<s>
Akalabeth	B-Application
:	I-Application
World	I-Application
of	I-Application
Doom	I-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1979	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
receives	O
quests	O
from	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
(	O
Garriott	O
's	O
alter-ego	O
and	O
nickname	O
since	O
high	O
school	O
)	O
to	O
kill	O
a	O
succession	O
of	O
ten	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
monsters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
teenager	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
in	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
while	O
he	O
was	O
attending	O
high	O
school	O
in	O
the	O
Houston	O
,	O
Texas	O
suburbs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Begun	O
first	O
as	O
a	O
school	O
project	O
during	O
his	O
junior	O
year	O
using	O
the	O
school	O
's	O
mainframe	O
system	O
DEC	B-Device
PDP-11	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
continually	O
evolved	O
over	O
two	O
years	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
DND	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
his	O
friends	O
and	O
regular	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
partners	O
who	O
acted	O
as	O
play-testers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
soon	O
after	O
his	O
initial	O
encounter	O
with	O
Apple	O
computers	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1979	O
,	O
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
bought	O
for	O
him	O
by	O
his	O
father	O
and	O
,	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Plus	O
,	O
but	O
Garriott	O
did	O
not	O
expect	O
that	O
the	O
public	O
would	O
see	O
his	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
used	O
an	O
overhead	O
view	O
with	O
ASCII	O
characters	O
representing	O
items	O
and	O
monsters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
playing	O
Escape	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
maze	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
he	O
instead	O
decided	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
a	O
wire-frame	B-Algorithm
,	O
first-person	O
view	O
for	O
the	O
underground	O
dungeon	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
role-playing	O
game	O
with	O
such	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
asks	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
"	O
lucky	O
number	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
uses	O
as	O
a	O
random	B-Algorithm
seed	I-Algorithm
to	O
procedurally	O
generate	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
dungeons	O
and	O
player	O
stats	O
;	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
always	O
return	O
to	O
a	O
given	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ultima	O
Collection	O
version	O
added	O
savegame	O
support	O
while	O
still	O
using	O
a	O
similar	O
random	B-Algorithm
seed	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
warned	O
"	O
BEWARE	O
FOOLISH	O
MORTAL	O
,	O
YOU	O
TRESPASS	O
IN	O
AKALABETH	B-Application
,	O
WORLD	O
OF	O
DOOM	O
!!	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
and	O
claimed	O
to	O
offer	O
"	O
10	O
different	O
Hi-Res	O
Monsters	B-Application
combined	O
with	O
perfect	O
perspective	O
and	O
infinite	O
dungeon	O
levels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
California	O
Pacific	O
version	O
,	O
with	O
cover	O
artwork	O
by	O
Denis	O
Loubet	O
,	O
was	O
$35	O
;	O
Garriott	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
30,000	O
copies	O
,	O
with	O
him	O
receiving	O
$150	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
had	O
the	O
best	O
return	O
on	O
investment	O
,	O
with	O
later	O
games	O
"	O
all	O
downhill	O
from	O
there	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
suggested	O
that	O
for	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
"	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
"	O
be	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
author	O
,	O
and	O
organized	O
a	O
contest	O
for	O
Softalk	O
readers	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
his	O
true	O
identity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
creating	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
,	O
Garriott	O
was	O
primarily	O
inspired	O
by	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
he	O
held	O
weekly	O
sessions	O
in	O
his	O
parents	O
 '	O
house	O
while	O
in	O
high	O
school	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
J	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
Tolkien	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
received	O
from	O
an	O
in-law	O
of	O
his	O
brother	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
monster	B-Application
on	O
the	O
need-to-kill	O
list	O
is	O
called	O
"	O
Balrog	O
"	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
demonic	O
monsters	B-Application
from	O
The	O
Lord	O
of	O
the	O
Rings	O
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
the	O
later	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
monster	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Ultima	O
games	O
,	O
Balron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
explicitly	O
stated	O
,	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
is	O
often	O
considered	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	O
series	O
,	O
a	O
very	O
popular	O
and	O
influential	O
series	O
of	O
early	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
Garriott	O
and	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
,	O
say	O
that	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1979	O
after	O
he	O
graduated	O
from	O
high	O
school	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
that	O
year	O
in	O
Ziploc	O
bags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maher	O
believes	O
that	O
Garriott	O
did	O
not	O
begin	O
selling	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
until	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1980	O
,	O
after	O
his	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
college	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
California	O
Pacific	O
widely	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1980	O
with	O
a	O
1980	O
copyright	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
first	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Softalk	O
top	O
30	O
list	O
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
October	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
was	O
written	O
in	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
simple	O
matter	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
suit	O
their	O
needs	O
or	O
desires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
later	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
offered	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
their	O
FTP	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akalabeth	B-Application
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
1998	O
Ultima	O
Collection	O
where	O
it	O
officially	O
picked	O
up	O
the	O
nickname	O
Ultima	B-Application
0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
,	O
programmed	O
for	O
free	O
by	O
Corey	O
Roth	O
,	O
an	O
Ultima	O
fan	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Collection	O
added	O
CGA	B-Device
colors	O
and	O
MIDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
any	O
system	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
,	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
30,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Jackson	O
reviewed	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jackson	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
On	O
the	O
whole	O
,	O
I	O
recommend	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
highly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Humphrey	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
is	O
a	O
poor	O
cousin	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
Wizardry	B-Application
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
recent	O
role-playing	O
computer	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Copies	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Akalabeth	B-Application
are	O
much	O
rarer	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
other	O
games	O
that	O
sold	O
fewer	O
than	O
30,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jimmy	O
Maher	O
from	O
the	O
Digital	O
Antiquarian	O
homepage	O
believes	O
that	O
Garriott	O
is	O
mistaken	O
on	O
the	O
figure	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
only	O
appeared	O
near	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
Softalks	O
monthly	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
30	O
best-selling	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
programs	O
twice	O
before	O
being	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1982	O
;	O
by	O
contrast	O
Sierra	O
On-Lines	O
The	B-Application
Wizard	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Princess	I-Application
,	O
which	O
often	O
appeared	O
near	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
sold	O
25,000	O
copies	O
by	O
mid-1982	O
.	O
</s>
