[comp.sys.atari.8bit] Ultima V

arthur@pnet02.cts.com (Arthur L. Rubin) (03/19/88)

james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) writes:
>IN article <2743@ihlpe.ATT.COM>, kimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) wrote:
>> Someone locally called the company (Origin?) and was told that the
>> Atari 8bit version should be out this summer and the Atari ST version
>> should be out sometime in the fall.  They also said that it is the
>> last software they will port to the Atari 8bit (boo!).
>
>It is not guaranteed that there will be an 8bit Atari version.  Someone did
>take a contract on the project, but there is not much hope that it can be
>done.  There is not enough memory and especially not enough disk space.

If it can be done on an Apple II, it can be done on the Atari 8-bit (at least
on the XL/XE).  The only reason for not porting Apple II or Commodore games to
the Atari is that there are (now) fewer Ataris.

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