Wait, wait! I did purchase and play “Martian Dreams” long before “IX”. Still have my boxed copy of that as well. Does that count? That was an Ultima game, right?
But see, I bought that game right after I bought my first PC, and it may have been too complex for me to figure out at the time, since I barely could figure out how to get the damn game to run, much less play it. I did play it though, but again, I do not remember much about it, other than I planned to try it again a few years later, but never did.