#richard garriott

[theactioneer]

Akalabeth: World of Doom (California Pacific, 1980)

[oldschoolfrp]

Only in the arena of Ultima II can you travel throughout the solar system, explore deep dark deadly dungeons, dine at your favorite restaurant, meet prominent people within the computer industry, and be seduced in a bar.

Ultima II by Richard Garriott/Lord British was first released in 1983 by Sierra On-Line. The sorceress Minax was the lover and apprentice of the first game's villain Mondain, and she now threatens the world by traveling through time and space via magical gates. This is the only main Ultima game with box art not by Denis Loubet, and lacks any clear signature or art credit on the box or within the manual.

[chambers-of-crimson-sleep]

Ultima I

[masturbatress]

I miss playing the Ultima games like when I was first introduced to them. Man, numbers IV, V, VI and VII were so fucking good introductions to computer RPGs and some of their aspects really haven't been topped since.

[ultimacodex]

If You Haven't Checked Out Majuular's "Ultima" Retrospectives, You Really Should

Majuular's has been publishing video retrospectives of the "Ultima" series; he's already done the first five games, with more to come.

YouTube streamer Majuular‘s channel is full of retrospectives of many classic games, but recently his attention has been on the Ultima series. He’s covered Akalabeth and Ultima 1, Ultima 2, Ultima 3, Ultima 4, and (most recently) Ultima 5, and delves into significant detail about each game. The earlier videos run to about an hour in length; the two most recent ones clock in at nearly two hours.…

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[kaiyves-backup]

Sending people party invitations that contain codes telling you to hold the paper over fire (but not burn it) and then put it in the freezer to get the real message convinces me that Richard Garriott is the kind of person edutainment games, books, and cartoons were warning us about.

[kreuzaderny]

Richard Garriott and Warren Spector (1992)

[found-in-retro-game-mags]

Ultima I and II

“The Ultimate in Fantasy”