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"Rudi" <ru...@iki.fi> wrote in message 
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> Well. Oops I did it again :)
>
> Hi Guys. Yep, this means that I was once again browsing GOG website, and 
> lo and behold, found myself yet again staring at a purchase
> confirmation receipt in my mailbox :)
>
> This time they had all Ultima titles as a bundle for 7,95$. Myself,
> I am, rather not surprisingly, an Ultima Buff and veteran. I owned, and
> completed  Ultima 4 + 7(with both addons) years back, and owned but
> never completed 5+6+8. I bought 9 at full price the time it got out,
> and did finish it, but to very mixed feelings.
>
> So why go back to a title that holds only sentimental, not any kind of
> ambitious replay, nor just about any other value whatsoever ? Good
> question :)
>
> Ultima titles, at the time they were released, usually pushed the
> technology envelopes quite far. Good example of this was their own
> memory management system developed for U7 - we all were struggling with
> AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS tweaks at the time, trying very hard to
> LOADHIGH everything we could, and in correct order to squeeze out that
> ast 2-3kb of conventional memory :) But not U7 - their memory manager
> easily used my whole whopping 4MB (yes ! :), however at a price - it
> really required to have a dedicated disc to boot to :)

Hi Rudi, How well I remember the old days with the infamous autoexec.bat and 
config.sys tweaking evrything you find to get enough conventiional memory to 
run your game. My first computer years ago was a 286 with 1 MB memory and I 
think a 16 mhz CPU and I thought that was very good as it could run most 
games of the time except it was a struggle running Kings quest 5? I think it 
was. If you remember the bakehouse in that game, I thought I would never get 
out of there, the game ran so slow.

I was never an Ultima fan, but good you got it at a good price. A big 
difference in price on Gog than what you paid for the original price way 
back.
Are you going to play Grim Fandango? I played it when it first came out. It 
was a good game but very awkward interface as I recall. It is supposed to be 
different in the new version which just came out. It was on for special 
price not long ago. I may get it later. Did you ever play "Night of the 
Rabbit"? I thought it was a good game. a bit tedious at times, but I liked 
it. I finished it a while ago but played it again a few days ago. I 
sometimes play my old games.

Mary







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