Akalabeth: World of Doom
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Akalabeth: World of Doom is a role-playing video game created in 1979 for the Apple II by Richard Garriott, and published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980. Garriott designed the game as
Cover art by Denis Loubet
The main overhead view of Akalabeth. The player is represented by a cross. There is a town to the northwest and impassable mountains to the southeast. (The colors are from the DOS port of the game for the Ultima Collection.)
The first-person dungeon perspective of Akalabeth. The player is fighting a skeleton near a ladder. The dark blue color indicates this is the second level of the dungeon. (The colors are from the DOS port of the game for the Ultima Collection.)
Richard Garriott
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Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.
Akalabeth: World of Doom
…Akalabeth: World of Doom () is a role-playing video game created in 1979 for the Apple II by Richard Garriott, and published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980. Garriott designed the game as a hobbyist project, which is now recognized as one of the…
Garriott in July 2008
Garriott, dressed as his "Lord British" persona, at the 2018 Game Developers Conference
Richard Garriott (far right) aboard the ISS on October 23, 2008, with the MIT SPHERES Satellites.
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