Ultima 6 Title Screen Comparison
To celebrate the release of Ultima 6 on Good Old Games today, it seems fitting to look at the differences in the title screen graphics between the various ports of the game.
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The PC DOS original
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The PC98 port
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The SNES port
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The Commodore 64 port
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The Amiga port
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The Atari ST port
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The FM Towns port
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The PC DOS original with CGA Graphics
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The PC DOS original with EGA Graphics
Obviously, there are more ports of the game than just this limited selection, but this is all I could track down online. The Commodore 64 title screen, when compared to any of the others, illustrates in stark detail just how much Ultima 6 had to be pared back to work on other systems at the time of the game’s release.
Mobygames has screenshots of the Amiga, Atari ST, and FM Towns version title screens…
I’ll have to give that a look; I didn’t have time earlier.
Thanks for the tip!
The C64 title screen, along with the game in general, could have been higher quality. The use of multicolor everywhere and no hires elements really kills the overall quality of this port.
Have to say the PC98 title screen looks the best to me, the dark outline around the menu options makes it more readable.
The C64 screen looks like an NES game hah.