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Revision as of 13:00, 6 October 2020
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar is a fantasy role-playing video game originally developed by Origin Systems. This port was developed by Newtopia Planning and first released in Japan by Pony Canyon on the Famicom on 1989-09-20, and later in December, 1990 in North America on the NES by FCI. This is a port of Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, and, while the game mechanics are similar enough that it should be on the original game's page, like the NES port of Ultima: Exodus, it has enough media differences to warrant its own page.
In the game's story, Lord British is looking someone to embody the eight virtues, rid Britannia of the remnants of Mondain, Minax, and Exodus, and uncover the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. The player must walk the straight and narrow path to become the hero of the land.
Contents
Personal
I was already a fan of Ultima: Exodus, when my friend Chris rented this game. I remember being very impressed by greatly improved graphics and music, and he and I worked our way through the manual's built-in walkthrough progressing quite a ways into the game before having to return it. Later, I bought a copy for myself, but I never beat it. While researching the game to get its soundtrack in the Video Game Music Preservation Foundation, I discovered how incredibly boring the game gets near the end, and I've never had much desire to try and beat it.
Status
I own this game on the NES, but I have not beaten it.
Review
Good
- The game reproduces much of the original game, while stream-lining a lot of the menus and input.
- The fully re-drawn graphics look fantastic. The best of any of the ports.
- The sound and music have all been remade. Although I enjoy the original soundtrack, Seiji Toda's new music is among my favorite soundtracks on the entire platform.
- The game's documentation is phenomenal. Not only is it a full-color manual for how the game works with fully illustrated guides to the weapons, items, and monsters, but it also acts as a walkthrough for a large portion of the game with detailed maps and hints. It also comes with a fold-out map of the
- The auto feature in combat really helps speeds things along.
Bad
- Too much of the game is random encounter combat. Each combat can take several minutes, and you have to fight hundreds of battles to become powerful enough to beat the game, so you spend most of the game just killing random enemies.
- Having to control the wind, especially in how it pertains to the hot air balloon, is annoying.
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
Maps
Credits
Roles | Staff |
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Original Designed By | Richard Garriott |
Producer | Yasuo Hattori |
Director | Kunihiko Kagawa |
Designer | Yasuhiro Kawashima |
Coordinator | Kouji Ichikawa |
Character Designer | Reiko Horimoto |
Music | Seiji Toda |
Sound Driver | Kazuo Sawa (uncredited) |
Illustrator | J.C Staff |
English Project Manager | Kunihiko Kagawa |
English Translation | Atelier Double Corp. |
Titles
Language | Native | Transliteration | Translation |
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English | Ultima: Quest of the Avatar | ||
Japanese | Seisha he no Michi |