ucr(6)

NAME
ucr - A modern reimplementation of the classic Ultima role-playing games.

SYNOPSIS
ucr

DESCRIPTION
ucr (Ultima Classics Revisited) is a remake of the computer games Akalabeth (aka "Ultima 0") and Ultima 1.

ucr accepts no command-line arguments.

The current version of ucr contains a complete rewrite of Akalabeth, which is fully playable, and a partial engine for Ultima I (not fully playable). To use the Ultima I engine, you will need the data files from the original PC release of Ultima I (place them in /usr/share/ucr/games/u1).

Although Akalabeth is fully playable, it has no support for saving the game or loading saved games (unlike the original PC release of Akalabeth). Ultima I, while not fully playable, does support saving/loading the game.

KEYBOARD CONTROLS
Only the keyboard controls for Akalabeth are documented here.

Akalabeth is played entirely with the keyboard. To make choices from menus, press the first letter of the menu choice (e.g. F to buy Food at the Adventure Shop menu).

During gameplay, the following keystrokes are supported:

S   Show character stats (hit points, equipment, etc)

P   Pause/Resume

Space
    Pass

F11 Toggle original/enhanced graphics

F12 Enable/disable music

  Outdoors

Up/Down/Left/Right Arrows
    Move North/South/East/West

E   Enter Town or Castle

  In Dungeons

Up  Move Forward

Down
    Turn Around

Left/Right
    Turn Left/Right

A   Attack

E   Climb Ladder or Descend into Hole

FILES

/etc/ucr/ucr.conf
    Config file for ucr. Sets the paths to the game data, the screen size, and a few other variables. Not well documented, but fairly self-explanatory. The settings for u2 through u6 don't do anything, as these games were never implemented in ucr.

AUTHORS
Akalabeth and the Ultima games were created by Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British.

ucr written by Gregory Maculo <prmths@emptyspaces.net>

Man page created by B. Watson, for the SlackBuilds.org project. Permission hereby granted to use this man page anywhere, for any purpose.