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Ultima Online History  The original description of Ultima Online from the 1996 owo.com: "Ultima Online is a multi-player role-playing game designed for real-time adventuring over the Internet. Eventually, thousands of people will be able to access this fantastic world around the clock and interact simultaneously with each other and the entire world. Set in the Ultima universe, Ultima Online enables players to adventure in a truly ongoing world. A world where battles are fought with might and mind, alliances are formed and shattered, and both enemies and friends are just as interested in wealth and power as you are. Slay a dragon, form a government, join a guild, craft and sell wares, and meet your friends at the tavern, all while playing Ultima Online." -ORIGIN Historical Ultima Online Maps :    The first map is from the 1996 owo.com website, it is the
original concept OSI had for Ultima Online. The world or shards would
consist of four continents. The first continent is obviously Sosaria or
the Lands of Lord British commonly known as Britannia. The second
continent is the Lands of the Feudal Lords. The third continent is the
Lands of the Dark Unknown. And the fourth continent is upside down and
reversed, but it is the great Serpent Isle, originally known as the Lands
of Danger and Despair. The second map is from the 1996 owo.com website, the original was cut into 2 jpgs. This was the map OSI provided for the pre-alpha testers. As you can see the pre-alpha was a very small portion of the map used today. The map used today was created from scratch, but this pre-alpha map was used as a guide. This explains the differences and similarities found on this map. The map consisted of the city of Britain, farms, orc camps & crypts. Not listed it also included the tower of the evil npc mage Myndon, and the godlands which were outside of the boundary. I will add a very detailed pre-alpha page with screenshots in the future. The third map is from the 1997 owo.com website, it is the original drawing made of the map that would be turned into the cloth map. Lord British :   This is Lord British as he was in
the 1996 Pre-Alpha Test. His character was made to always hold a maul, it
must be his favorite weapon. His character also has a ponytail just like
he does in real life. His character has a transparent hole, that's how it
was made, up close you can see the cobblestone ground through LB. (Cropped
screenshots of LB are from Auric's
Ultima Moongates and Newton Dragon. The transparent clear images of LB
are thanks to InsideUO by
Alazane (a cool program you can use to view UO art).  During Phase 2 of the Beta Test
this was the 2nd time I met Lord British in the game. I'm the guy in the
green cloak. Lord British is again wielding his favorite weapon the maul.
His feet and shadow are cut off by the carpet graphic. It's not a fake
screenshot, the carpet graphic was just messed up there back in the beta,
but I see in uox that it's currently fixed. Ultima Online Screenshots :  Pre-Alpha Screenshots
(coming soon) Phase 1 Beta
Screenshots (coming soon) Phase 2 Beta
Screenshots Lord
British's Death Screenshots Note: I am a fan of Lord British, I didn't enjoy when LB died but it became history which is why I must archive the incident here. Ultima Online Stories :  To see stories and images of Dr Pepper in UO
History go to the: Dr Pepper
in UO Page Email: raz@razimus.com 
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