Might and Magic is considered one of the defining examples of early PC role-playing games, along with the Bard's Tale, Ultima and Wizardry series.

Ultima is a series of fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, Inc. Ultima was created by Richard Garriott, a. k. a. Lord British.

The main Ultima series consists of nine installments ( the seventh title is further divided into two parts ) grouped into three trilogies, or " Ages ": The Age of Darkness ( Ultima I-III ), The Age of Enlightenment ( Ultima IV-VI ), and The Age of Armageddon ( Ultima VII-IX ).

Alternatives include hin in the Mystara universe, hurthlings in Ancient Domains of Mystery, and Bobbits in the Ultima series.

Yuji Horii drew inspiration from the Wizardry, Mugen no Shinzou ( Heart of Phantasm ), and Ultima series of games for making the popular Japanese role-playing game Dragon Quest.

Lord Cantabrigian British is the name of the fictional ruler of Britannia, kingdom of the fictional world of Sosaria, created by Richard Garriott for his computer game series Ultima.

In the Ultima series, Lord British rules from his throne inside Castle Britannia, and continuously provides healing, resurrection and other miscellaneous help for the Avatar ( the main character ) and his adventuring party.

Throughout the Ultima series, Lord British never leaves his castle, except for Ultima V, where his absence constitutes the main storyline, and at the end of Ultima VI, when he uses a red moongate to travel to the Isle of the Avatar.

* Manuals containing information and hints vital to the completion of the game, like answers to riddles ( Conquests of Camelot, King's Quest 6 ), recipes of spells ( King's Quest 3 ), keys to deciphering non-Latin writing systems ( Ultima series, see also Ultima writing systems ), maze guides ( Manhunter ), dialogue spoken by other characters in the game ( Wasteland, Dragon Wars ), excerpts of the storyline ( most Advanced Dungeons and Dragons games and Wing Commander I ), or a radio frequency to use to communicate with a character to further a game ( Metal Gear Solid ).

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For example, Origin-produced Ultima VIII: Pagan and Ultima IX: Ascension were developed quickly under EA's ownership, over the protests of Ultima creator Richard Garriott, and these two are widely considered to be subpar compared to the rest of the series.

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* The Guardian, an alien being in the Ultima series

Arkane Studios went on to develop Arx Fatalis ( a dungeon crawling game that bore heavy resemblance to Looking Glass ' cult series Ultima Underworld ) and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic ( co-designed by Floodgate ).

It is most famous for the Ultima and Wing Commander series.

Ultima Online's fourth expansion brought players into a world under siege, replete with more than 30 new and exotic characters created by none other than Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

* Richard Garriott, aka " Lord British ", creator of Ultima, and cofounder of Origin.

Ultima creator Richard Garriott stated that after Ultima III he received hate mail from parents, bringing his attention to the fact that in his first three Ultima games immoral actions like stealing and murder of peaceful citizens had been tacitly condoned.

Ultima X: Odyssey was the first Ultima game developed after series creator Richard Garriott left Origin, and is the second Ultima-based MMORPG to be cancelled ( Ultima Worlds Online: Origin — Ultima Online 2 — was cancelled in 2001 ).

Garriott is the father of Richard Garriott, a computer programmer and the creator of the Ultima computer game series.

The 1987 inaugural Dragon * Con took place at the Piedmont Plaza Hotel, drew 1400 fans, and featured Guest of Honor Michael Moorcock, Lynn Abbey and Robert Asprin, Robert Adams, Ultima creator Richard " Lord British " Garriott, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons Gary Gygax and Toastmaster Brad Strickland.

Elements of Ultima VII are inspired by game creator Origin Systems ' conflicts with competitor ( and later owner ) Electronic Arts.

The first version was as it was conceived of by Ultima creator Richard Garriott during his initial planning for the third Ultima trilogy as Origin began to work on Ultima VII.

Tony Zurovec of the Crusader team left Origin and joined Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts at his new company Digital Anvil and Origin refocused its efforts on Ultima Online.

Ultima Online is the product of Richard Garriott's idea for a fantasy game involving several thousand people who can all play in a shared fantasy world.

It included a signed lithograph of the Ultima Online artwork by the Hilderbrandt brothers, a pewter pin badge bearing the Ultima Online logo, the box was not signed by Richard Garriott but simply bears a digital print of his Lord British signature.

The party-based combat in Wizardry also inspired Richard Garriot to include a similar party-based system in Ultima III: Exodus.

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Richard Garriott designed the game as a hobbyist project, which is now recognized as one of the earliest known examples of a role-playing video game and as a predecessor of the Ultima series of games that started Garriott's career.

By the time of Ultima VII, Richard Garriott noted that he had grown tired of the moral concept seen in the previous three games, and the Avatar returned to a more traditional role for the player where the moral code was not as strictly enforced.

Ultima is a series of fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, Inc .. Ultima was created by Richard Garriott, a. k. a. Lord British.

Garriott released Akalabeth: World of Doom and all Ultima games under the name and occasionally appeared in Ultima Online playing as Lord British and meting out justice to his players.

He is still known as Lord British even after his departure from Ultima maker Origin Systems: Garriott retained the trademark rights to the name Lord British with its associated symbols, and the character appears in his new game, Tabula Rasa as General British.

* In Ultima III: Exodus, according to interviewer Shay Addams, " Garriott was less than pleased " to learn that some players had a found a way to kill Lord British.

It was, therefore, included as part of the 1998 Ultima Collection where it officially picked up the nickname Ultima 0.

Long-time Ultima fans jokingly referred to Ultima VIII by the nickname ' Super Avatar Brothers ', in reference to the abundance of platform-jumping puzzles.

In the first three Ultima games, British charged a significant sum of money for his services, but would provide them for free from Ultima IV onwards.

In Ultima IX, the Guardian comments on this behavior, accusing Lord British of always hiding in his castle while his land suffers.

The famous incident where Lord British is assassinated in Ultima Online

* Lord British was killed during an in-game appearance on Ultima Onlines beta test on August 8, 1997.

After Lord British was killed, fellow Ultima Online developer Starr Long summoned over some demons, who attacked innocent bystanders.

* In Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, Lord British was more or less invincible.

* In Ultima VI: The False Prophet, Lord British was again largely impervious to weapons and magic.

* In Ultima VII, an Easter egg allows British to be killed.