I had a special connection to Ultima when I was a kid, cause my dad worked for Origin Systems for at least a couple years. He used to bring home alot of games for me to play when he worked there, around the time Ultima VI came out to after Ultima VII, if I remember correctly. I especially loved one of the Ultima VI offshoots, Martian Dreams. I loved the concept, and I played it for a long time, until a bug in the game kept crashing the computer, and I gave up after that. It had to be one of the cooler places one's dad could work. Richard Garriot (aka Lord Britannia) had the coolest mansion any kid could ever imagine, filled with secret passages, and indoor pool, an observatory on top..... and man, his 4th of July birthday parties were the best. I have alot of great memories, actually....those were good days.