Trilogy manual
The Trilogy manual came with the release of the Ultima Trilogy I II III and the Ultima I-VI Series. The book is 100 pages long and essentially a compilation of The First Age of Darkness, The Second Age of Darkness, The Book of Play, The Ancient Liturgy of Truth and The Book of Amber Runes.
Description[edit]
Not all information and illustrations are included in this compilation. This is especially noticeable in the Ultima III manuals, which are missing several illustrations and page borders (which are also absent from the Ultima I manual). Several new illustrations were produced however, noticeable in the spell descriptions for Ultima III. Some of the title covers do not exist here, although the Ultima II section gained a new cover picture. Additionally, the Ultima II manual was completely rewritten in order to get the narrative straight, as well as remove much of the outmoded slang from the original 1982 manual.
Other Editions[edit]
The book was translated into Chinese (Taiwan), Korean, and Japanese for the respective releases of the compilation. Content-wise they are all equal to the original, but only the Chinese version still has the original cover. The other two versions have widely different covers. The Japanese edition also changed the layout and interiors of the book significantly. The European edition was rather unprofessionally cut in size to fit into the smaller box.
Alternate Covers[edit]
Cover of the Japanese edition
The Korean cover
Taiwanese cover
External Links[edit]
- Pix’s Origin Adventures (PDF) – Ultima Trilogy – Manual
- Ultima I II III Trilogy (PDF) – higher quality
- Ultima I II III Trilogy (PDF) – Japanese edition
| Ultima Game Manuals | |
|---|---|
| Age of Darkness | Akalabeth (manual) ☥ Ultima I (Playbook, manual) ☥ Ultima II (manual) ☥ Ultima III (play guide, cleric guide, wizard guide) |
| Age of Enlightenment | Ultima IV (History of Britannia, Mystic Wisdom) ☥ Ultima V (Book of Lore, journal) ☥ Ultima VI (Compendium) |
| Age of Armageddon | Ultima VII (Fellowship, Isle of Fire) ☥ Ultima VII Part Two (Serpent Pillars, Silver Seed) ☥ Ultima VIII (Chronicle) ☥ Ultima IX (Spellbook, journal) |
| Underworld | Underworld (Memoirs) ☥ Underworld II (Safe Passage) |
| Worlds of Ultima | Savage Empire (Ultimate Adventures) ☥ Martian Dreams (Red Planet, Time Travel) |
| Compilations | Ultima Trilogy I (Trilogy manual) ☥ Ultima Trilogy II (The Age of Virtue) ☥ Ultima Collection (Ultima Atlas) |
| Other | Shroud of the Avatar (Adventurer's Manual) |