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diff --git a/games/exult/DESCR b/games/exult/DESCR index a9b83168c07..f34b7f89dcd 100644 --- a/games/exult/DESCR +++ b/games/exult/DESCR @@ -1,22 +1,13 @@ -Ultima 7, an RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge following. -But, being a DOS game with a very nonstandard memory manager, it -is difficult to run it on the latest computers. Exult is a project -to create an Ultima 7 game engine that runs on modern operating -systems, capable of using the data and graphics files that come -with the game. +As computers evolve, we risk losing classic games from the +not-so-distant past. One of these, Ultima 7, an RPG from the early +1990's, still has a huge following, and many consider it to be one of +the most immersive games ever produced. -Exult is written in C++ and runs on, at least, Linux, Mac OS X and -Windows using the SDL library to make porting to other platforms -relatively easy. The current version supports all of "Ultima 7: -The Black Gate" and "Ultima 7 part 2: The Serpent Isle", allowing -you to finish both games. This is only possible due to the work -done by other fans who have decoded the various Ultima 7 data files, -especially Gary Thompson, Maxim Shatskih, Jakob Shonberg, and Wouter -Dijkslag. +Exult is a project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems, +using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files. It enables +play of Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent +Isle, and their corresponding expansion disks Forge of Virtue and +Silver Seed, on modern machines. -Exult aims to let those people who own Ultima 7 (copyright 1993) -play the game on modern hardware, in as close to (or perhaps even -surpassing) its original splendor as is possible. You need to own -"Ultima 7: The Black Gate" and/or "Ultima 7: Serpent Isle" and -optionally the add-ons (not required to run) in order to use Exult, -and we encourage you to buy a legal copy. +In order to play these games, data files from the original games are +needed. |