![]() You need to wander all around the island, pick up stuff, find a cave, go in there and give some gems to a dragon. From here the game gets really tedious, as you need to sail the oceans, which is basically just a boring maze.Īfter you've gained a leather bag from a seagull flying past and picked up a carcass of a condor that flew on your mast, you find the Island of Storms. He's so excited to sell me stuff.Īfter you've bought all, you'll hire a crew, go wander in the woods in order to find a chest you need later on in the game, get a bottle from the ocean and bribe a guard who lets you on a ship and gives you a map. You get some cash in advance so, with your newfound wealth, you can head on to the city store and buy all that you previously couldn't, as you were poor. The Golden Fleece has been stolen and you need to mosey along and get it back. Pleased with these facts, he gives you a task, as Ulysses is a knows hero after all. The first thing you do, after the game starts, is to head to the king's palace, where you admit that your name is indeed Ulysses and bow to the king. This isn't about Time Zone though, but Ulysses and the Golden Fleece, a game I hadn't played before this, so let's get cracking. It was, again, a game not designed by Roberta Williams, but this time around by Bob Davis, who, at least according to MobyGames, has only one other title under his belt, that being the next game in the series, Time Zone, where he acted as a program development coordinator. It was also re-released as a SierraVenture title in a large folder.Hi-Res Adventure #4: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (1981), designed by Bob Davis and Ken Williams, developed and published by On-Lines SystemsĪs you might guess, the fourth entry (or actually the fifth, as the series starts with a zero, made after Mystery House was released) takes place in ancient Greece and as luck has it, you even play as Ulysses. Ulysses and the Golden Fleece was first released as an Apple II, Atari 400 and Commodore 64 game and was later also ported to the IBM PC by Jeff Stephenson. She was also not involved with the development of Hi-Res Adv.#3: Cranston Manor, presumably because she was working on Hi-Res Adv.#5: Timezone, which would turn out to become the largest Sierra game for many years. It was the second Hi-Res Adventure that Roberta Williams was not involved with. #0: Mission Asteroid being the third), designed by Bob Davis and Ken Williams. Ulysses and the Golden Fleece is the fifth Hi-Res Adventure by On-Line Systems (with Hi-Res Adv. Clad in a pocketed toga and chain armor, it's up to you to prove it! Legend acclaims Ulysses as the most daring and skilled seaman of all time. Highlighting your journey is an encounter with the magnificent winged horse Pegasus. On your voyages you will encounter many of the same foes dealt with by your predecessors: the wicked sirens whose beautiful songs lure unsuspecting seamen to their deaths on the island's treacherous shores, the cyclops, son of king Neptune, Pluto mythological god of the underworld, and others. ![]() The king has requested an audience with you, to assign you the task of retrieving the Golden Fleece and returning it safely to him. The setting is ancient Greece and you are Ulysses. Many valiant men have attempted its recovery, but none have been successful in possessing it for any amount of time. Protected by the gods, the Golden Fleece, legendary treasure of ancient mythology, has been kept from man for many decades. ![]()
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