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Amazing game. While on vacation last week, I was eating at a restaurant overlooking the deep blue ocean and the background music playing was the Ultima theme song. I seemed to be the only one who recognized it and right there and then, I proudly basked in a glorious solitary moment of radiant geekiness and nostalgia as I thought of shimano, iolo and all the rest of the characters that made up that amazing place called Britannia.


Shamino. Shimano is cycyling gear.

Iolo. Lord British. The Avatar. The Guardian.

U6, U7/1, U7/2 and UW2 were glorious worlds.


This is not a coincidence. No source but I once read an interview that confirms the name came from misreading the brand name.


Oops shamino. I was introduced to shamino before shimano !


That sounds bizarre, what restaurant was playing the Ultima theme song?


Quite bizarre! Yet cool.

It was on an island in an undisclosed location and was playing in one of the restaurants there.

Luckily, I shazamed it and here is the song:

Coral by Bonnie & Klein

https://open.spotify.com/track/5A68wTRRwqAPqEpGj2HZgM

You need to listen around minute 4:00 for the loop




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