Ultima (series)
| Ultima | |
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The most commonly used logo in the series | |
| Genre | Role-playing |
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| Creator | Richard Garriott |
| Platforms | Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, FM Towns, MS-DOS, MSX, Mac OS, Master System, NES, PC-98, PlayStation, SNES, VIC-20, Windows, X68000 |
| First release | Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1981 |
| Latest release | Underworld Ascendant 2018 |
Ultima is a series of open world fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, created by Richard Garriott. Electronic Arts has owned the brand since 1992. The series had sold over 2 million copies by 1997.
Alongside Wizardry and Might and Magic, the Ultima series is considered to have established many norms of the computer role-playing game genre. Several games of the series are considered seminal in their genre. Their innovations, particularly in the early installments, were widely copied by other games.
The Ultima games are primarily within the scope of fantasy fiction but contain science fiction elements as well. They take place for the most part in a world called Britannia; the recurring hero is initially called the Stranger, until he attains the role of Avatar in Ultima IV and is known by that appellation from then on.