Game Information

Original Release Date: September 24, 1997

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: Origin Systems, Electronic Arts

Genres: Role-playing (RPG)

Summary: 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 is responsible for grandfathering the genre of the MMO, and showing the industry that MMO's were the next era of gaming.