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From: fseipel@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Frank E. Seipel)
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Subject: Re: Copy protection (was Re: M.U.L.E. Sorrow!)
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Date: 28 Feb 91 20:43:30 GMT
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 There seem to be so Alternate Reality players on here, but did any of you
ever try the Ultima series? I think I still have a text file describing
what each byte on the disk mapped to (for Ultima III), that is, a
character set; there was a byte to represent a lock, a guard, a wall,
and each letter of the alphabet. It was fun to change HOTEL CALIFORNIA and
other large text (16 x 16 bit) in Ultima II to other sayings. And of course
to change the character attributes. When I purchased Ultima II, the
game had a bug -- you couldn't find the blue tassles which allowed you to
command a ship, so disk editing was mandatory.