Underplayed Gems

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1997)

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss cover
Developer
Looking Glass Technologies
Publisher
Electronic Arts Victor
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A slow, immersive descent through a shadowy underground maze where careful exploration and tension matter more than action.

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About

The PlayStation port of Ultima Underworld I, released exclusively in Japan, features a number of enhancements and changes from the original, including new 3D polygonal graphics, a new controls and tweaked game play optimized for the console, remixed soundtrack and new video intro.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.