Changes: Ultima Online

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Ultima Online is a massively multiplayer online game set in the Ultima universe (to a greater or lesser extent). It was developed and published by Origin in 1997 for the IBM-PC, in a time when the Internet just started to become popular.

The game is basically a huge online Britannia, where all kinds of players live their digital lives and do whatever they want... as long as it is allowed. It is constantly developed and new versions come into the stores every year.

Ultima Online was a huge success for Origin (although by now it has calmed down somewhat), essentially giving birth to the MMORPG.

Included with the game

With the first edition of the game came with these things:

A cloth map of Britannia in Ultima Online
A UO Pin

Premise

When the Stranger shattered Mondain's Gem of Immortality, each of the fragments of the gem held a perfect copy of Sosaria within it. Within these shards, the people—the players—interact on a daily basis, live their lives and have adventures.

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-'''Ultima Online''' is a massively multiplayer online game set in the ''Ultima'' universe (to a greater or lesser extent). It was developed and published by Origin in 1997 for the IBM-PC, in a time when the Internet just started to become popular.
-The game is basically a huge online Britannia, where all kinds of players live their digital lives and do whatever they want... as long as it is allowed. It is constantly developed and new versions come into the stores every year.
-Ultima Online was a huge success for Origin (although by now it has calmed down somewhat), escentially giving birth to the online MMORPG.
+'''Ultima Online''' is a [[wikipedia:MMORPG|massively multiplayer online game]] set in the ''Ultima'' universe (to a greater or lesser extent). It was developed and published by Origin in 1997 for the IBM-PC, in a time when the Internet just started to become popular.
-== Included with the game ==
+The game is basically a huge online [[Britannia]], where all kinds of players live their digital lives and do whatever they want... as long as it is allowed. It is constantly developed and new versions come into the stores every year.
-With the first edition of the game came these things:
-* A cloth map of [[Britannia]].
-* A [[UO Pin]].
+''Ultima Online'' was a huge success for Origin (although by now it has calmed down somewhat), essentially giving birth to the MMORPG.
-== What the game is about ==
+== Included with the game ==
-The basic idea is, that when the Stranger shattered [[Mondain]]'s [[Gem of Immortality]], each of the fragments of the gem hold a perfect copy of [[Sosaria]] in them. In these many Britannias, the people, the players, interact on a daily basis, live their lives and have lots of fun. It is a huge multiverse with countless Britannias, where people act in this world, fight, trade and live.
-== Trivia ==
-* There was an hilarious scene during the Beta-test. A character called "Rainz" used a stolen firewall-scroll while [[Lord British]] gave an audience. [[Richard Garriott]], who had forgotten to activate his "Lord British-invincibility" must have looked quite shocked, when his alter ego dropped dead on the spot. (See picture)
+With the first edition of the game came with these things:
-* Additional UO releases have included what could be considered many non-canon worlds and items into the Ultima universe, including a [[wikipedia:Samurai|Samurai]]-based world.
+* A cloth map of Britannia in Ultima Online
-==External links==
+* A UO Pin
+== Premise ==
-* [http://www.notableultima.com/collectibles/Title_UO.html The Notable Ultima- Ultima Online]
+When the [[Stranger]] shattered [[Mondain]]'s [[Gem of Immortality]], each of the fragments of the gem held a perfect copy of [[Sosaria]] within it. Within these shards, the people—the players—interact on a daily basis, live their lives and have adventures.
-[[Category:Ultima Online| Ultima Online]]
+[[Category:Ultima Online]]