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Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989

“The consumer doesn’t really know what to buy for their computer,” Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo’s newfangled game console.

Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989

"The consumer doesn't really know what to buy for their computer," Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo's newfangled game console.

PC Gamer

Ars Technica News Feb 3

Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?" https://arstechni.ca/9Uk6 #christopherroberts #spacecombatsim #wingcommander3 #originsystems #WingCommander #ChrisRoberts #GoodOldGames #C:\ArsGames #retrogaming #spacecombat #flightsim #Gaming #Origin #FMV #gog

Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"

ArsGames looks at a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass.

Ars Technica

Rock Paper Shotgun Jan 14

As if making the System Shock remake wasn't tough enough, someone apparently called the FBI on Nightdive during development - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/as-if-making-the-system-shock-remake-wasnt-tough-enough-someone-apparently-called-the-fbi-on-nightdive-during-development #Narrative/StoryDriven #Shooter:FirstPerson #LookingGlassStudios #SystemShockRemake #NintendoSwitch2 #NintendoSwitch #ElectronicArts #ScienceFiction #XboxSeriesX/S #originsystems #SinglePlayer #Firstperson #SystemShock

As if making the System Shock remake wasn't tough enough, someone apparently called the FBI on Nightdive during development

Don't do this at home, kids.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI Dec 18

« Ultima Online Poster », c. 1997

Tim & Greg Hildebrandt (american artists, 1939-2006 & 2024)
Concept sketch for the "Ultima Online:Charter Edition" poster, Origin, 1997

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #timhildebrandt #GregHildebrandt #hildebrandtbrothers #UltimaOnline #OriginSystems #VRPG

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI Dec 18

« Ultima Online Poster », 1997

Tim & Greg Hildebrandt (american artists, 1939-2006 & 2024)
Originally included with the Ultima Online:Charter Edition, Origin, 1997

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #timhildebrandt #GregHildebrandt #hildebrandtbrothers #UltimaOnline #OriginSystems #VRPG

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI Sep 11, 2025

« Exodus », 1983

by Denis R. Loubet (American artist, born 1957)
Box cover illustration for "Ultima III : Exodus ", Apple II, Atari 800, C64 videogame by Richard Garriott, Origin Systems, 1983

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DenisLoubet #ultimaiiiexodus #LordBritish #OriginSystems #UltimaSeries #VRPG #AppleII #Atari800 #C64