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[edit] Report thy victory

The message "REPORT THY VICTORY!" at the end of Ultima 3 is not cryptic at all... if you called Origin and told them you beat the game (i.e. report thy victory), they would send you a small certificate signed by Lord British. I have several of these from the 80's.

I fixed that problem up.

[edit] "is considered one of the most influental video games ever made."

Not really, to be honest. Most people have never heard of it.

Not exactly for the players, but for the designers (Piajeno 18:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC))

Something does not have to be contemporarily popular or well-known to be influential. If you look at early pioneers of console RPGs like Dragon Warrior and Fire Emblem, they are essentially based on a combination of elements from Ultima III and Wizardry. Even today the majority of strategy RPGs are still basically built on the system that Ultima III started, and the influence of Wizardry is still felt on modern RPGs despite most gamers not having played either game. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.180.44.242 (talk) 17:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Reference card colors/addresses

Listing the reference cards' colors and addresses seems to be a futile effort to me, as they not only vary with the platform, but also with the production year. Later versions of the IBM PC port for example have a black-font reference card, not a purple one, and my early IBM PC version has a MA address, not a NH one. I suggest removing this information completely, as IMO it is completely useless trivia. (WP:NOT#IINFO). NewRisingSun 14:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)