"I love to think about it, love the fact that it exists, that Richard Garriott had the courage to make it — but just thinking about playing it makes me tired. L

"I love to think about it, love the fact that it exists, that Richard Garriott had the courage to make it — but just thinking about playing it makes me tired. Like a work of conceptual art, to some extent the real power of Ultima IV today is just the fact of its existence." I played the NES version, which was probably a little more tolerable. Even though it's a slog, it is one of my favorite games at least in concept. I love how the air vehicle is a hot air balloon that you can't control other than cast spells to change wind direction. Good times when you run out of MP. The game is up there with Inindo for the SNES, which is another game that is a chore to play, but is one of my favorite concepts.