New to Ultima Series (Seeking Advice)

[Blitzwing256]

You won't go wrong with the nes ports of avatar and exodus. Avatar's virtue system can be a little daunting at first, but its still a great game.

for exodus i'd recomend your first party consisting of the follwoing:

human or dwarf (if you want to rely more on fighting than magic) ranger
dwarf fighter
bobbit cleric
fuzzy wizzard

its a good starter party with decent magic and good fighting mix

[Illuvatar]

Ty for the tips, i will start out with exodus and not even touch quest of avatar, until i complete exodus.

Just got to love gaming in front of the tv with your nes

[Griking]

My recommendation would be to start with Ultima IV for your PC. To play Ultima on a console with a gamepad would be blasphemy in my mind. I'm pretty sure that you can download the full version for free at Good Old Games (www.GoG.com) and probably many other places as I believe it was released as freeware. Next I would install xu4 (http://xu4.sourceforge.net). xu4 is a remake of the original Ultima IV. Its the exact same game and requires the original to be installed but it slightly updates the video and sound effects. It really makes a great game even better IMO.

[j_factor]

Exodus is pretty good on NES, but don't play anything else on NES. The best versions of Ultima IV are the Amiga and Atari ST versions (which are pretty identical). Failing those, the SMS version is a much better port than NES. Not sure about any remake.

Ultima V is best played on Atari ST, but not Amiga. The second-best version is the Commodore 64/128 version, in C128 mode (on a C64 there's no music). Do not play the NES version under any circumstances.

Ultima VI is best on PC, although the Amiga version isn't far off. The SNES version is actually decent as well.

After playing Ultima VI, I recommend taking a little detour and playing the two Worlds of Ultima games (PC only). They barely qualify as Ultima games, but they're very good, and this is the appropriate interval to play them, because they use the Ultima VI engine.

Ultima VII is amazing, try to get the full version with both games and both expansions. Don't even think about trying the SNES version.

After that, the two Ultima Underworld games are fantastic, albeit different. They're first-person RPGs along the lines of Dungeon Master. I don't recommend the Runes of Virtue games.

[Illuvatar]

Okay so i got Iv for Pc, i started a game, it seems i could get into it, but were are the controls? i can not seem to find them, and there are no guides online that i could find for a list of commands...

[BlastProcessing402]

Okay so i got Iv for Pc, i started a game, it seems i could get into it, but were are the controls? i can not seem to find them, and there are no guides online that i could find for a list of commands...

http://www.uo.com/archive/ultima4/u4encore.html

[Griking]

Okay so i got Iv for Pc, i started a game, it seems i could get into it, but were are the controls? i can not seem to find them, and there are no guides online that i could find for a list of commands...

The original game shipped with a reference card which showed which keys did what. If it didn't come in text form with the game you can probably find it via Google

[dgdgagdae]

Ultima VII is amazing, try to get the full version with both games and both expansions. Don't even think about trying the SNES version.

And it was just released today by GOG - the complete version, parts 1 and 2 with both expansions for only $6.

[j_factor]

Thanks for that info, that's a great deal.

[kainemaxwell]

And it was just released today by GOG - the complete version, parts 1 and 2 with both expansions for only $6.

Here's the link:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_7_complete

Been enjoying Ultima 4 for the NES. Got the key and a bunch of the runes and a few stones, and the stupid balloon. Have one companion so far (started as a Bard, have the Paladin). should I get any others?

[Edmond Dantes]

Yes, you should get all the companions you can. The game allows you to recruit everyone, save for the one guy who is the same class as you (since you're a bard, you won't be able to recruit Iolo, but you can get everyone else).