Ultima VII - The Black Gate is an action role-playing video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco. It is the seventh game in the Ultima series, and is a remake of the 1987 game Ultima VII. It was released for the Super Nintendo in Japan on October 8, 1995. The game is set in the world of Britannia, where the player controls a party of characters as they travel to different parts of the world in order to stop a powerful Dark Elf general, Merlin, from achieving world domination. The game features a new battle system, in which the player can choose from a variety of weapons and magic to defeat the enemy. The game received critical acclaim, and was considered one of the best role-playing games ever made. It has been praised for its innovative and well-done graphics, and its unique and memorable gameplay.