Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: someone was asking about this
Message-ID: <7884@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 13 May 88 20:10:16 GMT
References: <8805121531.aa18348@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8805121531.aa18348@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> CHRIS@BROWNVM.BITNET (Christopher Chung) writes:
>...  Buy it! Pirateing won't work with this game. You need the spell list
>(you won't guess it like in IV) you need the command list... you need the
>map (Well sort of) you definatly need the language section (Most of the
>signs aren't in english).

You should not steal ANYthing.  However, several of these claims about
Ultima V are wrong.  You would benefit from having the printed spell list,
but the commands are easy to determine (each is a letter of the alphabet,
and when you type the letter the command is filled out automatically),
the map merely saves some degree of mapping, but does not show the all-
important dungeons, Grendel's hut, etc., and the Runes are in English,
just using Tolkein-like symbols for the letters and a few dipthongs (EA,
NG, ST, TH).  There is a segment involving music lessons for which having
the printed manual is essential.

Basically, if you want the developers of software like this to continue
to produce more and to keep it affordable, you should support them by
purchasing their products.