Re: WTB: Ultima IV,V,VI(?)

[gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)]

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*crossposted and followups directed to c.s.a2 where the thread now belongs.
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>>:: Hi. I'm looking to buy Ultima's IV, V, and VI (if it exists for the
>>:: apple). Thanks.
>>:Ultima VI is not available for the Apple.  It was made exclusively for 
>>:the PC.  IV and V are most definitely available though...

>>        Ultima VI was also made for the C64. I remember reading that they 
>>were planning on doing a II or IIgs version but that was around the same 
>>time the the Apple game market was dying. I guess they scrapped the project. 
>The Apple IIgs market died before the C64...how embarrassing.  Of course,
>now, the iIgs market is stronger, simply because we can do so much more
>than C64's ever could (except run Ultima VI, of course :).

	story I heard is that (Lord British) tried to write an
Apple// version, but ultimately (no pun intended) determined it
wasn't possible.


	...after Ultima V, the games just weren't worth playing...
what do you mean I don't use the entire keyboard!? =^)
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