Akalabeth: World of Doom

Akalabeth: World of Doom (/əˈkæləbɛθ/) is a role-playing video game released in 1979 for the Apple II. It was published by California Pacific Computer Company in 1980. Richard 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.

Akalabeth: World of Doom
Cover art by Denis Loubet
Developer(s)Richard Garriott
Publisher(s)California Pacific Computer Company
Platform(s)Apple II, DOS
Release1979: Apple II
1980: Apple / California Pacific
1998: MS-DOS
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player
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