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Re: Ultima 1 (1986 reissue version) woes

Actually it may be a false alarm -- when I went to load my game from the disk in the real machine it wouldn't read.  So it was very likely a really crappy old disk that bought the farm.

Putting that aside though, I can't create a new U1 player disk in the newer 1986 version -- it prompts me if I want to erase the non-prodos disk and then it reports a drive speed error.  Very strange.  Same goes for a prodos-formatted floppy.  So format doesn't work, at least not in Jace.  Has anyone formatted a ultima 1 player disk from AppleWin or Kegs?

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:43:22 PM UTC-5, Hot Rod wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:59:17 PM UTC-5, BLuRry wrote:
> > I have the original of Ultima I and it works just fine.  Been playing a while and am interested in copying my player disk into virtual land, but so far I'm having no luck.  :-(
> > 
> > First and foremost, the Dark Logic cracked version tends to freeze up a lot at the title screen though I did get it to go the game start screen once.  However, when I insert my NIB-based player disk it just sits there.  When Dark Logic cracked the RWTS of the game did this affect the way which player disks are saved as well?
> > 
> > Secondly, I tried to do a NIB copy of Ultima I but that was a no-go.  Were there any other cracked copies of the 1986 re-release of Ultima I aside from the Dark Logic one?  For a change I can say I own a legitimate copy and just want to play the darn thing. :-D
> > 
> > Bummed that my originals of Airheart, Tass Times and Test Drive are borked though.  Oh well, at least I have Leisure Suit Larry...
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > -B
> 
> I have an (unplayed) .dsk image of the DL crack of the re-release, and it runs through to the "generate new char" / "continue previous" screen OK (on AppleWin at least).  At which title screen does yours freeze? (crack page, Origin logo, Ultima anim, menu)
> 
> I also have (unplayed) .dsk images of the original release (with no crack title or anything).
> 
> But I don't know what the re-release did for player disks.  Maybe there's an article on it in Computist.  I take it that the current player disk doesn't copy as normal?