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    I can finally play Ultima IX as it was meant to be! (Using the Morrowind engine!)

     

    ULTIMA IX

    http://ultima.cfkasp..._redemption.php

     

    What you think Arkhan? Gonna try it?

     

    Of course I am going to try it.

     

    You could put Ultima on a pile of dog crap and I'd try it.

    I mean, that's what they did with Ultima IX in the first place!

     

    :D

     

     

    Seriously though, Morrowind is the best TES engine, honestly. So, an Ultima game in it had better be awesome.

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    I'd rather use the 100$ buying some old stuff I want.

     

    Like more Ultima games.

     

     

     

     

    All the crap I've seen for Ouya so far are just ports basically. It's like "oh we're going to rebuild our Android game for the Ouya store!"

     

     

     

    It's not a console. It's a cellphone that can't call people. This is why it will fail. You can't take a console and apply mobile gamings marketing to it.

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    I suspect MSX would have been similar to the CoCo computeres here in the US.

     

    Some people had them. Most all of them wished they'd grew up with a C64 instead.

     

    Or, they had an Apple II, because they were a rich bastard! :)

     

     

    The C64 just kinda tore everything else apart.

  9. Posted · Edited by Arkhan

    The following is by no means meant to insult William, and the rest of the dudes/dudettes making the games, because they're all awesome, and I am down with what they're doing.

     

     

    Anyway.

     

    The article just kind of reeks of ignorance on the author's part. My favorite part was:

     

    "Though they were crafted in the 21st Century, the games bear a purely retro aesthetic. The characters and objects move fluidly across the screen, but they are blocky and pixelated. The graphics are more visually crude than those on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, which was released in 1985."

     

    No kidding. It's not like the Intellivision is suddenly capable of modern graphics because it's the 21st century. Duh.

     

     

    Us homebrew-folk have been making and publishing our own games for dead consoles since before I was out of elementary school. Long before I personally got involved in doing the same thing. It's not a new thing, and it's not a one team movement.

     

    There've been homebrew releases published for just about every console and computer... and there is already teams out there doing something similar with publication.

     

    So, it's just a bit comical to read the comments (and the article) because it sounds like there's apparently alot of people who have no idea this is old news with a new platform involved..

     

     

    I guess in that regard, I am glad the article exists. Maybe the article will cause people to be a little more adventurous and realize they could probably find at least 1 homebrew game to buy for any old machine they used to own and play on.

     

    A giant "F#$%ing Duh!" sign, for people.

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    A IIc+ is worth more than a regular IIc for sure. I think they run around $100+. What's nice is that the IIc+ doesn't have a proprietary power cable.

     

    A IIc with issues may be worth $25 or less, but a working tested IIc with power is worth a bit more, like $50+.

     

    I will take some photos. I didn't before because noone seemed interested anyway.

     

    Both machines have been tested and work. It's just the IIc's internal disk drive seems to need some work. It works fine with an external drive. I need to get those looked at too though since sometimes they can be a bit dodgy. My guess is they were banged around in storage from the people who I got them from.

     

     

    Honestly though, I would really just like a IIe setup that works solid, and wouldn't mind getting rid of BOTH of these things.

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    And we've seen zero of these carts in thrift stores/ebay auctions/laying around on the street why? I'm assuming Japan.

     

    how often do you find import games at thrift stores?

     

     

    I've seen (and bought) tons of MSX carts off eBay for reasonable prices.

     

     

    The majority of MSX1 games were on tape. they were converted to disk later.

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    Well, what is basically any gaming system doing that a PC can't already do? ;)

     

    JRPGs!

     

    YEAH!

     

    :)

     

    The two (Consoles and PCs) get different games, just by nature for some reason. It's not that the two can't do these things. It's that they don't.

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    I had a frustrating time with Ultima V because I immediately bought it when it was released on the C64 back in the late 80's and by that time the game had gotten a little too big for the C64. Disk swaps, food running out and the Shadowlords appearing in every damn town pissed me off. When I played it later on other systems it was much much better and I missed the music!

     

    I finally finished that game on the PC and I agree one of the best Ultima's. For me 3-7 are the best.

     

    Can anyone vouch for Ultima VI? It also made the list of top games of all time.....on those internet lists.......

     

    Ultima VI is great. It's really an amazing feat, the whole smooth, seamless world and all.

     

    There are a few quirks. The music is great, but the cues are ABRUPT. I mean, damn. You'll be walking around and all the sudden that loud MIDI brass stuff just pounds your ear drums.

     

    I really liked the art in the game. It's very vibrant. The whole gargoyle story arc was excellent as well, and the combat still remains fairly tactical.

     

    If you play it with a Roland MT-32, your eardrums will love you forever.

     

     

    It also still has the investigation/exploration of the old games that sort of changed with Ultima VII. The clicky-word choice stuff kinda bummed me out in 7.

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