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Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire (truncated as Savage Empire) is the seventh game in the Ultima universe and a part of the Age of Enlightenment saga; it is the first of the two entries in the Worlds of Ultima subseries. It was published and released on December 29, 1990 by Origin Systems (Origin) for the IBM-PC 1550, a Japanese port for the Super Famicon followed in 1993. In 2012, Savage Empire was put on GOG.com as a free download.

Development[]

Origin had spent so much money developing the Ultima VI engine therefore they decided to reuse it for additional games. This was the first Ultima game to have in-game cutscenes for several events, instead of just the opening and ending cutscreens found in the previous Ultima games; the Origin FX-Engine was utilized for this.

Differences between platforms[]

Beside the primary PC port, there also exists a port for the Super Famicom. This port was only released for the Super Famicom system in Japan. It is extremely rare to locate, even within Japan. The game uses an engine similar to Ultima VII for the SNES. The game comes complete with a much abbreviated version of the PC manual and does not contain a map. It has never been released in English and while ROM images are available there have been no successful attempts to translate the ROM into English.

Story[]


Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.



The basis for both Worlds of Ultima games is that the Avatar's Orb of the Moons allows him to travel to other worlds and times, having fantastical adventures. In this game the Avatar is transported to the otherworldly world of Eodon, a large jungle-like valley filled with various tribes (inspired partially from The Lost World and She novels), after an experiment by Dr. Rafkin on the Orb of the Moons goes wrong. These tribes have been magically drawn from varying periods and locations in history, such as the aboriginal nations of Mesoamerica and tropical Africa; the tribes were originally used as labor for a species of intelligent reptiles called Sakkhra which once ruled there.

Eodon is under attack from the hivemind of human-sized ant-like Myrmidex, which were brought in to replace the humans for labor but they got out of control; the main plot involves getting all thirteen tribes to join in an alliance against the Myrmidex. All but one tribe has its own demands before joining, ranging from defeating a T-Rex to recovering their holy statue. It turns out that this strange mixture of worlds was created by a huge corrupted moonstone, which has to be destroyed to prevent it collapsing due to instability. Eodon is actually on Earth, but the moonstone has made it inaccessible and unmappable; Dr. Rafkin first puts forth this hypothesis, which is later confirmed by a Xorinite Wisp. ----

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Continuity[]

In relation to the mainline entries of the Ultima series, this game takes place between Ultima VI and Ultima VII; with Martian Dreams serving as this game's sequel.

Release[]

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Trivia[]

  • Seggallion can be found in Eodon, he seems to be doing archeological digs and acts strange.
  • The Three Stooges appear as members of the Disquiqui Tribe. Chafblum has a specific response if the player mentions the word "nyuk" to him.
  • Many thought that the advertisement for the Wild Basin Expedition T-Shirt starring Dr. Rafkin and Aiela was fake; however, the shirt actually was a real Origin product.

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External links[]

As an extra, the intro from YouTube:

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Savage Empire Intro Cinematic

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Online Ultima OnlineThe Second AgeRenaissanceThird DawnLord Blackthorn's Revenge
Age of ShadowsSamurai EmpireMondain's LegacyKingdom RebornStygian Abyss
Others Escape from Mt. DrashRunes of VirtueRunes of Virtue IILord of UltimaUltima Forever: Quest for the Avatar
Canceled Arthurian LegendsThe Lost ValeUltima Online 2Ultima X
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