Richard Garriott in Lord British attire

Richard Allen Garriott (born July 4, 1961; nickname Lord British) is a significant figure in the video game industry. He was originally a game designer and programmer, but now engages in various aspects of computer game development. Image File history File links Richard_Garriott. ... Image File history File links Richard_Garriott. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A screenshot of Lord British in his castle from Ultima III. Lord Cantabrigian British is the name of the ruler of Britannia, kingdom of the fictional world of Sosaria, created by Richard Garriott for his computer game series Ultima. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... John Carmack is one of the most widely recognized and influential game programmers. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

Biography

Garriott was born in Cambridge, England, a son of Skylab and Spacelab astronaut Owen K. Garriott. Richard was raised in Houston, Texas. In high school, he took an interest in computers and began self-directed courses in programming in which he created fantasy computer games. He also gained his "Lord British" nickname from older students at his school who thought he spoke with a British accent. Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Drawing of Skylab with components labelled Skylab was the United Statess first space station. ... Spacelab in payload bay during STS-90 Spacelab is a microgravity laboratory flown into space on the Space Shuttle. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Downtown Houston Nickname: Bayou City; Space City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... High school is the name used for the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China), the United Kingdom and the United States. ... A drawing of the everyday computer. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Computer programming Computer programming (often simply programming) is the craft of implementing one or more interrelated abstract algorithms using a particular programming language to produce a concrete computer program. ... A screenshot of Lord British in his castle from Ultima III. Lord Cantabrigian British is the name of the ruler of Britannia, kingdom of the fictional world of Sosaria, created by Richard Garriott for his computer game series Ultima. ... Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the educated spoken English of southeastern England. It is a dialect of English English often taught to non-native speakers, and represented in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. ...

Richard continued programming many games, often just offering them to friends for free. He produced his first published game, Akalabeth, in the summer of 1980 while working at a ComputerLand retail store. Garriott earned more than enough money from Akalabeth to pay to continue his education. In the fall, he entered the University of Texas at Austin, joined the school's fencing team and later joined the Society for Creative Anachronism. In the map view, the player (a +) could visit towns (five squares), dungeons (x), and Lord Britishs castle. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Vanstar was the name selected for ComputerLand corporate sales in 1994. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ... The Society for Creative Anachronism (or SCA for short) is a not-for-profit educational organization devoted to studying and re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance. ...

In the early 1980s, Garriott developed the Ultima computer game series (sequels after the first were numbered, such as Ultima II, Ultima III and so on). Originally programmed for the Apple II, the first was published by California Pacific Computers, and sold in ziplock plastic bags to interested parties. The second part was published by Sierra On-Line. By the time he developed his third installment, the games had such a large following that Garriott (along with his brother, Robert, and father and others) established Origin Systems, their own video game publisher, to handle the publishing and distribution of his title, now available on several platforms. Origin went on to become one of the most influential game developers in video game history. The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... Ultima is a series of fantasy computer role-playing games from Origin Systems, Inc. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... Sierra Entertainment was a computer game developer and publisher. ... Origin Systems, Inc. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Although the history of computer and video games spans almost five decades, computer and video games themselves did not become part of the popular culture until the late 1970s. ...

Garriott sold Origin to Electronic Arts in September 1992. For the most part, this did not directly impact development from a gamer's standpoint. But in 1999 and 2000, turmoil became apparent when EA cancelled all of Origin's new development projects, including Ultima Online 2, Privateer Online, and Harry Potter Online. In the midst of these events, Garriott resigned from the company he had created. He returned to the industry by forming Destination Games in April 2000 with his brother and Starr Long (the producer of Ultima Online). Once Garriott's non-compete agreement with EA expired a year later, Destination partnered with NCsoft where he currently acts as a producer and designer of MMORPGs. This section needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Ultima Worlds Online: Origin (originally titled Ultima Online 2) was to be the first sequel to the popular 1997 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ultima Online. ... Privateer is a game with space, a lot of space, planets and ships in the idea of Star Wars. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Destination Games is the computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... NCsoft (KSE: 036570) is a South Korean based online computer game company. ... MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) follow a client-server model in which players, running the client software, are represented in the game world by an avatar — a graphical representation of the character they play. ...

Now a multi-millionaire, Garriott built a "haunted house"/museum as his residence called Britannia Manor in Austin, Texas. He also promotes private space flight as vice-chairman of the board of directors for Space Adventures and as a trustee of the X-Prize. A millionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of more than one million United States dollars, euros, UK pounds or units of a comparably valued currency. ... A haunted house is a building that supposedly is a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Britannia Manor is the residence of game designer Richard Garriott. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... Space Adventures Ltd. ... The X prize logo shows a stylised letter X representing a spacecraft trajectory and containing a starfield. ...

Garriott is to become the ninth inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2006. Since 1998, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has annually inducted into its Hall of Fame video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the video and computer game industry. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Video game works

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External links

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Richard Garriott

• Bio of Garriott from MobyGames.com
• Biography of Garriott from DragonCon.org
• Video Interview with Garriott from KRLU TV Station (2005)
• Interview with Garriott in Austin Chronicle from 2000
• Munchkin Village mayor tries to go to space: Computer programmer touts commercial space tourism (The Daily Texan, 7/19/2005)
• Interview with Richard Garriot on space tourism (The Space Review, 8/8/2005)