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The absolute peak of PC game intros. Let no one tell you otherwise. Ultima VI: The False Prophet (1990)
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Rose slrpnk.net umbraroze@slrpnk.net
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Die4Ever retrolemmy.com Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2024-05-06
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I'm gonna throw The 7th Guest (1993) in here as a contender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULiskaGXVsc

Another good one is Where In Space Is Carmen Sandiego (1993) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82erjbCVFXQ

And Mario is Missing! (also 1993??) with the famous "Weegee" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nF61x0XoKc

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Zombiepirate lemmy.world Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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That would be MechWarrior 2.

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HeyJoe lemmy.world HeyJoe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
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This made me think whatever happened to the Ultima series. I played some of the games growing up and now wondering whatever happened to the series since its been decades since anytbing. Apparently he sold the rights of the game to EA in like 1992... I can't really find out why they didnt really create anything, why buy the rights and do nothing? Theres some terrible browser and mobile game attempts done near 2010 but not very good. I do see Richard is looking to take back the rights of the game. Apparently theres some loophole where he can do so only after 35 years so next year he could possibly get that back and he wants to create something new finally. I hope he reflected these past 30 years and realized he would never do better than Ultima and thats ok.

Edit here is a link to the story about him trying to reclaim the rights next year. I also read some more and EA didnt care about the series once it had a flop and thinks it will not make money today because nobody cares. They shut Richard out multiple times and I think they didnt like him either.

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/finally-the-time-has-come-richard-garriott-is-reclaiming-the-rights-to-ultima

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Quazatron lemmy.world Quazatron@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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That would be MechWarrior 2.

Damn right.

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NineSwords ani.social NineSwords@ani.social
Joined: 2024-02-10
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Another World be my pick for best retro intro.

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xcutie linux.community xcutie@linux.community
Joined: 2023-08-19
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Thanks for bringing back good memories. Although I mostly heard the intro over pc speaker.

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LucidNightmare anarchist.nexus LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-05
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This made me think whatever happened to the Ultima series. I played some of the games growing up and now wondering whatever happened to the series since its been decades since anytbing. Apparently he sold the rights of the game to EA in like 1992... I can't really find out why they didnt really create anything, why buy the rights and do nothing? Theres some terrible browser and mobile game atte...

Maybe you are interested in this series by Majuular? He goes over quite a bit of the history alongside the story of the games!

Ultima Retrospective Playlist

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HeyJoe lemmy.world HeyJoe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
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Maybe you are interested in this series by Majuular? He goes over quite a bit of the history alongside the story of the games! Ultima Retrospective Playlist

Thanks! I am interested. I knew a few things but gaurentee I don't know a lot about it other than playing about half of the games while growing up.

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LucidNightmare anarchist.nexus LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-05
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Thanks! I am interested. I knew a few things but gaurentee I don't know a lot about it other than playing about half of the games while growing up.

I've never even played them, but I love some gaming history! His videos are just well made, and his voice is perfect for me to go to sleep to at night! haha :-]

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