Re: Ultima 2 strength increase bug

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>]

Great Hierophant wrote:
> There is a bug in the old version of Ultima (non-remake) where it
> becomes impossible to hit a target ship in space if you are using an
> Apple IIe, IIc or IIgs (anything beyond a II or II+.)  I wonder if it
> works on an unenhanced Apple IIe.

I've only ever played it that far on a II+. Do you know the reason for 
the problem? Applesoft changes in the IIe? Illegal opcodes?

> Also, I know of no one who has pristine copies of Ultima III's player
> disk, Mockingboard Enhanced Version.  The player's disk from the
> non-Mockingboard Enhanced Version is not interchangeable.  This is
> important because what you do on the worldmap is saved even if you
> delete all saved characters.

I do have an original that I believe is pristine. The disk was never 
notched. If your mail address is working, I can mail an image to you -- 
after all the back side is not protected.

> The status of the Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, is interesting.
> Most of the two-disk and all the one-disk images are hacked.  The
> two-disk image that isn't obviously hacked is overdumped and therefore
> somewhat unusable.

I always found that remake rather lame anyway.

> I don't know if there is a version of Ultima IV that is completely
> uncracked.  As I understand it, it uses a custom DOS or something.

Probably it does. You can easily copy it with Copy II+, though I've 
never tried if SST works on it.

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Linards Ticmanis