UO Alpha and Beta

[Bicchus Dicchus]

Howdy!

The simplified UO timeline looks something like this:

1) UO Pre-Alpha
2) Alpha
3) Beta
4) Final release
5) T2A and onward

If anyone has a copy of the Alpha or the Beta, please send me a PM.

Here's a shot from the Alpha:


And here's one from the Beta:


Once again, if you have anything related to the Alpha and Beta versions, send me a PM...for shizzle.

-Bicchus Dicchus, Hero to the People

[Mens Rea]

I wish all corpses faced in the same way on UOSA too

[Cataclyst]

Here you go, my darling. Taken off of this site .


http://adamthompson.org/GDC/uo_prerelease.htm

[Panthor the Hated]

thats a badass ship

I like way better than what they stuck with

[Cataclyst]

Heres a uh, Pre-Alpha one aswell

[Segellion]

These are amazing images, I am surprised how much it looks like Ultima 8

[Bicchus Dicchus]

Here you go, my darling. Taken off of this site .


http://adamthompson.org/GDC/uo_prerelease.htm

Cataclyst: I've looked at that article, but do not see any information leading to a download whatsoever. The article uses the same pre-release screenshots that can be found on the web a dozen times, leading one to deduce that the author does not himself have a copy of game.

As for the other post with a screenshot... That's an image, taken by me, still linked directly to my photobucket

Sagellion: Ultima Online is closely related to Ultima 8, engine-wise. Just how much, I am not sure, yet.

-Bicchus Dicchus, the Hero once known as Dash

[Cataclyst]

Those are the only ones I know of, sorry. I'm pretty sure the T2A Beta is floating around on here somewhere if you'd like to take a look at that, the others though.. probably don't exist anymore

[Brules]

Wow those are pretty cool, I made very very end of beta and then live. And I agree Pnathor, that ship is tits!

[Bicchus Dicchus]

The ships ran off a different system. I don't know much about them yet, as none of the versions we currently have contain any data on them, be it graphic or otherwise.

So if you have a rare version, send of a PM, or throw it on a fileshare service and post the link here.

-Bicchus Dicchus

[Chaos]

There was once long ago a post like this .. maybe derrick can dig it up pretty sure he posted some pics in it.

[DrFaustus]

Run Martin!

They're gaining on you!

Gotta love the kids that still take the time to use proper grammar in the face of danger!

[Lupos]

Considering how much I loved the ultima series I really like the gritty style of the alpha shots.

Sure the artwork isn't top notch but I love the visible backpacks, just like Ultima 8!

I'm not sure about all these alpha shots though, they look like set-up advertisements for a gaming magazine or something similar

[morganm]

Here's some more pre-alpha screen shots for anyone interested.
http://www.andrew.net/uol/screenshot.html

What I thought was very interesting... if you look at the character stat gumps... you can see it was a EXP / LVL based system; not the skill based system we are so used to. You'll also notice that STR/DEX/INT did not directly translate to HITS/STAM/MANA; no doubt modifiers applied due to it being a LVL based system.

[RoadKill]

Here's a rather nice collection of screenshots

http://www.moongates.com/Screens/Screens.htm