<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Enchantress	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
1982	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
(	O
USCO#	O
PA-317-502	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Device
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Device
's	O
"	O
Age	O
of	O
Darkness	O
"	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
only	O
official	O
Ultima	B-Device
game	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
evil	O
enchantress	O
Minax	O
,	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
exacting	O
revenge	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
defeat	O
of	O
Mondain	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
a	O
larger	O
game	O
world	O
than	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
and	O
hosts	O
advances	O
in	O
graphics	O
and	O
in	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
First	I-Device
Age	I-Device
of	I-Device
Darkness	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
young	O
Minax	O
survived	O
her	O
mentor	O
's	O
and	O
lover	O
's	O
death	O
at	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
the	O
Stranger	O
(	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
First	I-Device
Age	I-Device
of	I-Device
Darkness	I-Device
)	O
and	O
went	O
into	O
hiding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
called	O
for	O
a	O
hero	O
to	O
crush	O
Minax	O
's	O
evil	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
is	O
set	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
land	O
of	O
Sosaria	O
,	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
borrowed	O
characters	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
but	O
relocated	O
them	O
to	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Device
series	O
ret-conned	O
this	O
,	O
and	O
assumed	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
actually	O
happened	O
on	O
Sosaria	O
,	O
not	O
Earth	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
continuity	O
among	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
Garriott	O
's	O
first	O
program	O
that	O
he	O
wrote	O
completely	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
instead	O
of	O
interpreted	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playing	O
speed	O
and	O
reaction	O
time	O
were	O
vastly	O
improved	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Garriott	O
was	O
attending	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Texas	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
took	O
him	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
create	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
including	O
learning	O
assembly	O
in	O
one	O
month	O
from	O
Tom	O
Luhrs	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
arcade	O
game	O
Apple-Oids	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
cloth	O
map	O
inside	O
the	O
box	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
staple	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
map	O
,	O
which	O
illustrated	O
how	O
the	O
time	O
doors	O
were	O
linked	O
,	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
one	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
Time	B-Application
Bandits	I-Application
,	O
as	O
were	O
the	O
time	O
doors	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
agreed	O
and	O
provided	O
Garriott	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
left	O
the	O
university	O
,	O
with	O
technical	O
assistance	O
as	O
he	O
developed	O
his	O
first	O
major	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
map	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
large	O
boxed	O
(	O
8	O
"	O
x11	O
"	O
)	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
reservations	O
of	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
and	O
Chuck	O
Bueche	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
copy-protected	B-Application
using	O
Sierra	O
's	O
new	O
Spiradisc	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Apple	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
an	O
audiovisual	O
upgrade	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
bringing	O
its	O
graphics	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
with	O
more	O
recent	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
much	O
as	O
was	O
done	O
with	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
"	O
enhanced	O
"	O
version	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Device
Trilogy	O
I-II-III	O
box	O
set	O
released	O
that	O
year	O
and	O
discontinued	O
only	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
Commodore	O
and	O
IBM	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Device
Trilogy	O
include	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
unenhanced	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
their	O
respective	O
platforms	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
several	O
times	O
later	O
in	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
PC	O
compilations	O
,	O
including	O
1998	O
's	O
Ultima	B-Device
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
(	O
too	O
fast	O
)	O
computers	O
also	O
generate	O
a	O
divide	B-Algorithm
by	I-Algorithm
zero	I-Algorithm
error	I-Algorithm
when	O
attempting	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
run	O
without	O
errors	O
and	O
at	O
an	O
acceptable	O
speed	O
in	O
a	O
DOSBox	B-Application
environment	O
,	O
provided	O
the	O
missing	O
map	O
files	O
are	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
officially	O
ported	O
to	O
platforms	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1983	O
,	O
several	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
Apple	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
and	O
an	O
810	O
disk	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
mostly	O
a	O
direct	O
port	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
using	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
high	O
resolution	O
graphics	O
(	O
which	O
works	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
manner	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
's	O
HGR	O
mode	O
)	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
otherwise	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	O
's	O
advanced	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
runs	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
supports	O
only	O
the	O
Color	B-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Adapter	I-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
speaker	I-Device
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
for	O
timing	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
will	O
run	O
too	O
fast	O
on	O
anything	O
except	O
an	O
8088	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
prone	O
to	O
generating	O
divide	B-Algorithm
by	I-Algorithm
zero	I-Algorithm
errors	O
and	O
crashing	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1985	O
,	O
Sierra	O
released	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
128K/512K	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Ultima	B-Device
III	O
,	O
this	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
Ultima	B-Device
games	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
port	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
commercially	O
released	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
coming	O
out	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
June	O
1985	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
mostly	O
simple	O
block	O
graphics	O
with	O
little	O
enhancement	O
for	O
the	O
ST	O
's	O
hardware	O
capabilities	O
and	O
runs	O
from	O
within	O
TOS	O
,	O
not	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
as	O
most	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
games	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
in	O
1983	O
stated	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
continues	O
the	O
interplanetary	O
saga	O
with	O
a	O
creative	O
programming	O
flair	O
far	O
beyond	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
most	O
fantasy	O
or	O
adventure	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
has	O
another	O
,	O
greater	O
hit	O
on	O
his	O
hands	O
...	O
the	O
ultimate	O
in	O
real-time	O
D&D	O
type	O
fantasy	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
micro	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1983	O
gave	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
noting	O
many	O
improvements	O
over	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
animated	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
is	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
quicker	O
pace	O
"	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
fascinating	O
"	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
gave	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
15.5	O
points	O
out	O
of	O
18	O
,	O
also	O
praising	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
great	O
big	O
wonderful	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patricia	O
Fitzgibbons	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Although	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
an	O
exciting	O
–	O
even	O
indispensable	O
–	O
addition	O
to	O
any	O
Mac	O
owner	O
's	O
game	O
library	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
unfortunately	O
contains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
atrocious	O
misspellings	O
(	O
"	O
paralized	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
caugh	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
bugs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
sold	O
over	O
50,000	O
copies	O
by	O
November	O
1985	O
,	O
and	O
nearly	O
100,000	O
copies	O
by	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
for	O
Home	O
Computer	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
1983	O
Origins	O
Game	O
Fair	O
,	O
losing	O
to	O
Wizardry	B-Device
II	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Knight	I-Device
of	I-Device
Diamonds	I-Device
.	O
</s>
