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| Starts | 24 Dec 2014 (Wed) | Ends | 26 Dec 2014 (Fri) |
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| Location | GOG |
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Get all the Ultima series at up to 80% off at www.gog.com.
In the year 1979, a teenager – born in Cambridge, England and raised in Houston, Texas – summoned upon this world an idea of unfathomable might.
This boy, young Richard Garriot, son of a NASA astronaut, employed the power of his imagination with the creative force bestowed upon him by the Apple II personal computer, and brought a fantasy world of his invention to digital life.
Akalabeth: World of Doom, one of the very first computer RPG titles, came to existence. This act of creation sparked an eternal flame that’s been burning bright in the hearts of gamers ever since. The flame of love for virtual realms populated with heroes and villains, for stories told by the digital campfires, for dungeons filled with shiny loot and repulsive monsters. The flame of love for computer RPGs!
This historical title laid the groundwork for the Ultima series, the legendary role-playing saga that grew with the computer gaming medium, giving joy, wonderment, and adventure while preaching knightly virtues and the value of imagination to generations of gamers, decade after decade. It’s often referred to as Ultima 0, while its creator is now – and shall be forever – known to the gamer folk as Lord British.
In 2008 – 29 years after selling the first copy of Akalabeth packed in a ziploc bag complete with photocopied manual – Richard Garriott de Cayeux (as he now calls himself in our mundane dimension) fullfiled one of his life-long dreams and followed his father’s footsteps. He visited the International Space Station, becoming the 6th private space-traveler (that we know of) in the history of mankind. Then, soon after the safe landing, he began his pursuit of another dream: to keep alive the legacy of the world he fathered in the form of its spiritual successor, Shroud of the Avatar.
By a special decree from the court of Lord British, Akalabeth: World of Doom shall be henceforth available for FREE to all of the gamer folk, alongside Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar, Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire, and Ultima Worlds of Adventure: Martian Dreams (the two spin-offs of the saga). All the Ultima series are also discounted by up to 80% for a limited time
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Sales on until 26 Dec 2014, 5pm
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