Recomp / Games / Apple II

Open Sosaria

Engine reimplementation of the original 1981 Apple II Ultima for modern PCs, keeping its mechanics and data compatibility.

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Facts

Original
Ultima (1981) (1981)
Platform
Apple II
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Not stated what this means
Status
released
Licence
MIT
Team
delcodigo
Started
2026-03
Runs on
Windows, Linux, macOS
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Ultima (1981) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by delcodigo. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction

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