<s>
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
False	I-Application
Prophet	I-Application
,	O
released	O
by	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
of	O
Ultima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
sees	O
the	O
player	O
return	O
to	O
Britannia	O
,	O
at	O
war	O
with	O
a	O
race	O
of	O
gargoyles	O
from	O
another	O
land	O
,	O
struggling	O
to	O
stop	O
a	O
prophecy	O
from	O
ending	O
their	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
advance	O
the	O
technology	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
world	O
is	O
larger	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
1024x1024	O
tile	B-Application
map	I-Application
seamlessly	O
connected	O
and	O
to	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
are	O
likewise	O
advanced	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
new	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
technology	O
and	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
cards	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
streamlined	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
point-and-click	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Ultima	B-Application
VII	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
years	O
after	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
has	O
returned	O
to	O
power	O
,	O
the	O
Avatar	O
is	O
captured	O
and	O
tied	O
on	O
a	O
sacrificial	O
altar	O
,	O
about	O
to	O
be	O
sacrificed	O
by	O
red	O
demon-like	O
creatures	O
,	O
the	O
gargoyles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
fighting	O
the	O
gargoyles	O
in	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
's	O
throne	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
,	O
the	O
whole	O
game	O
uses	O
a	O
single	O
scale	O
,	O
with	O
towns	O
and	O
other	O
places	O
seamlessly	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
map	O
;	O
dungeons	O
are	O
now	O
also	O
viewed	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
perspective	O
as	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
used	O
by	O
Ultima	O
I-V	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
kept	O
the	O
basic	O
tile	O
system	O
and	O
screen	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
preceding	O
parts	O
,	O
but	O
altered	O
the	O
look	O
into	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
colourful	O
and	O
detailed	O
oblique	O
view	O
,	O
to	O
take	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
cards	O
for	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-player	O
characters	O
had	O
their	O
portraits	O
shown	O
when	O
talked	O
to	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
been	O
feasible	O
on	O
the	O
classic	O
8-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	O
series	O
originated	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	I-Device
and	O
every	O
game	O
thus	O
far	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
primarily	O
on	O
that	O
platform	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
1990	B-Application
the	O
market	O
for	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
had	O
nearly	O
evaporated	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
reportedly	O
attempted	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
port	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
,	O
but	O
gave	O
up	O
after	O
deciding	O
it	O
was	O
impossible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
more	O
capable	O
16-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
had	O
been	O
planned	O
,	O
and	O
rumored	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
started	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
(	O
despite	O
mentions	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
packaging	O
and	O
manual	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
major	O
changes	O
were	O
made	O
that	O
distinguished	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
from	O
earlier	O
Ultima	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
these	O
changes	O
were	O
influenced	O
by	O
Origin	O
's	O
1988	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
Times	B-Application
of	I-Application
Lore	I-Application
,	O
created	O
by	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
,	O
and	O
FTL	O
Games	O
's	O
1987	O
RPG	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
change	O
was	O
the	O
world	O
design	O
,	O
where	O
no	O
longer	O
would	O
towns	O
and	O
castles	O
be	O
represented	O
by	O
icons	O
on	O
the	O
overworld	O
map	O
,	O
but	O
where	O
everything	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
is	O
represented	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
1024x1024	O
tile	B-Application
map	I-Application
,	O
except	O
for	O
dungeons	O
and	O
smaller	O
outdoor	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
caverns	O
and	O
dungeons	O
beneath	O
the	O
land	O
were	O
also	O
no	O
longer	O
represented	O
in	O
first-person	O
view	O
,	O
but	O
changed	O
to	O
an	O
overhead	O
,	O
oblique	O
isometric	B-Application
view	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Garriott	O
also	O
based	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
new	O
icon-based	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
interface	O
on	O
Times	B-Application
of	I-Application
Lore	I-Application
,	O
streamlining	O
the	O
commands	O
into	O
ten	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
routines	O
that	O
governed	O
every	O
element	O
of	O
movement	O
and	O
combat	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
25	O
year-old	O
Boston	O
programmer	O
Herman	O
Miller	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
wrote	O
the	O
IBM	O
conversions	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
and	O
Times	B-Application
of	I-Application
Lore	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conversation	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
means	O
by	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
talks	O
with	O
characters	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
26	O
year-old	O
Chinese	O
programmer	O
Cheryl	O
Chen	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
her	O
own	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
UCS	O
(	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
conversation	O
system	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
PC	O
games	O
directly	O
targeted	O
to	O
PC	O
systems	O
equipped	O
with	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
and	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
big	O
gaming	O
computer	O
was	O
still	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supported	O
sound	B-Device
cards	I-Device
for	O
music	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
