[comp.sys.amiga.games] Ultima V, Amiga 3000, life and the universe in general...

skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) (05/12/91)

     Well folks, as the end of yet another semester approaches, I am
considering buying Ultima V for my Amiga.  I seem to remember a huge stink
on the net when Ultima V origionally came out so I have a couple of quick
questions which I'm sure someone ought to be able to answer.  First, what
was all the stink about?  Second, does Ultima V in fact work on the A3000?
Is it very much like (i.e.: identical) to the C=64 version?  Finally, what's
the copy protection like?  Please express what you liked and disliked about
the product.  :-)

				--George


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mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M Friedrich) (05/13/91)

skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes:


>     Well folks, as the end of yet another semester approaches, I am
>considering buying Ultima V for my Amiga.  I seem to remember a huge stink
>on the net when Ultima V origionally came out so I have a couple of quick
>questions which I'm sure someone ought to be able to answer.  First, what
>was all the stink about?  Second, does Ultima V in fact work on the A3000?
>Is it very much like (i.e.: identical) to the C=64 version?  Finally, what's
>the copy protection like?  Please express what you liked and disliked about
>the product.  :-)

I'm sure you'll get more qualified comments on the Amiga version. The C64
Version is much better (though it has to load every new command :(  )!

As far as I remember from all the stink, U5 for Amiga has a copy protection
so you cannot copy it, it saves on the game disk only, is not harddisk
installable, has only ONE tune through the whole game, the keyboard commands
are recognized only after you stroke the key tree or more times, ...

All in all, it seems not recommended to buy this for Amiga, THOUGH it is a
great game!!

-Efchen
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