Ultima IV Remastered για το C64

Game Changes

Graphics Overhaul

Character creation intro has new graphics drawn by Vanja ‘Mermaid’ Utne.
The tileset has been updated with new and more colorful tiles, mainly backported from Ultima V.
When peering at a gem or casting view the map is now in color.
The dungeon renderer has been sped up, and items and monsters are drawn in color.


Text Overhaul

NPC dialogue and game text now uses mixed case.
Many dialogue bugs have been fixed:
Fixed broken question trigger and added missing dialogue for Thevel in Britain.
Added missing dialogue for Serpent’s Hold gate guards.
Changed keyword for Michelle to avoid conflict with health in Serpent’s Hold.
Fixed broken message trigger for Water in Castle British.
Fixed misspelled keyword for Estro in the Lycaeum.
Fixed misspelled keyword for a poor beggar in Yew.
Fixed broken message trigger for Alkerion in Minoc.
Fixed broken message trigger for Shamino in Skara Brae.
Fixed broken message trigger for Charm in Cove.
Dozens of minor fixes to spelling, grammar, and formatting.


New Game Features

Select active character in combat with 1-8, 0 returns to party mode.
You can quit and save in dungeons.
If you move outside the border of a towne, castle, or keep, the game asks if you want to exit to Britannia.
Joystick control.
Dungeons get darker when a torch is close to burning out.


Bug Fixes

Meditating at shrines now gives different hints for 1, 2, and 3 cycles.
Hythloth dungeon rooms on level 6 are now accessible.
Character creation no longer suffers from random hangs.
Loading a saved game restores balloon flying mode.
Allow backspace when giving gold or using stones.
Don’t enter locations when flying in balloon.


Technical Enhancements

Fastloader with support for 1541, 1571, 1581, CMD FD, and CMD HD.
Runs from a single disk, no disk swapping when playing.
EasyFlash cartridge version.
Music is not interrupted when data is loaded from disk.
SuperCPU support.

Μια ακομα απο τις ευχαριστες εκπληξεις ,που μας επιφυλαξε η φετεινη Gubbdata 2015 (περα απο το Bruce Lee II) ,ηταν το release
της Remastered εκδοσης του Ultima IV για τον C64 , αποτελεσμα μακροχρονης εργασιας του MagerValp (Per Olofsson) με την συνδρομη -οσων αφορα τα γραφικα - του Mermaid (Vanja ‘Utne) ,της οποιας Remastered version oι αναριθμητες βελτωσεις /προσθηκες /αλλαγες αναφερονται αναλυτικα πιο πανω ,



Πλεον διαθεσιμη ειναι η 2.1 εκδοση του Ultima IV Remastered για τον C64)
Direct D/load >>> Ultima IV Remastered (C64)






Ultima IV στο Apple II, το original C64 port, και το remastered version.


Εντωμεταξυ σημερα εγινε διαθεσιμος ο source code o οποιος μεταξυ αλλων , δινει την δυνατοτητα για δημιουργια αντιστοιχων remastered εκδοσεων για τις Apple II και Atari versions ,οπως και για dialogue fixes στις DOS/Amiga/ST versions .

My work should also be portable to the Apple II and Atari versions if anyone is up for it, and the dialogue fixes should be adaptable to the DOS/Amiga/ST versions as well.

Πάρα πολύ ωραία!