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Re: Ultima V remake. Work in Progress

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On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 2:15:19 p.m. UTC-7, Commodore Clifford wrote:
> On 10 Feb 23 12:05:49 Atari8guy wrote...
> AA> I hope either the current attempt or someone else finishes it. I 
> AA> only ever finished Exodus (Ultima III), my copy of IV got bunged up 
> AA> when I was a kid and I haven't had that kind of time since. I keep 
> AA> meaning to play it and then move over to the ST for V and VI - oh if 
> AA> only I had the time. 
> AA> 
> AA> --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
> To which Commodore Clifford replies...
> A few years back, I started on a quest (Tillek's Ultimate Quest) to play 
> through all the Ultimas, at least likely till U6, on the real retro 
> hardware. I did win U1 and U2 already on the Atari 8-bit, and then 
> playin U3 from the original disks I had as a kid (U3 was my first Ultima 
> game, then I had U4 and U2). Played U2 from the original BITD disks too. 
> 
> I never owned a complete U1, but I did get a bunch of disks from an ebay 
> purchase that had an original U1 disk (disk only) so that's what I used 
> for U1. 
> 
> For U4, I might use my BITD disks, but I'm also thinking about using the 
> AtariMax cart version. I'm kinda torn. I had the cart for U3 but didn't 
> use it. 
> 
> U5 will be the challenge... ST or Apple? Gotta play one on the Apple at 
> some point. Also want to play something on the ST. Thinking about U4 on 
> the Apple too.... never owned it, but that was my first Ultima experience 
> ever... U4 on a friend's Apple ][e. 
> 
> For U6, I'm thinking the C128 since it has a darker background. I hate 
> the color scheme for the ST version. 
> 
> Of course, there still is the Wizard's Crown series, Bard's Tale... 
> 
> A little AutoDuel, just for some variety......... 
> 
> Man... I'm going to need to finnd a job with more PTO.

Time is always the issue!!!  I haven't even had time to setup my gear lately much less play a game.  I do have 3 and 4 on Atarimax carts, plus I owned them both as originals - just gotta make the time.  I also would like to play Wizardry at some point, perhaps on an Apple II emulator...

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  Re: Ultima V remake. Work in Progress Atari8guy <latchguy@gmail.com> - 2023-02-10 12:05 -0800
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