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Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

Ultima, later known as Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness or simply Ultima I, is the first game in the Ultima series of role-playing video games created by Richard Garriott, originally released for the Apple II. It was first published in the United States by California Pacific Computer Company, which registered a copyright for the game on September 2…

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Genre
Role-playing
Publisher
Apple II California Pacific (1981) Origin Systems (1986) Atari 8-bit Sierra On-line Commodore 64 Origin Systems IBM PC Origin Systems Electronic Arts MSX2 Pony Canyon FM Towns F…
Designers
Richard Garriott Kenneth W. Arnold
Developers
Richard Garriott Origin Systems
Mode
Single-player
Platforms
Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, FM Towns, MSX2, NEC PC-8801, PC-98, Sharp X1

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Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples19
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
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Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

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Release · 11
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Apple II .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-out…, JP: 1987, JP: 1988, JP: 1989 (remake), JP: 1990 (Ultima Trilogy), NA: 1983, NA: 1986 (remake), NA: 1987 (remake), NA: 1994 (remake), NA: 1998 (Collection), NA: June 1981
Designers · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Richard Garriott Kenneth W. Arnold
Developers · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Richard Garriott Origin Systems
Genre · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Role-playing
Mode · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Single-player
Platforms · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, FM Towns, MSX2, NEC PC-8801, PC-98, Sharp X1
Publisher · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Apple II California Pacific (1981) Origin Systems (1986) Atari 8-bit Sierra On-line Commodore 64 Origin Systems IBM PC Origin Systems Electronic Arts MSX2 Pony Canyon FM Towns F…
Series · 1
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness → Ultima

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game ultima player first mondain also gem character points one towns apple released ii 1986 computer sosaria release used world

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Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessDevelopersRichard Garriott Origin Systems1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessGenreRole-playing1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessPlatformsApple II, Apple IIGS, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, FM Towns, MSX2, NEC PC-8801, PC-98, Sharp X11.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessPublisherApple II California Pacific (1981) Origin Systems (1986) Atari 8-bit Sierra On-line Commodore 64 Origin Systems IBM PC Origin Systems Electronic Arts MSX2 Pony Canyon FM Towns F…1.00infobox
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Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseNA: 1986 (remake)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseNA: 19831.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseNA: 1987 (remake)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseNA: 1998 (Collection)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseJP: 19871.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseJP: 1989 (remake)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseJP: 1990 (Ultima Trilogy)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseJP: 19881.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessReleaseNA: 1994 (remake)1.00infobox
Ultima I: The First Age of DarknessSeriesUltima1.00infobox

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