Ultima 3 Upgrade

Produced by: Voyager Dragon
Website: The Exodus Project
Website: ultima-exodus @ Bitbucket

The Ultima 3 Upgrade 3.3
The Ultima 3 Upgrade 3.3

Voyager Dragon’s upgrade for Ultima 3, which adds MIDI music, a frame limiter, new hotkeys, improved sound effects, and numerous new graphics modes to the MS-DOS version of the game. Also included in Sosaria Mod, which allows you to play through the story of Ultima 3 using the Lands of Lord British (from Ultima 1) as the setting.


Ultima 3 MIDI Music
Ultima 3 MIDI Music

The MIDI music from the Ultima 3 Upgrade, for your listening pleasure.


Ultima 3 MP3 Music
Ultima 3 MP3 Music

MP3 versions of the music from Ultima 3, for your listening pleasure.

Another of Voyager Dragon’s excellent upgrade packages, this patch for Ultima 3 adds MIDI music and numerous new graphics modes to the MS-DOS version of the game, including:

  • 256-colour VGA
  • 16-colour EGA
  • 16-colour Composite CGA and…
  • 4-colour CGA

Here are a handful of comparison images:

Previously, these were benefits enjoyed by Apple and Commodore players only. Additionally, the upgrade adds new hotkeys to Ultima 3 to allow for easier game restores, menu access, and exiting; the game’s autosave feature can also be disabled. Also included is a frame limiter, so that the game doesn’t run overly fast on modern systems. And with version 3.1, the upgrade also replaces the numeric moon phases with actual moon phase graphics!

10 Responses

  1. Hey there! A few updates/corrections:

    * The “Produced by” is just me, Voyager Dragon. There is no team.
    * The code is now hosted on bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/mcmagi/ultima-exodus/overview
    * The “MIDI Upgrade” package is actually just the MIDI music from the upgrade for personal playback, but it’s not an upgrade package. I also have MP3 versions which are probably more palatable today.
    * The same for U2/U5 upgrades.

    Thanks!

  2. Larry Hale says:

    Cheers and thanks! One note: Seems the CGA comparison images are mislabeled “EGA”?

  3. Ultima 3 fan says:

    Where is the binpat exe to patch the files with the *.pat??

  1. July 24, 2014

    […] Naturally, you can grab the updated version 3.1 download of the Ultima 3 Upgrade from both the Exodus Project website and its project entry here. […]

  2. December 19, 2016

    […] you’ll need to hit up the Exodus Project download page to grab the upgrade; I’ll update the project entry here this […]

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