Front of the Box
The Disks with a spare
The Instructions with the oops sheet
The Manual
The Glorious Map
Back of the Box
Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
Category: PC Games
Shroud of the Avatar Novel
I picked up a pretty cool collectible for SotA the other day off eBay. I can’t wait for the final version to sit on the shelf beside this one. I also have to wonder if it’s cool that I own this.
New Blog Feature & How Ultima VII Part 2 Is Kicking My Ass
I have decided to keep track of what I am playing and how well I am doing.
The past week has been all about Hyrule Warriors Legends on the 3DS. I have never played any of the Dynasty Warriors games before until I bought Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U. I enjoyed it but never got the chance to play it since Little Wyatt hogs the Wii U. The 3DS version is really close to the original and is a great pick up, play for 5 minutes, put down kind of game. I needed something like this for a while now. I’m still not 100% sure what I am doing or supposed to do but I’m having a lot of fun doing it. I’ve focused on Adventure mode and have only completed the first area in Legend mode.
When I do get on the Wii U I am playing Twilight Princess HD. This has always been one of my favorite Zelda games and the remastered version is beautiful. I just finished the first dungeon and am heading to the 2nd area.
On the PC I have started playing Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle. Waiting so long to start back was a stupid move on my part as I have had to spend a couple of days figuring out where I was at and what I had already accomplished. I just completed the quests in the Sleeping Boar Inn and started searching for the mint to free Captain Hawk. I had to read a walkthrough to figure out where I was and what I had already accomplished. I’m devoting an hour or two a night until I win this game.
I am playing the GOG.com version and not Exult this playthrough to keep it original and because I secretly hate myself.
Transferring your game from Ultima 4 to Ultima 5 gog versions
I bought all the Ultima games from gog.com since they are configured to play under Windows 7. I decided to transfer my game file from Ultima 4 to 5 since my Avatar was maxed out. Unfortunately I kept getting the error that my save file was corrupted.
I searched for hours trying to find a solution but nothing worked. I found a fixparty program but it wouldn’t run under Win7 64. I finally came across a post where the user modified the dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf file. I tried it with no luck. I was beginning to think that it wasn’t going to happen when I realized the conf file had the wrong directories.
- To transfer your game download fixparty.exe from Ultima Codex
- Place the fixparty.exe file in a new folder called u4trans under the Ultima 4 folder (e.g. C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4\u4trans)
- Modify the dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf file that is in the Ultima 5 directory with this: [autoexec]# Lines in this sectionwill be run at startup.#@ECHO OFF
#cls
#mount C “..\Ultima 5”
#c:
#cls
#ultima5.com
#exit
mount C “..\Ultima 5”
mount A “C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4\U4TRANS”
mount B “C:\GOG Games\Ultima Second Trilogy\Ultima 4”
copy b:\party.sav a:\
mount -u B
a:
FIXPARTY.EXE
c:
ultima5.com
exit - Run Ultima 5 selecting Transfer and choosing A as the appropriate drive. Once you have finished transferring journey onward and save. A little insurance never hurt anyone.
- Modify dosboxULTIMA5_single.conf back to what it was before:
[autoexec]
# Lines in this sectionwill be run at startup.#@ECHO OFF
#cls
#mount C “..\Ultima 5”
#c:
#cls
#ultima5.com
#exit
That’s it. You should now have a head start in Ultima V.
I have completed Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
This is without a doubt one of my favorite games to play. I had a little trouble getting a boat to spawn, got lost a few times, and had fun every step of the way. If you ever play any Ultima game this is the one. Play it on the PC (it’s free at gog.com) or play it on the NES, just play it.
Update: This happened shortly after I posted my accomplishment on twitter. How fantastic is it that Richard Garriott aka Lord British takes the time to personally congratulate everyone who wins an Ultima game?
