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* {{Cap}}: Attributes to 99, and HP, Food, Gold to 9999. Some of the attributes don't need to be increased past 50 for most cases. The Dos version also has a minor glitch if the player reaches the gold cap because it doesn't print number of copper obtained.
* CharacterClassSystem: The character class chosen affects initial attributes. Also, fighters get a higher attribute bonus, Clerics can cast spells without fail, Wizards get access to more spells, and Thiefs can steal and disarm traps more reliably.
* DeathIsNotPermanent: It's often better to reload a saved game, but the player is still revived with 99 hit points and food.
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* SchizoTech: Best weapon in the game? Laser blaster. Superior to pistols, phazors, and [[LaserBlade light swords]].
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* SchizoTech: Best weapon in Although most of the game? world is medieval fantasy, it includes futuristic weapons up to the Laser blaster. Superior to pistols, phazors, blaster, futuristic armor as the reflect suit, and [[LaserBlade light swords]].space stations.
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* BanditMook: The thief in the dungeon will randomly steal something from inventory, and gremlins will steal from food. Stolen items are gone forever.
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* MooksAteMyEquipment: The Gelatinous cube will eat the player's armor.
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* RandomEffectSpell: The prayer randomly duplicates another spell. It's the only spell that is always available and doesn't need to be purchased.
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* PercentDamageAttack: Mondain's psyonic shock spell inflicts 1/32 of the player's current hit points, but if it would inflict more than 255 damage, it gets reduced by 254.
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Though the game is [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny simplistic by modern standards]], it's an important stepping stone not only in the development of the ([[SequelDisplacement better-known]]) later games in the series, but for western [=RPGs=] in general.
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Though the game is [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny [[OnceOriginalNowCommon simplistic by modern standards]], it's an important stepping stone not only in the development of the ([[SequelDisplacement better-known]]) later games in the series, but for western [=RPGs=] in general.
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* UnendingEndCard: After beating the game, you get a few paragraphs of congratulatory text from Lord British thanking you for ending the reign of Mondain, and then the game stops there, helpfully telling you to "Press CONTROL-ALT-DEL to Restart".
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* RandomEventsPlot: You got to kill an evil wizard, find his immortality gem that does exactly what it's supposed to do and makes him immortal, and so you have to travel back in time to kill him. Doing so, among other things, involves flying a space shuttle into space and become a Space Ace by shooting TIE Fighters. [[SincerityMode No joke.]]
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* RandomEventsPlot: You got to kill an evil wizard, find his immortality gem that does exactly what it's supposed to do and makes him immortal, and so you have to travel back in time to kill him.him ''before'' he's immortal. Doing so, among other things, involves flying a space shuttle into space and become a Space Ace by shooting TIE Fighters. [[SincerityMode No joke.]]
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* MarketBasedTitle: Richard Garriot tells [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] that the title was originally ''Ultimatum'', but the publisher wanted something that could be trademarked.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Richard Garriot tells [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] that the title was originally intended the title of the game to be ''Ultimatum'', but the publisher wanted something that could be trademarked.
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* VideoGameGeography: ''Ultima I'' is... weird with how its overworld map works. There are four large continents separated by oceans each occupying their own square-shaped map. If you travel in a straight line in any cardinal diretion, you will pass through each continent and then end up where you started. You will ''also'' pass through each continent if you make a 90 degree turn at each. It's probably just best to say [[AWizardDidIt it's magic]].
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* VideoGameGeography: ''Ultima I'' is... weird with how its overworld map works. There are four large continents separated by oceans each occupying their own square-shaped map. If you travel in a straight line in any cardinal diretion, direction, you will pass through each continent and then end up where you started. You will ''also'' pass through each continent if you make a 90 degree turn at each. It's probably just best to say [[AWizardDidIt it's magic]].
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* VideoGameGeography: ''Ultima I'' is... weird with how its overworld map works. There are four large continents separated by oceans each occupying their own square-shaped map. If you travel in a straight line in any cardinal diretion, you will pass through each continent and then end up where you started. You will ''also'' pass through each continent if you make a 90 degree turn at each. It's probably just best to say [[AWizardDidIt it's magic]].
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* DungeonBypass: There are fairly easily acquired spells that let you descend or ascend 1 dungeon level without needing to find the stairs, allowing you to skip straight to the level of whatever monster you're hunting, kill it, and ascend back to the surface immediately without having to do any of that maze navigation a dungeon typically requires.
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The first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series, later subtitled ''The First Age of Darkness'' is largely a VideoGameRemake of ''Akalabeth'', a simplistic DungeonCrawler game generally considered to be "Ultima 0". The evil wizard Mondain, using the aptly-named Gem of Immortality, has terrorized the land of Sosaria for over 1000 years. His monsters roam the lands freely, and none, not even the mighty Lord British, can hope to oppose him. It seems as if [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy has already won]].
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The first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series, later subtitled ''The First Age of Darkness'' Darkness''. Released in 1981, it is largely a VideoGameRemake of ''Akalabeth'', a simplistic DungeonCrawler game generally considered to be "Ultima 0". The evil wizard Mondain, using the aptly-named Gem of Immortality, has terrorized the land of Sosaria for over 1000 years. His monsters roam the lands freely, and none, not even the mighty Lord British, can hope to oppose him. It seems as if [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy has already won]].
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!!This game had examples of:
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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: In order to prove your worthiness, you have to buy a ''space shuttle''; fly into space, rent a fighter, and shoot down enough... [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighters]]... to gain the title "Space Ace." No really. AllThereInTheManual.
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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: In order to prove your worthiness, you have to buy a ''space shuttle''; fly into space, rent a fighter, and shoot down enough... [[Franchise/StarWars TIE Fighters]]... to gain the title "Space Ace." No No, really. AllThereInTheManual.
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You can't copyright a name, but you can trademark it.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Richard Garriot tells [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] that the title was originally ''Ultimatum'', but the publisher wanted something that could be copyrighted.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Richard Garriot tells [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] that the title was originally ''Ultimatum'', but the publisher wanted something that could be copyrighted.trademarked.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: As is noted in ''The Official Book of Ultima'', the pistol can kill every enemy except Mondain in one hit, therefore there is no point in wasting time or money to get a more powerful weapon.
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* HitPoints: These are purchased from a king by giving money, or obtained by finishing a visit to the dungeon where you killed a large number of monsters.
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* VideoGameStealing: To steal, walk behind a counter and use the "S"teal command. You either succeed or fail based on a random chance. If you get caught, the guards will start to attack, but will forget about you if you leave and re-enter town.
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* LawOfCartographicalElegance: There's four islands, all which fit in one of four sections in the map. These four sections appear in an east-west loop, while going north or south goes two sections.
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* GameBreakingBug: The original Apple version used "illegal" opcodes to help render the space flight scene. This makes the game incompatible with later versions of the Apple II because it used a compatible microprocessor that behaved differently with those opcodes.
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* [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]]: The princesses.
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* [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]]: The princesses.princesses found in each castle, which are implied to be kept as leverage over rulers of other lands. Rescuing one will make the time machine available.