yet	O
common	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
clashing	O
of	O
swords	O
,	O
magical	O
zaps	O
,	O
or	O
explosions	O
,	O
were	O
still	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
speaker	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
itself	O
ported	O
from	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
reprogramming	O
it	O
was	O
very	O
slow	O
and	O
generally	O
considered	O
unplayable	O
without	O
accelerator	O
card	O
on	O
a	O
first	O
-	O
or	O
second-generation	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
platform	O
was	O
made	O
primarily	O
for	O
Japanese	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remarkably	O
,	O
in	O
this	O
particular	O
version	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
recorded	O
at	O
Origin	O
,	O
mostly	O
by	O
the	O
people	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
(	O
with	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
as	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
,	O
Greg	O
Dykes	O
as	O
Dupre	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slightly	O
improved	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
engine	O
were	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Worlds	O
of	O
Ultima	O
spin-off	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
produced	O
a	O
deluxe	O
edition	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
for	O
sale	O
by	O
mail	O
order	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
$69.95	O
price	O
as	O
the	O
retail	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
autographed	O
the	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
an	O
audio	O
interview	O
with	O
him	O
,	O
game	O
hints	O
,	O
and	O
higher-quality	O
moonstone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
may	O
have	O
sound	O
and	O
speed	O
problems	O
when	O
running	O
on	O
modern	O
computers	O
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
run	O
reliably	O
in	O
a	O
DOSBox	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
open-source	O
remake	O
projects	O
exist	O
;	O
Nuvie	O
and	O
xU4	O
aim	O
to	O
recreate	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
engine	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
Exult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
sold	O
under	O
100,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorpia	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
she	O
"	O
had	O
some	O
profound	O
,	O
mixed	O
feelings	O
about	O
"	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
because	O
of	O
the	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
liked	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
solid	O
story	O
"	O
that	O
elegantly	O
concluded	O
the	O
second	O
trilogy	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
pointless	O
outdoor	O
encounters	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
NPC	O
dialogues	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	O
gave	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
named	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
the	O
best	O
role-playing	O
game	O
of	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
genre	O
had	O
become	O
bland	O
and	O
repetitive	O
,	O
and	O
remarked	O
that	O
"	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
took	O
role-playing	O
as	O
far	O
it	O
could	O
go	O
within	O
these	O
 [ usual ] 	O
parameters	O
,	O
offering	O
as	O
it	O
did	O
,	O
brilliant	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
consistent	O
world.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
91%	O
,	O
criticising	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
disk	O
swapping	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
and	O
to	O
begin	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
you	O
have	O
to	O
decompact	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
four	O
spare	O
floppies	O
"	O
,	O
further	O
frustrated	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
this	O
process	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
repeated	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
creates	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
furthermore	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
is	O
not	O
a	O
fast	O
game	O
by	O
any	O
means	O
and	O
the	O
frequent	O
disk	O
accessing	O
and	O
swapping	O
makes	O
two	O
drives	O
a	O
necessity	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
"	O
given	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
's	O
incredible	O
scale	O
and	O
scope	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
miracle	O
that	O
it	O
made	O
it	O
onto	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
at	O
all.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
praises	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
's	O
size	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
design	O
,	O
expressing	O
that	O
"	O
There	O
's	O
no	O
other	O
RPG	O
that	O
comes	O
within	O
a	O
mile	O
of	O
matching	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
's	O
huge	O
depth	O
and	O
amazingly	O
real	O
atmosphere.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
nominated	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
for	O
its	O
1990	B-Application
"	O
Role-Playing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Starflight	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Trade	I-Application
Routes	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Nebula	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
highlighted	O
Ultima	B-Application
VIs	I-Application
"	O
interesting	O
and	O
important	O
story	O
,	O
dynamite	O
graphics	O
...	O
and	O
incredible	O
detail	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
added	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
to	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
for	O
games	O
that	O
readers	O
highly	O
rated	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
the	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
44th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
"	O
hit	O
new	O
heights	O
in	O
virtuality	O
with	O
the	O
defined	O
objects	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
also	O
presented	O
a	O
brilliant	O
treatise	O
on	O
the	O
danger	O
of	O
prejudice	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan-made	O
recreation	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
using	O
the	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Siege	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
The	O
U6	O
Project	O
(	O
aka	O
Archon	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
5	O
July	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
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