Editing Ultima (series) (section)

==Reception==
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In the United States, the first five ''Ultima'' games had collectively sold more than {{formatnum:{{#expr:50000+100000+120000+100000+100000}}|}} copies for home computers by 1990.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Book Of Ultima |edition=second |date=1990 |pages=16, 23, 35 |url=https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialBookOfUltima/page/n28}}</ref> In Japan, total sales of [[Pony Canyon]]'s Japanese versions of the ''Ultima'' series had reached nearly 100,000 copies on home computers and over 300,000 units on the [[Famicom]] (Nintendo Entertainment System), by 1990.<ref name=sales3>{{cite journal| author=Ferrell, Keith |title=The Japan Factor|date=November 1990 |issue=123| journal=[[Compute!]] | pages=22–29 }}</ref>

In 1996, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' ranked the ''Ultima'' series as collectively the 55th top game of all time, commenting that, "While the graphics and playing style change with the technological leaps of the day, [it] has been the most consistent source of roleplaying excitement in history."<ref>''Next Generation'' 21 (September 1996), p.51.</ref> In 1999, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' listed the ''Ultima'' series as number 18 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "Most PC RPGs are about hacking and slashing through anything that moves, usually while crawling through a dungeon. The ''Ultima'' series, however, has always been firmly grounded in a world where a character's virtues are as important as their armor class in determining success."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 50 Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=50 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999|page=78}}</ref> In 2000, Britannia was included in [[GameSpot]]'s list of the ten best game worlds, called "the oldest and one of the most historically rich gameworlds."<ref>{{cite web|date=2004-10-27|title=The Ten Best Gameworlds: Britannia (Ultima series) &#124; GameSpot|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_worlds/world4.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318140424/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_worlds/world4.html|archive-date=March 18, 2013|access-date=2013-08-11|website=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref>