[TAS] NES Ultima: Quest of the Avatar by TheAxeMan in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/2.... TAS originally published on 2015-03-18.
Following the defeat of the evil triad in the previous three Ultima games, the world of Sosaria changed beyond recognition: continents rose and sank, and new cities were built, heralding the advent of a different civilization. Unified by the reign of the benevolent monarch Lord British, the new world was renamed Britannia. Lord British wished to base people's well-being on the ethical principles of Truth, Love, and Courage, proclaiming the Eight Virtues (Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility) as the ideal everyone should strive for. The person who could accomplish full understanding and realization of these virtues would serve as a spiritual leader and a moral example for the inhabitants of Britannia; he alone would be able to obtain holy artifacts, descend into the Stygian Abyss, and access the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. This person is the Avatar.
Note: The second TH-cam stream has the dungeons lighted up.
The fm2 file has the author's commentary embedded, and the downloadable encode files have them as soft subtitles.
Watch this run being played back on a real console ( • [TAS Verified] NES Ult... ).

[@CarrotCakeMake]

Watch with closed captions (CC under the video) turned on.

[@neoqwerty]

Woah, there's actually commentary on the closed captioning!

[@Angel13691]

thanks

[@robertmcginty4146]

This was my favorite RPG... Well, Dragon Warrior IV on the NES was pretty epic, too. I liked the process of building your character up, the interaction with the allies, switching them out, the variety of enemies... This game has it all.

[@UltimateCarl]

Man, that beggar must be ravenously hungry... Give him ~80GP, the Avatar isn't even gone but for maybe an hour, and he's already broke and starving again.

[@johnsmith2046]

Being very experienced at this game, I can tell you two things about that. First, the beggar is automatically programmed to ask you for gold each time you talk to him. And second, you can give him 1 gold piece and that will do the trick, the amount of no importance, as long as you do it enough times.

[@MrDarkNao]

I really enjoyed this run! I really liked the comments, it gave consistency and depth to the gameplay.

[@babyinthewater8035]

I'm still playing this legendary game ..

[@mariowario5945]

How many replays?

[@sarcasticguy4311]

@@mariowario5945 I've done 10 so far. Haven't played it in years and am planning on going through again.

[@TheAxeMan301]

It's to build up virtue. There should be some explanatory subtitles but the publishers forgot still haven't added them.

[@i-evi-l]

Those Npcs are bugs, the repeatable virtue builder ones.

[@YaFunklord]

So unexpected for an Ultima-port to be awesome. 10/10

[@mikecornell5628]

Used to love this game

[@alphablender]

This games looks really cool for a Nes game

[@skyrunner14]

Would love to see someone make a full conversion romhack for this game that turns it into Warriors of Destiny since the actual NES port of that game is godawful.

[@chriswinkler284]

The only time I like the overhead map music is when you're sailing. I remember this game, but I never had it, and all the kids I knew back in the day that did have an NES didn't have this one either. They had everything else: Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, Bubble Bobble, Castlevania I and II, Donkey Kong, Excikbike, Karnov, Kung-Fu, Legend of Zelda, The Super Mario/Duckhunt combination, Metroid, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Blaster Master, Bad Dudes, Double Dragon, Renegade, Starvoyager, Robowarrior, Wizards and Warriors, Dragon Warrior and Contra, but not this one. I guess me and my friends really missed out ;P

[@chriswinkler284]

I forgot Ninja Gaiden :P

[@justinbladedemonsoul]

Best nes game

[@ryangaskin4796]

When you talk to npc's multiple times giving the same answer, are you manipulating rng?

[@i-evi-l]

There are 2 NPCs that bug boost virtues.

[@bvim75]

the dialogues were shortened compared to ultima V for pc?

[@subtledemisefox]

This is an interesting port. Pretty faithful gameplay wise to the original computer version, with better graphics and sound. Too bad the translation kinda sucks

[@MiriOhki]

The Sega Master System port is pretty accurate to the computer version except for the dungeons, which have all been turned 2-D.

[@vegaslowblower8781]

I cant believe i rented this piece of shit

[@vipmember3315]

ITs a great game dude. Ultima is what paved the way for final fantasy and other top down games.