The year was 1979 and a scrappy little 16 year old named Richard Garriott started coding his friends' latest Dungeons & Dragons campaign into an Apple II. This is the small domino that fell over to eventually result in millions of players worldwide romancing a bear 30+ years later in Baldur's Gate 3. How did we get there? Well, there's a lot of answers to that question but a predominant step was through the landmark CRPG series, Ultima.

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Recommended Reading:

• The Assassination of Lord British by the Coward "rainz": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GomZNDLX9SU
• Retro Tea Break's interview with Richard Garriott: https://youtu.be/LU90N4Cbj10?si=_N0zxqkkfZEBu-vo
• A complete breakdown of the Ultima series by Finntrovert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQmCK5A6Jg&t=22069s

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