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- From: PAULR@hacks.arizona.edu (Paul Richards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Re: Ultima Underworld 2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.152056.4216@arizona.edu>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 22:15:24 GMT
- References: <hyiu.34jq@terapin.com> <1ihpfmINNf1b@hp-col.col.hp.com>
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- Organization: The Camelot System (Excalibur)
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- In-Reply-To: smb@col.hp.com's message of 7 Jan 93 17:32:38 GMT
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- In <1ihpfmINNf1b@hp-col.col.hp.com> smb@col.hp.com writes:
-
- > hyiu@terapin.com (Henry Yiu) writes:
- > > In article <C0Fnys.1Gn@dunaad.co.uk>, dan@dunaad.co.uk (Dan Hunter) writes:
- > > >
- > > >Hi, could sombody tell me what kind of PC you need to play this game
- > > >specificaly if it will run on a 386 20.
- > > >Thanks in advance,
- > > >DAN
- > > >
- >
- > Does anyone really have this game yet? Has it been released? Where
- > can you get it and for how much?
- >
- > -Sam
-
- Yes, I have it...it will run ok on a 386-33, though sometimes it appears to be
- slow. I can only assume this is when it loads the overlays into memory, for it
- tends to speed up as you play for a few minutes. A 386-20 SHOULD be able to
- handle it, though wether you'll need to turn the detail down or not is
- debateable. This game is INCREDIBLE - better than 1, IMAO. The wandering
- person detail is much better, there are more people about (you start out in
- Lord British's castle, which interestingly enough is encased in some black
- crystal with everyone in it). The mapping is the same, and I even think the
- basic engine is the same, with some additions/modifications. Support for
- soundcards is still limited to SB, SBPRO, and the older ones. No PAS, PAS-16,
- GUS or other such new cards. I'm not sure how much it goes for on the street,
- considering someone bought it for me (late xmas thing).
-
- Paul Richards
- paulr@hacks.arizona.edu
-