Just kearned that Ultima III was released for the Commodore VIC 20. THhis game was reason why I was getting tired of the VIC 20 back in the day, because it couldn't play this game. But with modern technology and cheap banked ROM cortridges, today, memory is no longer an issue, even for a computer that only has 5K of RAM stock.
The version being shown is the disk version. Back when I had a VIC 20, I didn't have a 1541 disk drive, I only had a CBM Datasette, much like the one that was imbedding in the PET 2001.
Also, a software synth on a 6502? That's actually rather cool. The VIC chip does have a 3 square waves and a noise generator. But it doesn't sound anything like what you hear in this game. A lot of crackling, though. But, still when you consider it's a VIC 20.
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