Talk:Ultima Underworld Version Differences
Interesting fact: The European CD version, as seen here Actually is version 1.94S, meaning that the final version was released in Europe after the 1.50 in the US, and GOG has taken that one over. --Tribun (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2025 (MST)
That is interesting. I had thought that the CD Collections version was the final version, but when the GOG version come out and I saw it had a different version string and a massively different EXE file I knew it was different but had no idea where it had come from. Thank you for that bit of trivia, I'll update the page. --Sir Robin (talk) 08:46, 10 January 2025 (MST)
- No problem. Since I live in Europe, and the floppy version of the game never was widely disributed, that always was the version we got on CD (which was release in 1995, while the US-CD version was released in 1993). Btw., I also checked the version number of Underworld II, the one I have there is vF1.99S, which also smells like the final version of that game. You can check with the one you have from GOG.--Tribun (talk) 10:13, 10 January 2025 (MST)
OK, I'll update those dates as well. I put 2000 for the CD release because I saw something that said PC Gamer Magazine released the CD in 2000, but I suppose it could have been a re-issue.
I don't know as much about UW2, but I believe there are only 2 versions, the initial version and a patch to fix some plot-stopping bugs. I would assume all CD releases would be that later version but I haven't delved into it yet.
--Sir Robin (talk) 11:44, 10 January 2025 (MST)
- The release schedule is as follows:
- UW1: Initial release US in 1992 and in Europe 1993. CD-Editions in the US in 1993 (normal), 1994 (Classics) and 1996 (Gold). CD release in Europe in 1995 (jewelcase only).
- UW2: Initial release in the US and Eurpoe in 1993. All CD releses follow UW1, since bundled together.--Tribun (talk) 12:02, 10 January 2025 (MST)
Wow, ok, so many editions. At some point I'll track them all down and compare them. Today is not gooing to be that day. --Sir Robin (talk) 12:26, 10 January 2025 (MST)