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[ParanoiaDragon]

Yeah Ark has been threatening us with Ultima for awhile, & it seems like there's some other old PC series he's threatened us with, Exile maybe?

[TheOldMan]

Arkhan - You make Ultima II for the Turbo ...

Was that available for the commodore 64? Would make portage a lot easier if most of it was for the same cpu....

[Arkhan]

Arkhan - You make Ultima II for the Turbo ...

Was that available for the commodore 64? Would make portage a lot easier if most of it was for the same cpu....

The Ultima in question (Ultima II) was, but I don't want to port it.

I want to fix the game.  Ultima II in every form ever, has been very empty.  It lacks alot of things. 

Also the way C64 does video/sound stuff will make a majority of the code pretty useless.  It'd be just as simple to start over.  The game's not exactly that big/complex.  It needs meat.

The towers/dungeons are completely optional, there are no quests, theres hardly any interaction with the townsfolk.  It is almost an arcade game.   That needs fixed, severely.

That will probably become my pet project after Retrocade.

[BlueBMW]

Arkhan - You make Ultima II for the Turbo ...

Was that available for the commodore 64? Would make portage a lot easier if most of it was for the same cpu....

The Ultima in question (Ultima II) was, but I don't want to port it.

I want to fix the game.  Ultima II in every form ever, has been very empty.  It lacks alot of things. 

Also the way C64 does video/sound stuff will make a majority of the code pretty useless.  It'd be just as simple to start over.  The game's not exactly that big/complex.  It needs meat.

The towers/dungeons are completely optional, there are no quests, theres hardly any interaction with the townsfolk.  It is almost an arcade game.   That needs fixed, severely.

That will probably become my pet project after Retrocade.

You've piqued my interest... I know I've got Ultima 1-4 on the old atari 800, might have to pull em out.

[Mishran]

Got a better idea... FM Towns version of Ultima 6 with full speech and mouse support ported to Turbo.  I believe there are working U6 engine source codes out there that people made. Definitely be a good push in the right direction. Man, that would be so cool. I'd help out in any way i can if that would happen. Heck I'd be happy to help people out any way I can NOW if asked to help support the cause. O:)

[Arkhan]

Ultima VI is already perfect on the PC and doesn't really need to be fixed up.  The point of the doing the Ultima II thing is because the game needs fixed.  Its a great story, but a busted game.

[vestcoat]

[Ultima II] will probably become my pet project after Retrocade.

I'm no programmer, but let me know if, for some reason, you need any assistance in the audio department (engineering, editing, sound effects, or creepy ambient industrial sound design).

[nodtveidt]

Quick lil MSR update: the game itself is now at 100% completion! All that's missing now is some cutscene audio and some bonus content. The final beta test will begin once the audio is completed... the bonus content will be added during the final beta phase, which includes the completion of the alternate languages as well as a super-secret on-disc bonus that I won't go into right now.

[TheClash603]

Ohhh yeah!  Can't wait!

What do you anticipate a ship date will be now?

[nodtveidt]

Probably May. Ran a little behind due to there being more work than I expected. Final beta should start up in just a couple of days... that is, if I get the chance to do the audio. That's the only thing keeping it back right now.

[Necromancer]

.... as well as a super-secret on-disc bonus that I won't go into right now.

Pr0n? 

[Mathius]

I must be in the dark on this one. What's MSR???

[spenoza]

I must be in the dark on this one. What's MSR???

Mysterious Song (Revealed or Reputed or Revised or wRonged or Really awesome or Rapscallion or Rental or somesuch like that)

[Mathius]

So what's the deal with it? I've heard the name batted around here and there, but have no clue what kind of homebrew it is.

[Senshi]

Its a dating Sim...you have to write the perfect song to woo your love interests :-p...(kidding..its an RPG)