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- From: chenh@cs.uwp.edu (Howard Chen)
- Subject: Re: Ultima Underworld 2 is out (really)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.055434.21965@cs.uwp.edu>
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:54:34 GMT
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- Mitch Aigner (mitcha@sail.LABS.TEK.COM) wrote:
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- : Ultima Underworld 2 : Labyrinth of Worlds is here.
-
- : No Schlitz !!!!!
-
- : Got it at Software Etc., here in Portland, Oregon
-
- : Price: $68 (Ouch!)
-
- : System requirements (from box):
- : MINIMUM:
- : 386SX or better
- : MS-DOS 3.3 or better (I assume this means that OS/2 won't work)
- : 2 Meg RAM
- : 14 Meg HD
- : Expanded memory manager
- : 256-color VGA capability
-
- : RECOMENDED:
- : 386/20 or beter
- : Microsoft (or 100% compatible) mouse
- : sound board
-
- : MUSIC/SOUND:
- : Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1
- : SPEECH/SOUND:
- : Sound Blaster only
-
- : Box contains:
- : Players guide
- : Installation instructions
- : Reference Card
- : Large paper map of Lord British's Castle
- : Passage through Brittania book (Background story, description of monsters)
- : Five 3 1/2" floppies
-
- : Features (also from box):
- : 8 new worlds (+ castle)
- : 30% larger view window
- : Higher-res graphics, more animation frames for monsters
- : Multi-level obstacles, moving terrain, pressure-sensitive triggers
- : More detailed portraits of characters, whose reactions depend on your decisions
- : New magical spells
- : New terrain features, slippery ice, dangerous water currents
- : Screen capture to .GIF (can be used with the automap)
- : Music, speech, sound (Need Sound Blaster for speech option)
-
- : I haven't started it yet (having had it in my possesion for all of 10 minutes)
- : Just thought I'd let you know (in the interest of generating envy)
- : My girlfriend is going to be really annoyed (she hates competing with a
- : computer for my attention, and still remembers what I was like when Underworld
- : 1 came out).
-
- : Mitch Aigner
-
- : P.S. Software Etc. here doesn't have any more copies, but they can at least
- : verify that the game is indeed out.
-
- : P.S.S. I also called Egghead Software. The sales drone said that it hadn't
- : been released yet (Ha). Since Egghead buys in bulk, and then distributes
- : to their stores from a central warehouse, I would expect it there in
- : about a week.
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