Re: Ultima IV wanted

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In article <1994Oct19.112156.33649@cobra.uni.edu>,
 <fishern3485@cobra.uni.edu> wrote:

>Allow me to let you all in on the secret.  Go boot up U4 and go to
>Iolo's hut, go talk to Mr. Ed. (the horse)  When you talk to him, he
>says "A".  If you ask him about "A", he says "A", and asks you "A?"
>If you respond "Y" or "N", he'll say "A"!  This was a biiiiig oops.
>
>The above is the default conversation each character was set to upon
>insertion into the game.  THEY FORGOT TO PROGRAM HIS DIALOGUE!!!!
>He is the one the guy outside the castle walls tells you to go ask
>about the riddle.  he was supposed to tell you "INFINITY", but didn't.
>
>If you play U5, go talk to Mr Ed there!  He'll even tell you he 'forgot'
>to tell you the answer to the riddle in U4!!!

Hehe.  Is this Mr. Ed, or Smith, the Talking Horse[tm]? 

>>Uh, maybe I'm missing something, but I played Ultima IV to completion without
>>cheating.  Multiple times.  Took a while to build stats up, but I didn't even
>>max out all characters at Level 8.  
>
>You had to guess the answer to the riddle.  Me?  I just did some intense
>disk searching and found the riddle ("INFI", only four letters required)
>in near the mantras I think.

The match-the-runes trick worked for me. 

Embarrassment: I got well into U IV, virtually to Abyss-storming strength,
with a Paladin as my lead character -- and couldn't find Katrina, the
Shepherdess.  Ended up restarting as a Shepherd just so I knew where my
seven companions would be.  I didn't find Katrina until I played Ultima V
and went back out of nostalgia to IV years later.

>yup.  BTW, what good was the glass sword???  Mine always shattered... (or
>was that in Ultima V?)

That was in Ultima V, and was VERY helpful in a pinch; wield it, and the
next monster you strike DIES.  Your sword breaks, but you can go get another
one from the Ankh alcove later.  Handy when you're battered and have one
too many dragons to blast your way through in a dungeon, or when you're 
low level, looking for equipment and find a dragon in the wilderness.  
WHOP!  Instant treasure chests.
 
		jeff.  who finds UltimaGS I veeeeeerry tempting.

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