Goochman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 By "new version" you mean the additional quest after beating the game, right? Correct - I found my old emails with Sven, he uses alot of Cryptograms in the additional quest as puzzles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Beat it. Tried moving onto the SMS port of IV, but all the bright colors don't feel very Ultima. And the music gets grating awfully quick =) Maybe I'll have to skip playing this one portably and just pull out the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Beat it. Tried moving onto the SMS port of IV, but all the bright colors don't feel very Ultima. And the music gets grating awfully quick =) Maybe I'll have to skip playing this one portably and just pull out the laptop. Did you beat the 'new quest' or just the original U3 one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Just the original. I might come back to the new quest later if I can ever get through the rest of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Maybe I'll have to skip playing this one portably and just pull out the laptop. Actually, I completely forgot about the DOS emulator for the DS. Though the tiny touchscreen keyboard isn't exactly a joy to type with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 FM towns version on Ebay: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290690255955 Lots of money though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 FM towns version on Ebay: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290690255955 Lots of money though... Want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Me too. It looks like a poster under the paper map but I'm not sure. Was really surprised to see this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) Ultima 8 is out on GOG.com I was wondering if I should get it for $5.99 and never again have to worry about trying to get it running with DOSBOX. Its one of the few Ultima's I have never finished. Edited April 25, 2012 by cimerians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) I just use the patches at reconstruction.voyd.net and, the game blows. You aren't missing anything by not finishing it. Hell, OSI didn't even finish it. It's missing parts. You can patch them in. I think R.V.N has them. It was a great idea on paper, but a terrible, goony ass game. It's the platform jumping that kills it. Its a fun game up until the point where you're getting hosed by the dodgy jumping. Also, the Avatar looks like some Monty Python disaster. I didn't like that. Edited April 25, 2012 by Arkhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I just use the patches at reconstruction.voyd.net and, the game blows. You aren't missing anything by not finishing it. Hell, OSI didn't even finish it. It's missing parts. You can patch them in. I think R.V.N has them. It was a great idea on paper, but a terrible, goony ass game. It's the platform jumping that kills it. Its a fun game up until the point where you're getting hosed by the dodgy jumping. Also, the Avatar looks like some Monty Python disaster. I didn't like that. haha I agree and I think thats why I stopped playing it in the 90's. I never got that far but it did seem interesting. I remember calling the Avatar buckethead. You can never remove the helmet if I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Origin released a patch to fix the death by bad jump issue - it made the usability alot better so I presume the GoG release would have that version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 The only way to truly fix the bad jumping is to have never put jumping into an Ultima game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I've got the pre-patched version of the game and never had any real issues with the jumping. ...there were a couple other bugs I had issues with, though... ¬_¬ But on the whole, I liked the game a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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