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   echristopherson@gmail.com to Kurisu Yamato   
   Re: Commodore-128 game suggestions?   
   03 Sep 16 17:23:27   
   
   On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 12:27:21 AM UTC-5, Kurisu Yamato wrote:   
   > Hello Everyone! I am simply curious on if anyine has any suggestions on   
   > Commodore 128 games that might be worth trying out. I have a C-128 upgraded   
   > with JiffyDos, 1902 Monitor and 1571 floppy drive, as well as having an SD   
   > card solution for data migration from PC to the C-128.   
   >    
   > I know there is a moderate selection of games, but tracking down good ones is   
   > the tricky part and I'm wondering what suggestions you all might have.   
   >    
   > Of course I play plenty of C64 games on my console, but I would like to take   
   > advantage of the 128's power for more than just a word processor, or CPM   
   > without any additional software ;)   
   >    
   > Thanks for any suggestions!   
      
   Ultima 5 was enhanced for the 128, but I don't remember in what specific   
   way(s). I believe at the very least it used the 1571's fast serial mode, which   
   should make it very attractive compared to the 64 version. I seem to remember   
   also that it used the    
   128 autoboot feature; you didn't have to manually load the game. I can't   
   remember though if it truly runs in 128 mode, or just boots in 128 mode and   
   then switches to 64 mode (while still being able to use fast serial). Not sure   
   if any other games in the    
   series were like this.   
      
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