When will there be an Ultima where the conversations are totally speech and not text?
WS: *sigh* The sooner the better. My guess is probably a couple of years away. It will probably involve CD’s. It could happen this year. But it’ll probably be ’94. GB: (14) When will we see SVGA games? WS: There are proposals on the table now for 640x480x256 colors. Frankly, games that don’t use SVGA in the years to come aren’t going to make it. GB: (14) What about multiplayer games? WS: Doubt it for the near future, but some proposals on the desk have to have it. I’d say next year at the earliest. GB: (14) What are the premises for the next to Ultima games, 8 and 9? WS: Talk to Richard. He’s the Ultima Number guy. GB: (14) Has EA had any involvement in the planning, development, or approval of Origin games? WS: Not so far. They’ve left us pretty much to our own devices. GB: (14) Forge of Virtue was kind of a strange product. Is there anything similar going to come out for Serpent Isle? WS: It’s certainly been thought of. It’s a sales thing. If SI does well, we’ll be able to do it. We’
