# Ultima VII: The Black Gate

> Ultima VII: The Black Gate is Origin Systems' 1992 role-playing game for MS-DOS, in which the Avatar returns to Britannia to investigate a ritual murder.

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- Console: Windows
- Released: 1992
- Developer: Origin Systems

Ultima VII: The Black Gate was developed by Origin Systems and published in 1992 for MS-DOS, followed by the Forge of Virtue add-on. Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle followed in 1993. The Avatar returns to Britannia two hundred years after the previous game to find a murder in Trinsic and a new religion, the Fellowship.

It is known for a detailed, seamless world in which almost every object can be moved or used, with daily schedules for its people and real-time combat.

## Ultima VII: The Black Gate PC Ports

- [Exult](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/ultima7/ports/exult/index.md): Exult is an open-source engine that plays Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Serpent Isle on modern Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with their add-ons and many improvements.