more fun than playing the actual game.

I am enjoying your Ultima reviews, thank you.

Stumbled on this video. Excellent Retrospective, should get more views!

I was lied. I was told this is a great game. No matter, I want to play the series one day, for more than last 35 years I have wanted to do so. Maybe one day...Akalabeth I have at least finished.

RU-vid recommended your channel. I WILL NOW CONSUME THESE VIDEOS!

Found your channel when looking up Ultima Underworld 2! Decided to pause and start all the way back a 2! Love to hear perspectives on games. I have yet to play them all, but this would be a good start to listen in! I know of the games from Spoony so I wanted to hear more expansion on it all!

Great video! I had no idea Ultima I was so bonkers

Love your videos. You deserve way more subs/views imo

You did a great job on this one

"So sorry"-ah, indeed.

Ultima III was my first exposure into the series but I was too young to understand what was going on (I was 5 or 6 at the time). By the time Ultima IV came out, I was older and was able to beat it. After that I lost interest and played Space Quest and Kings Quest. My brother was the one that played the rest of the Ultima games.

I really enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to watch the rest of the retrospective! Are there any other old game series that you'd be interested in making videos on?

I was born in 95' , my father had a gf in my younger years who was a huge Ultima fan so when she started playing ultima online I watched all the time, later when Runescape became popular I would always say " it's just a free to play copycat of ultima online" because back then Ultima online was EXPENSIVE

Great review.A modern remake of these games would be a god send.Anybody knows the music theme that plays in the video?

These videos are so fantastic and well put together, I got so excited that I dipped my balls into a bag of glitter. ...pretty nuts, right?

Amazing Work! Have a comment and a like for the algorithm!

Ho eyo he hum!

The bennie hill joke is ripped right out of the spoony retrospective is that a reference? You should probably cite when you are taking a joke from someone else in the future. But that's just my 2 cents

Ei kai vaan pelilehdet mistä luit ollut Pelit -lehden Ultima -historiikki joskus ysärillä/nolkytluvun alussa? 😄

Why not start this series with Akalabeth?

A blaster rifle is supposed to be stronger than a lightsaber ? What?

EA ruined the series. The devs shouldve been given more time to finish Serpent Isle, Pagan and Ultima 9

It seems you took a lot of jokes/quotes from spoony

lol