Back in 1992 very few people had a PC and the notion of gaming rigs was a pretty new concept. Computers were really expensive and unless I am mistaken laptops didn't exist. There weren't many games released for this very small market segment but I was one of the consumers because my father had a computer-oriented job.
We were only allowed to use the computer when he was not at home and while there were a lot of games that consumed a great deal of time Ultima 7 was the first one that I recall being as massive as it was.
The box itself was ominous and art less and the game itself was just massive for the time-period. If you didn't have the chance to play any of the prior games The Black Gate was pretty revolutionary for its time. It was one of the first RPG's to be largely played with the mouse. Hotkeys could be assigned to the keyboard but this was unnecessary for overall play.
While we were still a few years away from Diablo at this point in time, this Ultima release was actually pretty graphic in a way that wasn't often seen in home games. There was blood, gore, and demons the likes of which typically didn't appear in games in the early 90's.
Also, the world was just impressively massive (this would probably be the equivalent of a small village these days but at the time it was epic!)
You had access to a massive amount of customization and the game was just loaded with hidden secrets. In a time when there was no internet, you had to find these things out on your own or splash out $20 for a physical guide book.
It was also the first game i remember playing where you could murder almost anyone in the game. This would have long-standing ramifications of course but it did add an entirely new level to replay value. I think almost anyone that ever played the game decided at one point or another to go on a massive spree of killing indiscriminately but quickly found out the game was really difficult when every city had a price on your head.
The graphics appear primitive now but this was a different time and the graphics as well as the music was the greatest thing we had seen up to this point.
There was a SNES version of this game that was released but it had a game-killing bug that I can't believe made it to market. Chests and enemies would respawn if you left an area and this allowed the collection of vast amounts of sometimes unique items and this cheat was immediately exploited by everyone that ever played it thus enabling a 50 hour game to be completed in half an hour or so.
This game would bore people to tears in 2019 but if you want to have a go, the ROM is available here for free.