opentyrian2000 vs UltimaHacks

opentyrian2000

An open-source port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian. (by KScl)

Patches which add features to, and improve the usability of, the 1990s video games Ultima VII (BG and SI) and Ultima Underworld (I and II), along with a program to compile and apply these patches. (by JohnGlassmyer)

ultima-vii Game ultima-underworld uw1 uw2

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johnglassmyer.github.io

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opentyrian2000		UltimaHacks
	Project
6	Mentions	14
63	Stars	111
-	Growth	-
5.0	Activity	1.7
2 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
C	Language	Assembly
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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opentyrian2000

Posts with mentions or reviews of opentyrian2000. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-01.

20 spaceships that sorta look like some sort of produce
2 projects | /r/lego | 1 Dec 2022

Both Tyrian and -2K have open source ports: openTyrian, OpenTyrian2k
Ports suggestion for OnionOS
4 projects | /r/MiyooMini | 28 Nov 2022

- OpenTyrian and OpenTyrian2000 (fork from the original): https://github.com/opentyrian/opentyrian https://github.com/KScl/opentyrian2000
Open source re-implementation projects and game clones.
49 projects | /r/FoamList | 28 Aug 2021
Why are there still no real competition for the Sims games in 2021?
15 projects | /r/pcgaming | 28 Aug 2021
SiN: Gold's (90s FPS) source code has been released by Nightdive Studios
2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 9 Aug 2021

I've never tried this one, but I saw this a little while ago: https://github.com/KScl/opentyrian2000
[GOG] Free for a month: Syndicate Plus™, Syndicate Wars, and Ultima Underworld I & II (-100% off/ FREE)
6 projects | /r/GameDeals | 6 Aug 2021

For Tyrian 2000 you have OpenTyrian 2000 which runs without DosBox and comes with modern OS support and bug fixes.

UltimaHacks

Posts with mentions or reviews of UltimaHacks. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-21.

Old 3d rpgs(or not) to play on weak laptop
1 project | /r/gamingsuggestions | 3 Apr 2023
Making Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 playable on modern systems
1 project | /r/retrogaming | 26 Feb 2023
Looking for games like elder scrolls daggerfall.
1 project | /r/gamingsuggestions | 14 Feb 2023
I'm new and have a question.
2 projects | /r/Ultima | 21 Nov 2022
Does keyring mod change too much stuff?
1 project | /r/Ultima | 30 May 2022

My favorite way to play is with https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks
Beamdog style update of Ultima VII?
1 project | /r/Ultima | 12 Apr 2022

There's the GOG Version with Ultima Hacks. Has a lot of quality of life improvements.
ultima underworld question
1 project | /r/Ultima | 16 Oct 2021

GOG is fine, I've got several games with them, no problems. Also, check John Glassmyer's Ultima Patcher, he has patched mouselook for UW1, and it works very well. Here's a link explaining what the patcher does.
Syndicate Plus, Syndicate Wars and Ultima Underworld I & II - Free for a month on GOG.com
1 project | /r/Games | 6 Aug 2021

And luckily, someone created a mouselook mod for them recently that works very similarly to System Shock Enhanced Edition. It also lets you interact with objects using the E key rather than choosing "open/use" every time, which is huge as well. You can get it here: https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks
[GOG] Free for a month: Syndicate Plus™, Syndicate Wars, and Ultima Underworld I & II (-100% off/ FREE)
6 projects | /r/GameDeals | 6 Aug 2021

https://johnglassmyer.github.io/UltimaHacks/ -
At the publisher's request, Ultima Underworld 1+2, Syndicate Plus, and Syndicate Wars will be delisted from GOG this Monday
3 projects | /r/Games | 24 Jun 2021

Wow that really sucks. Ultima Underworld is an incredible game that 100% holds up today with the only exception being the controls, which thankfully someone has mostly fixed by adding a mouselook toggle and WASD controls: https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks (there is also a Unity port, but it has some pretty major bugs/missing features still).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing opentyrian2000 and UltimaHacks you can also consider the following projects:

dosbox-staging - DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and current development practices.

daggerfall-unity - Open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine

cemu_graphic_packs - Community Graphic Packs for Cemu

OpenKeeper - Dungeon Keeper II remake

opentyrian - An open-source port of the scrolling shooter Tyrian.

UnderworldExporter - Updated Release 27th Oct 2018 Unity based port of Ultima Underworld I and II. Download under releases

openjazz - OpenJazz

polishedcrystal - An upgrade to Pokémon Crystal. Brings features and content up to date, and adds some original content.

etlegacy - ET: Legacy is an open source project based on the code of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which was released in 2010 under the terms of the GPLv3 license.