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* Plot summaries of [[Windwalker]] (1989) and [[Twisted Tales]] (1989) can be read in the library in ''Ultima VI'', alongside the summaries of aforementioned [[Knights of Legend]] and [[The Caverns of Freitag]]. | * Plot summaries of [[Windwalker]] (1989) and [[Twisted Tales]] (1989) can be read in the library in ''Ultima VI'', alongside the summaries of aforementioned [[Knights of Legend]] and [[The Caverns of Freitag]]. | ||
== Console ports == | == Ports == | ||
=== Computer ports === | |||
Almost every Ultima game was released for several different computer systems. The following table does not list all existing ports, but only the original and the most advanced ones. For a detailed list of all the ports, see the individual game guides. | |||
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! Title !! Original port !! Most advanced English port | |||
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| [[Ultima 1]] || [[Apple II]] (1981) || 1994: [[Apple IIGS]] | |||
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| [[Ultima 2]] || Apple II (1982) || 1983: [[Commodore 64|C-64]] | |||
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| [[Ultima 3]] || Apple II (1983) || 1986: [[Commodore Amiga|C-Amiga]] <br/> 1988: [[NES]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Ultima 4]] || Apple II (1985) || 1988: C-Amiga & [[Atari ST]] <br/> 1990: NES | |||
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| [[Ultima 5]] || Apple II (1988) || 1989: Atari ST <br/> 2001: MS-DOS w/ fan-made music patch | |||
|- | |||
! Title !! Original port !! Most advanced English port | |||
|- | |||
| [[Ultima 6]] || [[MS-DOS]] (1990) || 1990: MS-DOS | |||
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| [[Ultima 7]] || MS-DOS (1992) || 2008: Exult (fan-made) | |||
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| [[Ultima 7 Part 2|Ultima 7.2]] || MS-DOS (1993) || 2008: Exult (fan-made) | |||
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| [[Ultima 8]] || MS-DOS (1994) || 1995: MS-DOS w/ 2 official patches | |||
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| [[Ultima 9]] || [[Windows|MS-Windows]] (1999) || 2001: MS-Win w/ 1 official & 2 fan-made patches | |||
|} | |||
=== Console ports === | |||
Five ''Ultima'' games were portd to Nintendo consolles, and one to the Sega Master System. Obviously, changes had to be made for two main reasons: (1) consolles use joypad instead of keyboard; (2) consolle cartridges have limited memory. | Five ''Ultima'' games were portd to Nintendo consolles, and one to the Sega Master System. Obviously, changes had to be made for two main reasons: (1) consolles use joypad instead of keyboard; (2) consolle cartridges have limited memory. | ||