# Nuvie: an engine for Ultima VI and its companions

> Nuvie reimplements an engine for Ultima VI, Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire that reads the original game data. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and its development has moved to ScummVM.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie/blob/759cc0c33bb1a555d6935976c467e52007c3aea1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuvie-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuvie-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nuvie-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original data files from the supported games are required.
- **Prerequisites:** LibSDL is required to compile the standalone engine.
- **Limits:** The author reports Ultima VI is completable; support for Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire is still being added.
- **License:** GPL-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie/blob/759cc0c33bb1a555d6935976c467e52007c3aea1/README.md>

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