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Eight virtues may refer to: The eight virtues of the Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues as enumerated by Chinese political philosopher Sun Yat-sen; The eight virtues of Bushidō defined by Nitobe Inazō; The Ashtavaranas, or eight virtues, of Lingayatism; The eight virtues of the role-playing video game Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima Underworld is set after the events of Ultima VI: The False Prophet; in the time between the two games, a man named Cabirus attempted to create a utopian colony inside the Abyss. The eight settlements of the Ultima series each embody one of eight virtues, and Cabirus wished to create a ninth that embodied all virtues. To achieve this, he ...
Ultima is a series of open world fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, created by Richard Garriott. Electronic Arts has owned the brand since 1992. The series had sold over 2 million copies by 1997.
Development of Ultima was done during Garriott's freshman year at the University of Texas with the help of a friend, Ken W. Arnold; they finished it in less than a year. [20] [21] Ultima was coded in Applesoft BASIC on an Apple II computer, [20] and Arnold wrote code in assembly language for the tile-based graphics system, the first game in the ...
Ultima IX: Ascension is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows.It is the ninth and final main installment of the Ultima series.
The early Ultima games referred to the player-protagonist as the Stranger, with an open game design that allowed players to complete quests through theft or violence.After the release of Ultima III, creator Richard Garriott received letters from parents that criticized the Ultima series for allowing immoral actions, such as theft or murder against peaceful citizens.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, first released in 1985 [4] for the Apple II, is the fourth in the series of Ultima role-playing video games.It is the first in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy, shifting the series from the hack and slash, dungeon crawl gameplay of its "Age of Darkness" predecessors towards an ethically nuanced, story-driven approach.
Ultima: Runes of Virtue is a two-part video game series. It is a spin-off from the Ultima series. Ultima: Runes of Virtue was released for the Game Boy in 1991 and Ultima: Runes of Virtue II was released for the Game Boy in 1993 and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994.