Gallery: Back Lord British's Kickstarter, Get This $5,000 Game

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    *Richard Garriott, creator of* Ultima*, is offering extremely rare copies of his first game* Akalabeth *to backers of his new Kickstarter.*
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    *The cover art, instruction booklet and disk from a copy of* Akalabeth*.*
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    *Materials from the original Apple II computer on which Garriott coded* Akalabeth *and where he still copies the game to floppy disks.*
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    *Although Garriott stopped selling his homemade copies of the game after it was picked up by a publisher, he kept the rest of the raw materials.*
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    *Individually numbered copy 12 of* Akalabeth *is on display in Garriott's Austin, Texas office.*
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    *A close-up of the game's cover artwork and instruction manuals.*
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    *Inside the* Akalabeth *instruction manual.*
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    *The original* Akalabeth *cover artwork.*
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