The Ultimate Collector’s Guide
The Ultimate Collector’s Guide is as the name states, the best book to be informed about the various releases of Ultima games and related items.
Description[edit]
- Title: Ultima: The Ultimate Collector's Guide: 2012 Edition
- Publisher: CreateSpace
- Author: Stephen Emond
- Published: Nevember 11, 2011
- Length: 826 pages
- Original List Price: $49.99
- ISBN-10: 1467934607
- ISBN-13: 978-1467934602
Created by Stephen Emond, this guide in all detail lists all the versions of the various games that were released all over the world (24 countries to be exact), complete with pictures. This includes Ultima I-IX, Akalabeth, Mt Drash, Runes of Virtue and Runes of Virtue II, Savage Empire, Martian Dreams, and Ultima Underworld and Ultima Underworld II as well as the many Collections & Compilations. Also included are bonus chapters for Ultima X, Ultima Online, as well as information to publications connected to the games, like hint books.
Contents[edit]
Inside the book are:
- Information about 520 main series releases and 180 Ultima Online releases, going much more into detail about those.
- Details about 286 book releases and 267 Ultima Online books.
- 149 items connected to the series and 69 Ultima Online items.
Trivia[edit]
- Two more books were published by Emond.
- Another collector's guide in 2012, only for Ultima Online and related publications.
- The Ultimate Companion Guide in 2013, which actually talks about all Origin products instead of just Ultima, though the cover implies otherwise.
Gallery[edit]
Back cover
The Ultima Online Guide
The Companion Guide
External Links[edit]
- Interview with the author
- Forum thread by the author
- Official sample of the book (PDF)
- Article about the book at Pix site
- Another article at Pix site about the Ultima Online variant of the book
| Reference Books | |
|---|---|
| The Books | The Genesis of Ultima ☥ The Official Book of Ultima ☥ Official Fanbook ☥ The Ultimate Collector’s Guide Our Epic Origin ☥ Through the Moongate |