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General News - ScummVM adds support for Ultima IV, VI and VIII

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Oct 1, 2020.

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    [​IMG]ScummVM has added support for Ultima IV, VI and VIII.
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    Sep 27, 2020: ScummVM "Interactive Fantasy" 2.2.0 Sees the Light
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    Posted by sev
    A new release of ScummVM is ready. This is a thrilling one because we are embracing adventure games as far back as 1976! That's right, the infamous Colossal Cave Adventure, the very first Interactive Fiction game, is now supported by ScummVM.

    Besides that (and about 1594 other IF games), we now added 3 more game engines and extended another 4, thus adding the following games to the supported list:
    • Blazing Dragons
    • Eye of the Beholder - Sega CD version
    • Griffon Legend
    • Interactive Fiction games
    • Operation Stealth
    • Police Quest: SWAT
    • Prince and the Coward, English translation
    • Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar
    • Ultima VI - The False Prophet
    • Ultima VIII - Pagan
    As you can see, we continue our exploration into the world of RPGs.

    Other notable changes are: a fully rewritten MorphOS port; a new subsystem for automatic saves present in nearly every engine we support; Right-To-Left display support in our GUI; updated MT-32 emulation code and Discord Rich Presence.

    We now support additional different game versions, and have noticeable improvements to Illusions, Kyra, Lab, Queen, Titanic, Xeen and ZVision engines. There is also improved support for Maniac Mansion, NES and Apple //gs versions. As usual, we continue fixing original SCI script bugs in over 30 games and added Roland D-110 soundtrack support to these games.

    Of course, you can find the comprehensive Release Notes here.

    Grab your copy from our downloads page, or, on Windows or macOS, let the automatic updater fetch it for you.

    In addition, we will be releasing a new Android port into the Beta Channel and will need your help with testing. That would be great for us to get your feedback at the Android Port subforum.

    Time to dive into a nice Interactive Fiction or fry some monsters in Ultima with a Blazing Fire, if you're a dragon of course.
     
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