Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is a first-person computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed by Blue Sky Productions (later Looking Glass Studios) and published by Origin Systems. Released on March 27, 1992, the game takes place in the fantasy setting of the Ultima series, inside the Great Stygian Abyss—a large, underground area that contains the remnants of a failed utopian civilization. The player assumes the role of the series' protagoni... more

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is a first-person computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed by Blue Sky Productions (later Looking Glass Studios) and published by Origin Systems. Released on March 27, 1992, the game takes place in the fantasy setting of the Ultima series, inside the Great Stygian Abyss—a large, underground area that contains the remnants of a failed utopian civilization. The player assumes the role of the series' protagonist, the Avatar, and attempts to find and rescue a baron's kidnapped daughter. Ultima Underworld was the first role-playing game to use true three-dimensional (3D) graphics, and introduced many innovations in video game technology, such as allowing the player to look up and down. Its design combines elements from earlier CRPGs, such as Wizardry and Dungeon Master, with simulation elements, which led the game's designers to label it a "dungeon simulation". As such, the game is non-linear and allows for emergent gameplay. Ultima Underworld... less