Runes of Virtue Walkthrough

WORK IN PROGRESS!

Game Background
Story (Taken from the Manual) "Through the mystic moongate you have been transported to the land of Britannia, where a world of magic and adventure awaits you. Ruling over the lands he united, Lord British guides his people as they seek to master the eight virtues of the Avatar. It is your quest to recover the runes, symbols of these great virtues by the Black Knight."

Starting up the Game
Insert the Ultima Game pak into the Game Boy and turn on the power. Press the START button anytime during the opening screens to begin your game. If this is your first game, choose Begin a New Game with the control pad (more about that soon.) and press START. You then get to select which character to play and enter your initials.

Difficulty Levels
You can choose out of three difficulties.


 * Easy

When you're defeated, you're restored at the start of the level.


 * Medium

When you're defeated, you're returning to the surface at the entrance to the cavern you were in.


 * Hard

Just like Medium, BUT you also will lose ALL your gold, food and potions!

Save / Load
As you may have noticed, your Ultima Game Pak has a battery and automatically saves your game and high scores. Do not worry; you can turn off your GAME BOY at any time. BEWARE: It will ONLY work during a ONE-Player game. Playing a TWO-Player does NOT affect your saved character. It does NOT save your character during a Two-player Game.

The next time you play, choose Journey Onwards and you will begin at the start of the last level you entered. If you select Begin a New Game, it erases your old game, and lets you choose a new character.

Two Player Game
If you connect two GAME BOYS with a Game Link Cable BEFORE turning them on, you and a friend can explore 80 new levels! You can choose Journey Onwards to use a saved character from the One-Player game, or Begin a New Game to play with a fresh character. Either way, it won't affect your saved game. You won't be able to bring any items from the one player game with you, Except Runes.

To win, both players must get ALL eight runes. When one player is defeated, he returns when the other player enters a new level. The game ends if both players are defeated in the same level, or either player uses the ankh to end the game.

Overview of Controls
[Movement Keys] Moves party / scrolls through menu options [Start] Starts the game / Inventory Screen / Pauses the game [A] Use whatever items you have in this hand / Changes weapons or items [B] Use whatever items you have in this hand / Changes weapons or items [Select] Drops Item

Interaction To pick up items, walk over them. To pick up items in shops, you must have enough gold to pay for them. You can talk to people, flip levers, open chest, etc. by bumping into them.

Combat