Akalabeth: World of Doom (1979)

2.00 from 25 ratings

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In the game, the player character visits Lord British and is instructed by him to kill certain monsters. The final mission is to kill a balrog, and after this has been accomplished, Lord British proclaims that "thou hast proven thyself worthy of knighthood".

Details

Developers: Richard Garriott
Publishers: California Pacific Computer
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Themes: Fantasy
Franchises: Ultima
Series: Ultima

Release dates

Q2 1979 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II

Also available on

Akalabeth: World of Doom (1998) · DOS, LIN, MAC, PC, iOS

Bundled in

The Ultima Collection (Mar 1998) · PC

Remakes

Akalabeth: World of Doom (Oct 2024) · INTV

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Review StrictSnow 2/5 · Oct 13, 2023

A piece of history

It is, without a doubt, not great. Feature slim, there's very little to offer a modern audience other than its historical significance. It's not fun, it's hard, and it's far from engaging. As a game, I do not recommend. As a piece of gaming history? It's pretty cool. It's the prelude to one of the most influential RPG series ever, …

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Review ed.corcoran 1/5 · May 31, 2021

I realize that this game is two years older than me, but even as someone who played games from around this era, this one is really tough to play for a modern audience. Completely inscrutable and brutally hard.