Ultimate Knight Windom XP

Ultimate Knight Windom XP is a PC-based Indie Game developed by Y.Kamada in Japan. It is a game which features 3D humanoid robots which the player is able to control and fight battles with. It is sometimes known as "Wyndham XP", "UKWXP", or "Windom XP" for short.

It is inspired by the Gundam Series franchise, with similar 3D model designs to several Gundams in the anime.

The game is the sequel to the game Windom XP

History

On December 29, 2008, Y.Kamada released the very first version titled "Ultimate Knight Windom XP". It is the first version of the game, with many patches spanning from v1.000 to v1.009 in both English and Japanese languages

On January 6, 2009, the trial for the English translated version of the game by Curious Factory was released.

On February 7, 2009, the translated version by Curious Factory was placed for sale.

On December 17, 2009, "Ultimate Knight Windom XP - Power Up Kit", a new version of the game was released in Japan with a price of 1000yen spanning from v2.000 to v2.008. The original game engine is modified to fit more scripting commands and ingame features.

On August 14, 2010, v2.005 was released, with an additional "Berserker" state in the game. The game latency coding was also improved for online gaming purposes. This update has a price tag of 1500yen inclusive of tax.

On December 31, 2012, "Ultimate Knight Windom XP - SV Lite", was released for a price of 1000yen. The gameplay has been changed to resembles the PlayStation 3 Gundam game, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs., with an option to create an account for online gameplay.

Game Details

Following v1.000, the game has a total of 17 different machines for use. In v2.000, 5 more was added bringing the count to 22. With the introduction of v2.005 another 2 was added bringing the total count to 24.

The 3D humanoid robots were named after computers with slight variations or none at all. Names such as "Windom" and "Linux" can be seen throughout the game.

The machines in the game follows an Unlock System, where finishing "Arcade Mode" in either Easy, Normal, or Hard enables the player to unlock a new mech.

v2.008 Unlock list

MS-98 -> Millennium
Millennium -> Millennium-R
Millennium-R -> Millennium-B
Millennium-B -> Millennium II
Windom XP -> Windom XP Type-B
Windom XP Type-B -> Windom XP SP3
Windom XP SP3 -> Windom Talisker
Windom Talisker -> Windom TaliskerWP
Windom Vista -> Windom BlackComb
Windom 2K -> Windom 2000 SP1
Windom 2000 SP1 -> Nothing
Windom BlackComb -> Nothing
All Other Windoms -> Windom Vienna
Windom Vienna -> Nothing
Linux BlackSelena -> Linux Cymbidium
Linux Iris -> Linux Anthurium
Linux Cymbidium -> Nothing
Linux Anthurium -> Nothing
All Other Linux -> Linux Primula
Linux Primula -> Linux Ranunculus
Linux Ranunculus -> Linux Licorice
Linux Licorice -> Linux Fennel
Linux Fennel -> Linux Ansium

In total, there are 8 modes available for gameplay. Arcade, Survival, Practice, Team Battle, Blitz Tactics, Hanger, Local Battle, and Online Battle modes.

Arcade Mode

5 stages are featured for gameplay. Each requiring the player to complete the task of destroying a number of enemies before he can move on. At the end of the last stage, the player can receive a new mecha depending on which machine he was playing with.

Survival Mode

As its namesake suggests, player continues to play until he loses all his lives. The highest score would then be recorded, which would be view-able in Score Ranking.

Practice

Allows the player to hone his skills with bots that can be controlled by using the Control + Numpad functions. "Tab" shows a list of commands that can be used.

Team Battle

Features gameplay between 2 teams of 17 random mecha, including the player's machine. Game ends when one side has all of their machines destroyed.

Blitz Tactics Mode

Features gameplay between battleships as well as mechas. In this mode, it is possible to "summon" more machines to your side by simply landing on the Summon TEXtures. The game ends when one side has the mothership fully destroyed.

Hanger

Allows the player to equip items or change the colour scheme for any unlocked machines. These items and colors can be found in Arcade Mode. While colors can be found in all difficulties, not all items can be found in all difficulties.

In Easy Mode, only rank C and D items can be found. In Normal Mode, only rank B, C, D items can be found. In Hard Mode, only rank S, A, B, C items can be found.

This is a list of equips available in game

Class S
Power
Increase Attack ability
Defense
Increase Defence ability
Generator
Strengthens generator
Aegis
Raises durability and mobility
Sleipnir
Strengthens Attack and mobility
Mjollnir
Increase Fighting Power drastically
Draupnir
Strengthens Defence and mobility
Brisingamen
Strengthens Attack and Energy
Hringhorni
Largely strengthens mobility
MeginGjord
Raises near battle ability and move
Class A
N
Class B
N
Class C
N
Class D
D Class/Defense
This item lets defensive ability increase
Beam Defense Power +5
Physical Defense Power +5
D Class/Generator (Increase Energy Recovery)
This item strengthens generator
Energy Recovery +5
D Class/Generator (Increase Max Energy)
This item strengthens generator
Max Energy +5
D Class/Power (Long-dist)
This item lets offensive ability increase
Long-distance Attack Power +5
D Class/Power (Short-dist)
This item lets offensive ability increase
Short-dist Attack Power +5

Local Battle Mode

Allows custom versus with either other players or bots, up to a maximum of 4 players at one go.

Online Battle Mode

Allows players to play between computers. The tradeoff, however, is that the versions must be the exact same.

Game Modifications

The line of Windom XP games have generally been modifiable.

The game itself consisted of an encryption which originally prevented modders from modifying the game. On June 1, 2009, a China Software developer who goes by the name zhmwwl cracked the encryption of the game. From there, she found out that the game is actually moddable, based on all of the files and notes that were left behind by Y.Kamada. From there, she wrote a program that helps modders to decrypt the files for modification purposes, as well as to re-encrypt the modified files to be played in-game.

There have been a number of game mods available for Ultimate Knight Windom XP. Here is a list of order in which they first appeared in.

1. GundamClone

2. Zone of the Gundam

3. Zone of the Gundam 2

4. Seedmod

5. Zone of the Gundam 5

7. JAM Mod

10. MSV Mod (Mobile Suit Variants)

External links

• Official Ultimate Knight Windom XP website
• Official Ultimate Knight Windom XP English website
• zhmwwl's Blog
• Official ModdB Modding Website
• Ultimate Knight Windom XP Modding Forum, 3DGundam
• Ultimate Knight Windom XP Modding Forum, Winz00e
• Ultimate Knight Windom XP Modding Forum, AmechA
• Ultimate Knight Windom XP Modding Forum, Windom RBThai
• Ultimate Knight Windom XP Modding Forum, Windom Extreme VS

References

1. Ultimate Knight Windom XP News Updates

Under Dates:

2008.11.30

2009.12.17

2010.8.18