Akalabeth: World of Doom
| Akalabeth: World of Doom | |
|---|---|
Cover art by Denis Loubet | |
| Developer(s) | Richard Garriott |
| Publisher(s) | California Pacific Computer Company |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1980: Apple II 1980: Apple / California Pacific re-release February 17th, 1998: MS-DOS |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Akalabeth: World of Doom (/əˈkæləbɛθ/) is a role-playing video game created in 1979 for the Apple II by Richard Garriott, and published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980. Garriott designed the game as a hobbyist project, which is now recognized as one of the earliest known examples of a role-playing video game and as a predecessor of the Ultima series of games that started Garriott's career. Garriott is the sole author of the game, with the exception of title artwork by Keith Zabalaoui.