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. It was first published in the United States by
California Pacific Computer Company, which registered a copyright for the game on September 2, 1980 and officially released it in June 1981. Since its release, the game has been completely re-coded and
ported to many different
platforms. The 1986 re-code of
Ultima is the most commonly known and available version of the game.