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- From: dsblack@iastate.edu (Vilkata TDK)
- Subject: Re: Ultima/Origin Systems Info Needed
- Message-ID: <dsblack.721097134@vincent2.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Nov3.204927.2704@brandonu.ca> <83140@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:45:34 GMT
- Lines: 66
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- In <83140@ut-emx.uucp> foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov3.204927.2704@brandonu.ca> marshall@brandonu.ca (Edward S. Marshall) writes:
- >>Now for an Ultima question of my own...
- >>
- >>I've been out of touch with Origin System's newer products. Matter of fact,
- >>the last program I purchased from them was Ultima V, and the last stuff I saw
- >>coming from there was Omega and Times of Lore.
- >>
- >>I've heard rumors about Ultima VI and VII, but don't know much about them. If
- >>anyone has ANY information about them, PLEASE!!!! get in touch, preferably
- >>through e-mail.
- >>
- > >>>>Stuff deleted to please my net server...<<<<
- >>
- >>If you've heard of anything new coming out of Origin Systems, and particularly
- >>Lord British (Richard Garriott) work, I'd love to know about it. Thanks a lot!
- >Well, sorry to disappoint you and any other Origin fans, but, although it gave
- >them their birth, Origin has gone the way of so many other software companies
- >and dumped the Apple II line we all love so much. Living here in Origin Land
- >(Austin Texas) I have met quite a few people who work there. (Some even
- >suggested I apply for a job there, but....) In fact, the guy I bought most of
- >my GS stuff from was the last person to put a significant effort towards
- >writing the GS version of Ultima VI! I have a number of disks (unfortunately
- >erased) that have hand scrawled labels like "Ultima VI Source disk 1" and
- >"Ultima VI World Disk", etc. Bummer!
-
- Okay, Ulitma VI and VII are out for the IBM, and VIII is either out or almost
- done. Ultima VI is called "The False Prophet," and VII is "The Black Gate." I
- don't know what VIII is. I have seen VI and VII on a friend's IBM, and they
- are AWESOME. The graphics and sound are amazing. And in one of them (I'm
- pretty sure it's VII), I think it's entirely underground. Have you ever seen
- Castle Wolfenstein? I haven't seen the GS version, tho I know it's out, but
- another friend plays it on his IBM all the time. It's pretty cool, too--but
- the way you move in it is very similar to movement in Ultima VII. Very nice!
- One little thing I have noticed is that every time they release another one,
- another island pops up, and the towns get bigger and more smaller ones sprout.
- This hasn't stopped as of Ultima VII--Britannia is a huge city. Although I
- didn't see it, I saw the map, and it fills just about the whole area from
- slightly east of where it was, clear around the bay, to the area where the town
- Britain was. And all of the other cities (Magincia? don't know) have grown
- proportionally, too, with lots of little new towns.
-
- Don't get me wrong; I still prefer the Apple/Mac line over IBM, but I have to
- admit, they have some awesome stuff. To think that the GS would probably have
- _better_ stuff if they cared!
-
- Now, the good news: I heard (rumor!) that Ultima VI is either being released or
- maybe was even already released very recently for the GS. Why they would have
- waited this long, but then done it now, I don't know. I would very much like
- to see it, tho!
-
- While I'm on the awesome-IBM-programs-that-they-should-have-made-for-the-GS-
- years-ago topic, has anybody heard anything about Test Drive III? I know they
- weren't planning on making it, but I always cling to the hope that they'll
- change their minds....
-
- Sorry, that's all I know... Didn't do much other than raise the tension, did
- it? Oh, well...
-
- dsblack@iastate.edu
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