I'm still shocked folks played Ultima series on consoles.
Unacceptable.
Ultima Exodus on NES is probably the best version of Ultima 3, though!
Interesting, I reserve judgement on that version (Ultima 3 on NES...but I've tried others and couldn't get into them...which I think is common for folks who go from PC --> console for these games).
I'm actually curious about ports/remixed versions for consoles, however, I'm so biased towards the versions I originally played, I can't promise I'd ever be completely fair and objective.
I'm not always this bad (subjective), but I usually get irritated with the UI on console versions. I can deal with cumbersome UI if I feel it's worth it...but is it? Ha!