Who makes Ultima?
Ultima is a product of ORIGIN Systems, Inc., an Electronic Arts Company, based in Austin, Texas (USA). The series was created by Richard Garriot in 1980 with the release of the game “Ultima” for the Apple computer by California Pacific. Because California Pacific went out of business in 1981, Sierra On-Line published “Ultima ][: Revenge of the Enchantress” in 1982. Following the success of those two games, Richard, his brother Robert, his father Owen, and Chuck Bueche formed ORIGIN Systems, Inc. in 1983. Following the release of “Ultima VI: The False Prophet” in 1990, ORIGIN became affiliated with Electronic Arts; however, Richard Garriot remains the chief evil genius behind the Ultima line. ORIGIN is also responsible for the tremendously successful “Wing Commander” series.
