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Ultima Online
Origin Systems
September 23, 1997
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Origin SystemsRelease Date
September 23, 1997 (27 years and 8 months ago)Publishers
Electronic ArtsContent Rating
RP Sexual Content, Violence
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Ultima Online is the product of Richard Garriott's idea for a fantasy game involving several thousand people who can all play in a shared fantasy world. It is responsible for grandfathering the genre of the MMO, and showing the industry that MMO's were the next era of gaming.
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Origin SystemsRelease Date
September 23, 1997 (27 years and 8 months ago)Publishers
Electronic ArtsContent Rating
RP Sexual Content, Violence
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