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{{ii}} The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see <code>answers.pdf</code> for the GOG.com version).
 
{{ii}} The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see <code>answers.pdf</code> for the GOG.com version).

Revision as of 05:27, 6 May 2015

Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima VII: The Black Gate cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS April 16, 1992
Windows November 29, 2011[1]
macOS (OS X) October 18, 2012[2]
Ultima VII: The Black Gate on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress 1982
Ultima III: Exodus 1983
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1987
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny 1988
Ultima VI: The False Prophet 1990
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire 1990
Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams 1991
Ultima VII: The Black Gate 1992
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss 1992
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds 1993
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle 1993
Ultima VIII: Pagan 1994
Ultima Online 1997
Akalabeth: World of Doom 1998
Ultima IX: Ascension 1999

Key points

Use Exult for various enhancements.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Run in DOSBox or Exult.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Includes the Forge of Virtue addon and Ultima VII Part Two. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Origin
Origin
 Not available in some regions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see answers.pdf for the GOG.com version).

Essential improvements

Patches

The Version 3.4 Patch updates the English floppy version of the game. CD-ROM and digital versions are already patched.

Exult

Use Exult to play in higher resolution, add new features, use mods, etc.
Instructions
Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Save game data location

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System Location
Saves are GAME**.U7; DOS settings are stored in the save file rather than shared.
Exult saves and settings are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Exult on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Exult on OS X, ~/.exult on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

Exult video settings.
Exult video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Exult audio settings.
Exult audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Chinese, Polish and Korean retail versions only have the manuals translated; the game itself is still in English.[4][5][6]
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
French retail only. Not available digitally.
German
German retail only. Not available digitally.
Russian
Spanish
Spanish retail only. A partial unofficial translation also exists.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

References