Recomp / Games / MS-DOS

Underworld Revisited

Unity reimplementation of Ultima Underworld that follows the original rules and is fully playable using the GOG release's data, with an optional modern renderer.

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Facts

Original
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)
Platform
MS-DOS
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
AI-generated · README says the code has been written by Claude while the author directed and tested what this means
Status
released
Licence
MIT
Team
PQMarine
Started
2026-10
Runs on
Windows
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 Underworld: The Stygian Abyss you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

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

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