{"id":1173,"date":"2015-11-16T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2015-11-16T12:10:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:10:35","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-ultima-vii-for-snes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1173\/retro-scan-of-the-week-ultima-vii-for-snes","title":{"rendered":"[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Ultima VII For SNES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Origin<\/a>This keychain looks like it would hurt in your pocket<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here we see an ad for the Super NES version of Ultima VII: The Black Gate<\/em>. Apparently, when VII received its port to Nintendo’s console, its Roman numeral designation got the axe. As a result, the title became merely Ultima: The Black Gate<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’m not a big fan of the SNES ports of the Ultima<\/em> games (VI and VII). In the process of chopping things down to fit in a reasonably-sized ROM cartridge, a lot of content and features were lost (including the Roman numeral in this case). But at the same time, those ports likely gave console fans a taste of the Ultima<\/em> universe that they would not have had otherwise.<\/p>\n

As for me, I was lucky enough to originally play the Ultima<\/em> games on the PC (and the Atari ST, in the case of Ultima III<\/em>), so I guess I am spoiled.<\/p>\n

[ From Electronic Gaming Monthly, November 1994, p.100]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> In your opinion, what’s the best console port of any Ultima<\/em> game?<\/p>\n

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\nSee Also:<\/em><\/p>\n

Ultima VII Immortality Contest<\/a> (RSOTW, 2007)
\nUltima VI<\/a> (RSOTW, 2009)
\nUltima V<\/a> (RSOTW, 2009)
\nThe Savage Empire<\/a> (RSOTW, 2010)
\nTiny Pocket Ultima<\/a> (RSOTW, 2013)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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