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Ultima Runes of Virtue
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Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima, reportedly counted Runes of Virtue as his favorite of the non-PC Ultima games, and the reason is simple: it was not squeezed down from a computer release. Origin Systems designed it specifically for the Game Boy, turning Britannia into a tight, top-down action adventure that plays more like Gauntlet or Zelda than a menu-heavy computer RPG.
The Black Knight has stolen the eight Runes of Virtue, and you must recover them from the monster-filled caves scattered across Britannia. Before setting out you choose your hero from four familiar faces of the series: Mariah the Mage, Iolo the Bard, Dupre the Fighter or Shamino the Ranger. Each cave mixes fighting with puzzles, and getting through them is as much about using the right item at the right moment as it is about swinging a weapon.
One smart design decision makes all of that work on a two-button handheld. Any item in your inventory can be assigned to the A or B button, so a key, a weapon or a tool is always one press away. Link's Awakening would use a similar setup a couple of years later. Nintendo Power was impressed enough to say it rivaled the scope and excitement of The Legend of Zelda, while other reviewers called it punishing but compelling, which is a fair warning to players used to gentler handheld adventures.
Runes of Virtue did well enough to earn a sequel, Runes of Virtue II, in 1993, and for Ultima followers it is a fascinating side branch of the series: the virtues, the companions and the Black Knight's villainy, condensed into a game that fits in a pocket. Published in North America by FCI, it is a distinctive early action RPG for the system and a rewarding find for collectors tracking the Ultima name across every platform it touched.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1991
- Publisher
- FCI
- Developer
- Origin Systems
- Genre
- RPG
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
Ultima: Runes of Virtue is a Role-Playing game, developed by Origin and published by Pony Canyon, which was released in 1992.
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