| Ultima | |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
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| Publisher(s) | |
| Creator(s) | Richard Garriott |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, FM Towns, MS-DOS, MSX, Mac OS, Master System, NES, PC-98, PlayStation, SNES, VIC-20, Windows, X68000 |
| First release | Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1981 |
| Latest release | Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar 2013 |
Ultima is a series of open world fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, created by Richard Garriott. Electronic Arts has owned the brand since 1992. The series had sold over 2 million copies by 1997.[1]
A significant series in computer game history, it is considered, alongside Wizardry and Might and Magic, to be one of the norm-establishers of the computer role-playing game genre.[2] Several games of the series are considered seminal entries in their genre, and the early installments especially introduced new innovations which then were widely copied by other games.
The games take place for the most part in a world called Britannia; the constantly recurring hero is the Avatar, first named so in Ultima IV. They are primarily within the scope of fantasy fiction but contain science fiction elements as well.
- ^ Li, Kenneth (September 28, 1997). "To Rule Britania and the net". New York Daily News. p. 42-43. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Barton, Matt (2007-02-23). "The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2018-10-25.