Subject: Re: Help with Ultima IV
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From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
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Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 06:41:15 -0500
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"Paul B. OBrien" writes ...
> 
> I am attempting to run some disk images of Ultima IV that I found on the Asimov
> archive, and cannot get all the way through the 'Initiate new game' feature. I
> have tried it on Stop the Madness, Catakig, IIe, and Bernie. I seem to remember
> being able to make this work several years ago, so I'm wondering if something
> is wrong with the disk image. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, I would
> be grateful.
> 
> I have bought this game several times in different forms, so please don't yell
> at me for piracy :-)
 ....

     No rant, no Real Pirates Badge.

     The Ultima IV stuff in Asimov's regular folder does seem to be corrupted. One
set includes two bad .dsk files (wrong size). The other set has a boot which seems to
have a mixed up intro sequence-- you never get to complete the Initiate process to
start a new character.

     Check Asimov's incoming folder for a set which appears to work okay. It's in a
.zip file named "UltimaIVnewDSKs.zip".

ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net//pub/apple_II/incoming/UltimaIVnewDSKs.txt
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net//pub/apple_II/incoming/UltimaIVnewDSKs.zip

Rubywand