Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985)

All time rank:	298 of 1,000
1980s rank:	22 of 109
1985 rank:	4 of 13
List appearances:	17 lists
Developer:	Origin Systems
Platforms:	Amiga Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore 64/128 DOS Fujitsu Micro 7 MSX Nintendo Entertainment System PC-8800 PC-9800 Sharp X1
Genre:	Role-Playing
Series:	Ultima
Wikipedia:	Wikipedia
IGDB:	IGDB
HowLongToBeat:	HowLongToBeat Main: ~21h Main+Extra: ~36h 100%: ~52h
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All time 15

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2018	Game Informer	The Top 300 Games of All Time	243
2018	Hyper	The 200 Games You Must Play	1
2017	Polygon	The 500 best games of all time	369
2012	Time	All-TIME 100 Video Games	1
2003	Entertainment Weekly	We rank the 100 greatest early video games	34
2002	The Sydney Morning Herald	Top 50 video games of all time	9
2001	GameSpy	GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time	7
2000	GameSpot	GameSpot's 100 Games of the Millennium	10
1999	Hyper	The Top 50 Games of All Time	10
1999	Next Generation	The Fifty Best Games of All Time	18
1997	Hyper	The 50 Best Games Ever!	1
1997	Nintendo Power	Nintendo Power's 100 Best Games of All Time	99
1996	Computer Gaming World	150 Best Games of All Time	2
1996	Next Generation	Top 100 Games of All Time	55
1995	Hyper	Top 100 Video Games of All Time	1

2018 Game Informer

The Top 300 Games of All Time #243

2018 Hyper

The 200 Games You Must Play #1

2017 Polygon

The 500 best games of all time #369

2012 Time

All-TIME 100 Video Games #1

2003 Entertainment Weekly

We rank the 100 greatest early video games #34

2002 The Sydney Morning Herald

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2024	Edge	The 50 best games of the '80s	11
2009	GameSpy	The Greatest PC Games of All Time: The '80s	3