After cleansing the shrine in Yew I made my way back to the docks in Britain to meet up with Raven..but she was not there. In our last conversation she told me to meet her in the docks in Britain but she was nowhere to be found. WTF? I tried restoring a game to make sure that she was not trapped in Dungeon Wrong and that I had to somehow cut her free. Nooo…that would be too easy. I had to head back to the Court house in Yew and let the proceedings finish so that our names would be cleared.

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My time between posts is getting pretty crazy. Side tracked is an understatement.

In my last posting I was ready to enter into the dungeon of Wrong, rescue Raven and return with the glyph. I remember Wrong from Ultima VII part 2, loaded with teleports, puzzles and long winding corridors. Wrong in Ultima IX is pretty confusing too. I think the confusing part is the sub level between levels. It's the jail section where all the prisoners are kept. To get pasted certain gates and locked doors you need to travel through it.



The dungeons contain lots of nasty torture devices. Ye olde iron maiden in the corner. The thing that is different with dungeon Wrong is that you can’t kill the guards. If they catch you your teleported back to your cell. The trick is to try and not get caught. After playing Skyrim you do notice the AI is pretty crap in the game. Read More...

Well its been five months between posts. I sort of got side tracked...



After cleansing the shrine of sacrifice I headed back to Britain (after several crashes grrr) and spoke with Lord British. He informed me that his astrologers have detected that the columns are pulling the moons into Britannia. Chaos will be upon us and soon all of Britannia will be destroyed. Not good, sounds like the guardian has HAARP technology and is not only creating earthquakes.

Lord British also told me that there is a secret route to Yew. Aha, I knew that mountain looked strange. With the magic that was forbidding the entrance to the cave removed I made my way through. My pike seems to slice the goblins to bits.

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Coventous was a nice change but the darn skeletal warriors really did me in. I hate the fact that they re-spawn so fast.

I pretty much cleared level one quiet quickly. I found the gear and fixed the broken cog for the lift.


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A band of gypsies and shit everywhere. I’m in Minoc now after getting passage with Raven. Minoc is a horrible town full of gypsy scum. I approach the campfire to find Blackthorn and the gyspsy leader conversing. Blackthorn curses the gypsies and if they try and help me there will be problems.


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After exiting Hythloth I’m presented with Duncan. He was sent by Tydus to kill me. Supposedly I have his families dagger. I convince him that I don’t have it and offer to find it.

I make my way to Moonglow where I meet an angered man called Tydus. He wants me to retrieve a staff from a nearby cave.


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Hythloth, a horrible dungeon full of spiders and other nasties. This was actually quiet challenging.



The trick here is to gather the coloured statues and then place them on the matching pedestals. Seems easy enough but it does get kind of tricky.
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After the massive plot-stopper yesterday no major crashes or bugs today. Things seem to go along nicely, though it's a shame the history of previous Ultima games is not really reflected in Ultima IX. I’m not sure why Richard Garriot let it pass? I hear there is a fan patch which completely changes the in-game text to make it more “Ultima like” but I have not tried it. Obviously you loose the in game speech as they only patched the text.

Back to the game... Just before I leave for New Magincia I find the Silver Serpent that was captured by the pirates. I release it and its teleported back to Britain. I must remember to go back to see if there is a reward.


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Day 3 and I’m stopped by a massive plot-stopper bug. I have the darn 1.19f patch too. arrrggh. I can see how the fans must have been furious when this first came out.

Here’s the bug. After cleansing the Shrine of Compassion the rune and sigil are no where to be found. After browsing the net a little I found a site that mentioned that sometimes they are floating high in the air above the shrine. Sure enough that’s where they were. I had to use the cheats to fly up and grab them.

With the rune I could then go and speak to Raven to get passage to Buccaneer’s Den.


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Day 2 on Ultima IX. New graphics. New sound and no more Roland MT32 or SC55. I concentrated my efforts in Britain and the surrounding areas. In the castle grounds I discovered a maze and after getting lost I stumbled upon a nice fire sword before finding the exit.

As I was heading west to Paws I came across a house that was on fire. The little boy told me his mother had been kidnapped. I find the pirates that kidnapped her and put my fire sword through them. One dropped a journal which spoke of a hidden cave with held great treasure.


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Well this is a first. I remember seeing this game on a mates computer. I never brought it, not sure why? I was not one for the new 3D graphics that seemed to be entering into the market. Maybe or perhaps because my PC at the time did not have a good 3D graphics card. I do remember people complaining about the bugs in this game. I’ve only been playing it for a short time and I’ve had many crashes. I’ve even installed the 1.19f patch.


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