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{{Game
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|image=Ultima VII Black Gate box.jpg
|title=Ultima VII: The Black Gate
|title=Ultima VII: The Black Gate
|image=[[Image:Ultima VII Black Gate box.jpg]]
|developer=[[Origin Systems]]
|developer=[[Origin Systems]]
|publisher=[[Origin Systems]]
|publisher=[[Origin Systems]]
|categories=[[RPG]]
|year=1992
|systems=[[MS-DOS]]
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|released=[[1992]]
|ratings="Voluntarily rated MP-13 (For Mature Players)"
|genre=[[RPG]]
|players=1
|players=1
|ratings="Voluntarily rated MP-13 (For Mature Players)"
|modes=[[Single player]]
|expansion=[[Ultima VII: Forge of Virtue]]
|preceded by=[[Ultima VI: The False Prophet]]
|preceded by=[[Ultima VI: The False Prophet]]
|followed by=[[Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle]]
|followed by=[[Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle]]
|series=Ultima
|pcgamingwiki=Ultima VII: The Black Gate
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:''For the [[:Category:SNES|Super Nintendo]] and [[PlayStation Portable]] version see [[Ultima: The Black Gate]]''.
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'''Ultima VII: The Black Gate''' was a landmark title in the {{c|Ultima}} series. It is widely held as one of the best in the series (along with [[Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar]] and [[Ultima VI: The False Prophet]]).


'''Ultima VII: The Black Gate''' was a landmark title in the [[:Category:Ultima|Ultima]] series. It is widely held as one of the best in the series (along with [[Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar]] and [[Ultima VI: The False Prophet]]).
After being taunted by a mysterious being who calls himself Guardian, a moongate appears. The Avatar arrives back in Britannia once more, and is immediately confronted with a grisly murder. As he investigates he discovers this is more than just a simple murder. The world is changed from his last visit: magic is failing and unpredictable, the moongates are malfunctioning, and in fact the whole land is in danger of falling prey to the Guardian.


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The game was quickly followed by the [[Ultima VII: Forge of Virtue|Forge of Virtue]] expansion disk which added the Isle of Fire, and the following year the pseudo-sequel [[Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle]] was released.
After being taunted by a mysterious being who calls himself The Guardian, a moongate appears. The Avatar arrives back in Britannia once more, and is immediately confronted with a grisly murder. As he investigates he discovers this is more than just a simple murder. The world is changed from his last visit: magic is failing and unpredictable, the moongates are malfunctioning, and in fact the whole land is in danger of falling prey to The Guardian.


The game was quickly followed by the Forge of Virtue expansion disk which introduced the [[Ultima VII: The Black Gate/Isle of Fire|Isle of Fire]], and the following year the pseudo-sequel [[Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle]] was released. In [[1994]] a totally different version called [[Ultima: The Black Gate]] was released for the [[Super Nintendo]], replacing murders with kidnapping and utterly redesigning the world map, among other changes. In [[2006]] this version was released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of [[EA Replay]].
In [[1994]] an action-adventure remake (titled ''[[Ultima: The Black Gate]]'' without numeral) was released for the [[Super Nintendo]], replacing murders with kidnapping and adopting many gameplay elements from ''[[Ultima: Runes of Virtue]]'' 1 [[Ultima: Runes of Virtue II|& 2]]. In [[2006]] this version was released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of [[EA Replay]].


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