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Sharing my UO photo album (1997-1999 timeframe)

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Greetings!  I finally found a place to upload the screenshots I have from my days in Britannia.  I fondly recall picking up UO when it went retail (summer of '97 I believe).  I remember thinking its a good thing I just graduated from college and didn't have to worry about grades any longer

I played actively, first on the Atlantic shard and then shortly after moved to the Chesapeake shard when they opened it up (character name of Broman).  I played up until '99 around the time of EQ beta 4.  By this time, many of my guild mates (Dreamwalkers) had quit the game.  Despite toying around with a few alter ego characters, I ultimately left the game when T2A came out.

Anyhow, I hope some old timers will enjoy these pics of the 'good old days' of UO when Great Lords and Dread Lords roamed the lands.

http://picasaweb.google.com/aildrik/UltimaOnlineChesapeakeServer

Comments

  • Kaynos1972Kaynos1972 Member Posts: 2,316

    Nice stuff.  My brother played a bit, but personally even tough i'm a big MMO fan the top view from UO is what prevent me from playing.

  • Unknown

    The top-down view worked well for the time I think.  It was funny because I remember in the early days of UO you could actually die behind a house and not be able to loot your body since you couldn't see through the house/walls; happened to me a few times.  It was also useful when hiding from PKs because they couldn't target you :)  Then they finally put in the 'circle of transparency'.

    I think the entire housing thing worked well for UO *because* it was top down and tile based.  I think doing housing and storing "stuff" is much harder in these current games (and hardly any of them do housing anyhow :(

  • Unknown

    I remember when the game was good. Though a majority of your stuff is mid to late 99. Still good memories.

  • LaserwolfLaserwolf Member Posts: 2,383

    I seriously regret taking as few Screenshots as I did, and especially not keeping any of the ones I did take.

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  • BrianshoBriansho Member UncommonPosts: 3,586

    Good times be had back in the day. Too bad the carebears took over the game and they WoWed it.

    Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!

  • rmk70rmk70 Member UncommonPosts: 408

    Good memories indeed. <sigh> The good ol' days! lol

  • StellosStellos Member UncommonPosts: 1,491

    Thanks for sharing your photos.  Those are some pretty great pics man.  Looks like your guild was pretty solid as well.  I did notice some Chaos with Order though and found that kind of strange. 

    UO was really a lot of fun back in the day wasn't it!  I miss that hardcore feeling and having complete control over skills and houses.  That sandbox feeling just doesn't exist anymore because most these gamers don't have an imagination due to games like WoW and now they need quests and tasks for them to do anything.  Damn I really miss this game and I'm not referring to the wreck that it is now, only what it use to be.

  • MaeEyeMaeEye Member UncommonPosts: 1,107

    Thanks for sharing.  It's good to see other people's screenies of old UO. 

     

    I wish I would have taken more and kept them...too bad.

    /played-mmorpgs

    Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
    Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds

  • sempiternalsempiternal Member UncommonPosts: 1,082

    Thanks for posting those.

    I clicked on the slideshow link, that worked pretty well - good timing.

    Here is the slideshow link:

    http://picasaweb.google.com/aildrik/UltimaOnlineChesapeakeServer/photo#s5173957196040509874

  • BrianshoBriansho Member UncommonPosts: 3,586

    Thanks for bringing me back in time. I can't believe its been 10 years since I was a dedicated player.

    Don't be terrorized! You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder! More people die every year from prescription drugs than terrorism LOL!

  • RazorbackRazorback Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 5,253

    Nice pics thanks for sharing.

    Played on Chessy from late beta through for 6 years. Officer in KEF for much of that. Still miss those days 

    Nothing has ever come close in MMO gaming.

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  • csthaocsthao Member UncommonPosts: 1,122

    OH the damn fun memories it brings back to me. Great shots btw

  • KieMoxieKieMoxie Member Posts: 41

    I was about ten when I first started playing... loved the game so much!

     

    Name was Martin Marshall on Napa... in his dying days he was a red spear hybrid. <3 ultima online... ! I hear it is not the same game anymore tho :(!

     

     

  • RudydogRudydog Member Posts: 144

    This brings back alot of memories for me.

    I introduce you the the Lord Jones from the Oceania server.

    http://looter.4t.com/

     

    Enjoy

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  • PhilssPhilss Member Posts: 433

    Thx for the pic , i have played on cheseapeke too but more between 1999-2002 still had ton of fun i really enjoyed the pvp , too bad i didint play PRE trammel heard the pvp was much better back then .

  • Unknown

    awsome pics from a then awsome game.  hopefully darkfall can capture the UO magic feel and we can all have a good MMO again.

  • VirayViray Member Posts: 1

    nice pics i remeber that time.

     

    UO is the best game ever made on this planet.

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