About Akalabeth: World of Doom

This game originally came on a cassette packaged in a zip-lock bag, along with an eight-page instruction booklet. Richard Garriott simply 'published' a few dozen copies in zip-lock baggies at a local Computerland store where he worked. The documentation sheet with art was also done by hand. Only two copies are currently located in the hands of collectors. Richard Garriott kept one for himself and he also has a box with 12 more new in mint condition. 15 known copies. Garriott has promised to auction his boxed copies one at a time on ebay. Garriott's boss sent one copy to California Pacific Computer Co. They wanted to publish it on a large scale. (the California Pacific Computer's copy is unknown).
MSRP: ?


In 1980, California Pacific Computer Co. began publishing a 5.25" disk version. The artwork was only slightly improved and it still came in a zip-lock bag
MSRP: $34.95


In 1981, Ultima (Ultima I) was released and at the same time Akalabeth was re-released in a traditional box and 5.25" disk. The cover art for this release was Denis Loubet.'s "Wrong Way" and the same one that was reused for Ultima II.
MSRP: $34.95

The Lord British Starter Kit was a compilation of Akalabeth and Ultima released by California Pacific Computer Co. before rights were sold to Sierra On-line.

In 1997, Origin released The Ultima Collection, in which Akalabeth was known as Ultima 0. That version of Akalabeth was done in assembly language by Garriott himself because there was never an assembly language version nor IBM-PC version of Akalabeth until then.