Talk:Ultima III: Exodus

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Contents 1 Report thy victory 2 "is considered one of the most influental video games ever made." 3 Reference card colors/addresses 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Ultima3.gif 5 commodore 64 6 Races

[edit] Report thy victory

The message "REPORT THY VICTORY!" at the end of Ultima 3 is not cryptic at all... if you called Origin and told them you beat the game (i.e. report thy victory), they would send you a small certificate signed by Lord British. I have several of these from the 80's.

I fixed that problem up.

[edit] "is considered one of the most influental video games ever made."

Not really, to be honest. Most people have never heard of it.

Not exactly for the players, but for the designers (Piajeno 18:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC))

Something does not have to be contemporarily popular or well-known to be influential. If you look at early pioneers of console RPGs like Dragon Warrior and Fire Emblem, they are essentially based on a combination of elements from Ultima III and Wizardry. Even today the majority of strategy RPGs are still basically built on the system that Ultima III started, and the influence of Wizardry is still felt on modern RPGs despite most gamers not having played either game. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.180.44.242 (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Reference card colors/addresses

Listing the reference cards' colors and addresses seems to be a futile effort to me, as they not only vary with the platform, but also with the production year. Later versions of the IBM PC port for example have a black-font reference card, not a purple one, and my early IBM PC version has a MA address, not a NH one. I suggest removing this information completely, as IMO it is completely useless trivia. (WP:NOT#IINFO). NewRisingSun 14:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ultima3.gif

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[edit] commodore 64

u may want to had that the commodore 64 version come with a tissu map. i still have it! one of the best game ever!

[edit] Races

If anyone every chooses to add more detail about the available races (not sure if it's a worthy endeavor), I thought I would mention that the Fuzzy is almost certainly from Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper. Maybe I should actually try to add that information sometime - it does exist for other games, doesn't it? Krilia 15:44, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Such trivia isn't really relevant, as this is not a game guide, but rather an encyclopedia entry. Furthermore, identifying a connection between something in the game to some other literature without reliable, third-party sources constitutes original research, and is inappropriate here. Xihr 19:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)