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Another was made for the owner from Garriott's materials and a newly copied disk – from the same Apple II computer on which Garriott originally wrote the game. One, according to a 2002 newsgroup post, was sold at auction at a fan festival for Ultima Online players for $450. In the 2000's, Garriott put together a couple more copies of Akalabeth and sold them. He didn't need to put another game into another baggie.
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The high school senior had $150,000 in his pocket, more than his dad made as an astronaut. "They put it in a bigger Ziploc bag and raised the price to $34.95." Garriott got a $5 royalty for each game sold, and California Pacific sold 30,000 copies. When a publisher, California Pacific Computer Company, picked up Akalabeth, Garriott immediately stopped selling his handmade versions.
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For the first Ultima, Garriott actually used parts of the Akalabeth program: "When you go into the dungeons, what you are going into is exactly the code of Akalabeth," he said. When you start it, it just kind of gets harder and harder." But it planted the seeds of Ultima in his brain, a similar style of game with more of a story, a better interface and an ending. This system avoids the tedium of inventory management, while also giving the completionist something useful to hunt for."Akalabeth was never written to be published," Garriott says. Each character has 3 equipment slots with 8 upgrades each, with 192 to find in total. No more buying that awesome helmet back in town only to stumble over a better one as treasure in a dungeon. Instead of purchasing replacements, the player purchases upgrades.
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PERSISTENT EQUIPMENT - Each piece of equipment found, purchased or stolen is a permanent, unique upgrade for each character. Combine each character's unique powers and disadvantages, analyze the abilities of your foes, set your formation and charge into battle. The player's party will be both beset and aided by schemers, liars and betrayers, all while the clock ticks down to a reprise of the greatest war in human history.ĬUSTOM BATTLE SYSTEM - Rise of the Third Power offers eight playable characters in a battle system built from scratch, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, all of whom are meant to participate in battle simultaneously without the need for tedious party management. POLITICAL INTRIGUE - As the world of Rin recovers from the Great War, the balance of power remains badly skewed, with vacuums of power still waiting to be filled. A blend of humor, drama and tragedy await players as they navigate the treacherous world of Rin. STORY DRIVEN - Join a party of eight, each with their own unique ambitions, perspectives and personalities as they embark upon a suicide mission to topple the Arkadyan emperor, Dimitri Noraskov. The story takes place in the land of Rin during the height of the Age of Sail, following the events that would lead to the greatest war in human history. Rise of the Third Power is a love letter to the glory days of the console style RPG, loosely based on the political climate of Europe in the late 1930's, with modern conveniences such as auto-save and a combination of the best elements of Japanese and Western style gameplay.