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by livrem 996 days ago
"I’m especially proud of Martian Dreams, an Ultima-engine game even if no one remembers it even came out"

No idea if it is fun, but it is one of the permanently free games on GOG and somewhere in my too large pile of old games I want to try some day:

https://www.gog.com/en/game/ultima_worlds_of_adventure_2_mar...

Only knew it existed thanks to The Digital Antiquarian a few years ago: https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-worlds-of-ultima/

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It (along with its counterpart, Savage Empire) is a fun game, but it is a product of its era. Not much handholding. Be prepared to spend months trying to complete it, if you’re not using a walkthrough. The Victorian-style overland music theme will haunt you in your dreams for years to come.

Make sure to play it with a Roland MT32 emulator, sounds much better that way.

I have been slowly working my way through the nine AD&D Goldbox games, with no end in sight after over 30 years (and that is also the reason I have a quite long backlog of unplayed RPGs). It is likely to feel more modern than what I am used to.