Despite a thriving homebrew scene for vintage computers and consoles, one thing I never had on my 8-bit bingo card was seeing a port of Akalabeth in 2025, for the Intellivision of all things…
Originally released in 1979 for the Apple II, Akalabeth was the first commercially released CRPG from Lord British (Richard Garriott) and served as something of a prototype for Ultima (it’s often referred to as “Ultima 0”).
A physical boxed release can now be purchased at Atari Age, and includes the cartridge, controller overlays, manual, 10×14 poster of the cover art, and a soundtrack CD featuring music newly composed for this version.