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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ULTIMA VI FOR THE APPLE II?
Message-ID: <14529@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Nov 90 16:01:39 GMT
References: <19119018:22:53HL00@lehigh.bitnet>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <19119018:22:53HL00@lehigh.bitnet> HL00@Lehigh writes:
>If you look carefully in the Programs Plus's ad in the December issue
>of A+/Incider (yeah, the issue with the Mac), you'll notice that under
>Origin Systems, there's Ultima VI!!  Is this for real or is this a
>printing mistake.  I though Origin decided not to make one for the
>Apple II because the program was simply too big.  Is this old news or
>what?  I haven't seen any ads from Origin yet...

No Apple II version of Ultima VI has yet been released, to my
knowledge.

Origin has said different things about this at different times.
The last I heard, they were "going to see about" producing both
IIGS and 8-bit II versions of Ultima VI.  The conventional "wisdom"
in the software publishing industry is that only an 8-bit version
could possibly sell well enough to repay development costs.
However, if you know much about Ultima VI, you should appreciate
that an 8-bit II version would be awkward.  A GS version, on the
other hand, would be relatively effortless and work well.  If not
released to retail outlets during the next couple of weeks, it will
miss this Christmas shopping season.

Note that magazine ads often list software in advance of its
availability.  QuestBusters has listed Space Quest III for the GS
for several months now, but Sierra On-Line claims that they have
no plans to ever release that product.