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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1985	[4]* [48]Ultima IV is an RPG like none other before or since. There is no final boss to defeat and no princess (or artifact) to liberate. Rather, this game puts you on an almost spiritual journey to improve yourself in eight 'virtues' - Humility, Spirituality, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honesty, and so on. Just about anything you can do in the game affects how you progress down this road: You must not steal, run from battles, or attack retreating enemies if you have any hope of winning the game. Once you have fully developed your eight virtues, you become the 'Avatar' - the embodiment of all that is good in Humanity - and the true nature of the quest is revealed. This unique RPG is definitely not for everybody, but it's still worth a try... especially for people who believe there can be nothing worthwhile in a video game.**Comes on two 5.25 inch disks, 4 sides, optionally supports 2 drives. [Zerothis]	C64
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1988	[1]* [52]*Comes on one 3.5" disk.	Amiga
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1986	As a copy protection, all manufactured disks contained an unformulated section. If present, the game played normally. A simple copy to a fully formatted disk would cause all battles to be lost. The German publisher overlooked this subtle detail and produced copies of the game with fully formatted disks. Thus all legal buyers of Ultima VI for Atari 8-bit purchased an unplayable game.	Atari 400/800
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1988		Atari ST
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Pony Canyon	1987		Sharp X1
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	?	1997	A shareware program, U4MBonGS, applied to the [[gameid:38015 Apple II E version]] allows this game to take advantage of some of the advanced features of the IIGS platform. Specifically stereo sound, and music with one MockingBoard soundcard, or stereo music and other enhancements with two soundcards.	Apple IIGS
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Pony Canyon (Newtopia Planning)	1987		NEC PC9801
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Pony Canyon	1988		X68000
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Fujitsu (Origin)	1992	The Japanese title may read something like アヴァターの探求 or アヴァターのたんきゅう, though I'm uncertain how to transliterate "Avatar" properly (currently assuming avatā [アヴァター])	FM Towns
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin (Origin Systems)	1985	Comes on two 5.25' disks. In 1997 the full version of this game was 'made available for free download' at selected sites by Origin. However, it remains proprietary and not defined as "freeware" or "public domain" (these downloads can disappear or the priced raised at any time at Electronic Art's option). Several homebrew upgrades exist for this game that add features such as VGA graphics and Midi sound. The xu4 project allows this game to run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS 8, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. xu4 Also allows extensive modding of the graphics, enemies, items, and certain game logic. The Ultima series continued to innovate with the release of each game in the series. With the 4th game released for Apple ][ and then ported to IBM-PC, the genre was taken to bran new places. There is no evil big bad enemy to defeat, and the point of the game is not to take advantage of people to get stuff to go defeat the enemy. Rather, the point of the game is for the main character to become a champion of virtue. The goals are literally honesty, humility, honor, spirituality, valor, justice, compassion, sacrifice, courage, truth, and love. Actions, inactions, even words can have less than apparent unhelpful or helpful consequences. Yes, there are still monsters to fight and treasures to find, but this makes up less than 1/8th of the game and the care and purpose in handling these things is more important than the end result. [Zerothis]	MS-DOS
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Pony Canyon	1987		NEC PC8801
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Sega (Origin)	1990	Lord British, the wise and compassionate ruler of Britannia, wishes to erase the legacy left behind by the three Evil Lords. To do so, he must find an Avatar. An Avatar is one who has achieved enlightenment in the 8 Virtues - Honor, Valor, Sacrifice, Compassion, Justice, Spirituality, Honesty and Humility. Only the most virtuous of souls can complete the perilous journey that lies ahead! If you think that you're the savior for whom Lord British is searching, then prove your worth by taking on the Quest of the Avatar!* [17]* [72]* [52]* [52]* [37]* [27]	Master System
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Pony Canyon (Origin)	1987		MICRO 7 - FM7
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1985	[52]* [48]*Comes on two 5.25" disks. The Ultima series continued to innovate with the release of each game in the series. With this 4th game, the genre was taken to bran new places. There is no evil big bad enemy to defeat, and the point of the game is not to take advantage of people to get stuff to go defeat the enemy. Rather, the point of the game is for the main character to become a champion of virtue. The goals are literally honesty, humility, honor, spirituality, valor, justice, compassion, sacrifice, courage, truth, and love. Actions, inactions, even words can have less than apparent unhelpful or helpful consequences. Yes, there are still monsters to fight and treasures to find, but this makes up less than 1/8th of the game and the care and purpose in handling these things is more important than the end result. The [i]Ultima IV Construction Set[/i], [b]not official[/b], was available not long after the game's release. While the title would suggest it is a legitimate level editor, the package is in fact an illegal bootleg of Ultima IV. It even includes digital versions of all materials of the game. This overly complete violation of copyright does also include a level editor. [Zerothis]	Apple II E
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar	FCI;Pony Canyon (Infinity;Atelier Double)	1989	The ruthless Triad of Evil has been vanquished and peace now reigns in the land. But without the threat of danger the people have become corrupt. Darkness dwells in their hearts and minds. The countryside is plagued by dragons, trolls, and long-dead wizards. Only an Avatar, a shining example of heroism, can destroy the monsters and conquer the internal wickedness with his mastery of magic and weapons. Become the Avatar! Save Britannia! And master the challenges of the ultimate quest--the search for good within yourself.	NES
Ultima: Runes of Virtue	FCI;Pony Canyon	1991	[49]*The world of Ultima games comes to Game Boy! Guide one of four characters on a quest to find the hidden Runes of Virtue. The Mage casts spells; the Bard is a longbow expert; the Knight is a master swordsman; and the Ranger throws his magic axe. Explore the eight concealed dungeons for treasure. Discover magic swords, potions and teleporters. Battle bats, dragons, ghosts, serpents and skeletons-even the villainous Black Knight! Challenge this brand new game made exclusively for Game Boy by FCI! -Powerful 1 meg chip with Battery back-up saves play positions -Two players can compete or cooperate for up to 80 levels -Exciting one-player action in over 170 levels -An entirely new game from the creators of the original Ultima* [37]*** [29]	GB

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