It's barely perceptible, but about one minute of music on the Apple II will be stretched to about a minute and two seconds on the C64 port. The conversion process added a rather buzzy sound to the music, and it plays at a slightly slower tempo than the original Apple II version.
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The music is kept similar to the Apple II version which was composed to play in the inferior AY-3-9830 chip on the Apple II's Mockingboard, so the port doesn't take full advantage of the C64's SID chip.
The arrangement to the Commodore 64 was probably done by Arnold, but it may have been done by the C64 porter, Chuck Bueche. The music was originally composed by Ken Arnold for the original Apple II version of the game, and was ported along with the Commodore 64 version. There are eight songs, and two fanfares, which was pretty impressive for 1983. The over world music is long and intricate, the dungeons have more aggravating music, and the now iconic British tune Rule, Britannia! plays in Lord British's throne room for the first time. This is the first Ultima game to be released with a full soundtrack and the well-composed tunes add much-needed mood to the game. Though C64 port features a 1983 copyright, it may have been released in 1984.Įach main section Ultima III: Exodus has its own music which continues to play in the background as the game unfolds. These two versions are superior to the Atari 8-bit and DOS ports, but later ports for the Amiga, NES, and other platforms were superior. It features comparable graphics, music, and controls. The game was ported to the Commodore 64 by Chuck Bueche and was very similar to the original Apple II game. Multiple-character parties, separate combat screens, travel by ship, various quests, the signed victory letter from Lord British himself, and most important for this site, music! The game has a decent amount of additions from its predecessors. Unfortunately, you must first perform a painful amount of grinding to gain enough gold, levels, and stats to become strong enough to fight Exodus. In doing so, you will save the land of Sosaria from certain destruction. In Ultima III: Exodus, you create and control a party of four adventurers who are trying to foil the plans of the dreaded Exodus, the spawn of Mondain and Minax.
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For other games in the series see Ultima.
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