Ultima: Exodus - Hint Book

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The Ultima: Exodus - Hint Book is a hint book for Ultima: Exodus, the NES port of Ultima III: Exodus. It was produced by Work House and published by FCI in 1989.

My brother bought me this book shortly after I received the game for Christmas. I really loved the book and read it cover to cover dozens of times. It was not just extremely helpful at giving me the information I needed to beat the game, but it also is gorgeously illustrated and designed.

Status

I own a badly worn 1st edition and have read it many times.

Review

Good

  • The water colors of the opening comic are beautiful.
  • Illustrations are made for the majority of the game's weapons, armor, tools, races and monsters.
  • The are dozens of screenshots from the game all through the book.
  • Detailed maps are included for every town and dungeon, as well as Sosaria, Ambrosia, and Exodus' castle.
  • The useful aspects of each town are described, screenshots are made, and even little illustrations are given.
  • Each dungeon is mapped, described, and you're told on which level you can find key items.

Bad

  • Some of the people the book identifies as having helpful hints are actually not useful at all.
  • The opening story tries to retcon aspects of the Ultima story like confusing Britannia with Sosaria, and, for some reason, Lord British is depicted as a stereo-typical Jesus.
  • The lava is not colored red in the map of Exodus' castle.

Ugly

  • The book's binding is very poorly made. Shortly after I got the book, the cover began to fall away from the pages, and slowly but surely, the pages began to fall out.

Media

Credits

  • Publisher: FCI
  • Produced and Edited: Work House, U.S.A., Inc.
  • Editor In Chief: Yukio Yamashita
  • Senior Editor: Kenji Orimo
  • Editors: Nobu Takagi, Pocky Iwase, Death Iwamoto
  • Layout: Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Illustrators: Tetuo Hiroi, Macky Ohmori, Kenji Murata
  • Cover Design: Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Assistant Editor: Tiger Tsukamoto
  • Copy Consultant: Kazuto W. Brandjord
  • Copy Coordinator: Golden Empire Publications, Johnny L. Wilson, Jason Watabe, Margot Blattmann
  • FCI Editors: Elizabeth Hamburg, Tatsuo Ozu
  • Editorial Consultants: Donn Nauert (Sendai Publications), Kunihiko Kagawa (Pony Canyon), Yasuhiro Kawashima (Locus)

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