Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Mac OS | Sierra Entertainment |
Release dates | |
DOS | August 24, 1982 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1985 |
Windows (DOSBox) | August 30, 2011[1] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 18, 2012[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Ultima |
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress is a singleplayer RPG game in the Ultima series.
The original DOS version was designed to run on CGA graphics mode, intended for composite monitor or television set which would introduces some form of colour burst to achieve higher colour depth. Virtually every modern display technology are most likely unable to replicate it and would display the picture "as-is" to then-contemporary RGBI monitor.
Additionally, like majority of DOS applications made for early IBM PC lines and its clones, the game will run too fast and will be unplayable on modern PCs since it is only designed to run at original IBM PC's CPU clock of 4.77 MHz.
The fan-made upgrade patch fixes the problems mentioned above in addition to other improvements and fixes.
General information
- The Codex of Ultima Wisdom - A huge wiki for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Run in DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | DOS version in DOSBox. Includes Ultima I and Ultima III. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |||
Origin | Not available in some regions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
Essential improvements
Upgrade patch
- The fan-made Ultima 3 Upgrade fixes the game's numerous issues.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\PLAYER |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- The
PLAYER
save can't be overwritten in-game; empty the file contents to start a new game. - If you're using the upgrade patch with the GOG version create a directory titled PLAYER.U2 in the cloud_saves directory. This will prevent the game from crashing when you save your game.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only; toggle with Ctrl+S. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
"Not a blank player disk" error when creating a new character
- Ultima II can't overwrite the character in-game. Empty
PLAYER
to start a new game.
Empty file contents[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | CGA, CGA Composite, EGA | Use the Ultima 2 Upgrade for EGA graphics. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 1.1 | 2.0 |
Processor (CPU) | 8088 / 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 KB | 128 KB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | CGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ New release: Ultima 1+2+3 ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ GOG.com goes Mac ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023