Ultima Best way to play Ultima IV on modern OS?

[jimster]

There are a ton of different ways to play it; what's the best in your opinion and why?

 

[Butter]

In Neverwinter Nights (kingcomrade)

 

[Giskard]

On a genuine Apple ][ with a monochrome monitor and two floppy drives...the only way to play.

 

[Serus]

Play Ultima IX instead, i heard it's great. (kingcomrade II)

 

[Ysaye]

Ultima Forever (mobile) of course!

 

[nlfortier]

The Sega Master System version is the best console port. If you want to play it on your phone, this version plays nicely in an emulator. Dialog is done through a menu system, which is a nice improvement, but the dungeons are overhead instead of first person, which is a pretty significant departure from the original. That said, for the authentic original experience, you can't beat the DOS version.

 

[EtcEtcEtc]

Sega Master System is great - like nlfortier said, the dungeons are overhead rather then top down, but it's otherwise all the same content - game looks better, and you can attack diagonally.

Best way to play it.

 

[Daemongar]

Someone already did a lot of homework on this. Personally, I would only play the C64 version, but ymmv. Fellow below does a 5.5 minute video comparing 16 different versions. Brief but to the point.



(but play the C64 version. it's the best!)

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Ultima Forever (mobile) of course!

Blame EA for being dickheads this isn't possible now.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I can't find solitary videos of extensive reviews on Xu4 or VOH. The problem with the last video is the teeny tiny view and samples. Its fine, though for other games I've seen better.

I can't recall if VOH of Xu4 is a huge pain in the ass to get working on modern windows. I know the last akalabeth for dos upgrade fucks up consistently. Again, these games need a patching to work correctly. I didn't hear the FM-towns music playing (another emulator i have i bitch of a time... not as bad as MAC which I'm furious at).