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Instruction booklet · April 1994

Ultima VI: The False Prophet

Role-playing (RPG)1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Ultima VI sees the player return to Britannia, at war with a race of gargoyles from another land, struggling to stop a prophecy from ending their race. The player must help defend Britannia against these gargoyles, and ultimately discover the secrets about both lands and its peoples.

Specifications

Released: April 1994
Developer: Infinity Co., Ltd
Publisher: FCI
Players: 1
Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Ultima
Themes: Fantasy · Open world
View: Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 84/100 (24 ratings)
Z64: 98%
Dragon: 3/5

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