Origin Systems
Origin Systems, Inc. (OSI) was a computer game developer based in Austin, Texas and founded in 1983 by brothers Robert and Richard Garriott, their father Owen and Chuck "Chuckles" Bueche. Electronic Arts acquired the company in September 1992.
Origin produced many successful games including the Ultima Series, Wing Commander Series, Strike Commander, Crusader: No Remorse, System Shock and Wings of Glory.
In 1997, they released one of the earliest and most successful graphical MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games): Ultima Online. However, within a year's time, EA cancelled all of Origin's new development projects, including Ultima Online 2, Privateer Online and Harry Potter Online. Richard Garriott left Origin shortly after and founded Destination Games in 2000.
In later years, Origin mainly existed to support and expand Ultima Online and to develop further online games based on the Ultima franchise such as Ultima X: Odyssey, originally to be released in 2004 but later cancelled. In February of 2004, the studio was disbanded by Electronic Arts.
Games
- 2400 A.D. (1987)
- Autoduel (1985)
- Bad Blood (1990)
- Bioforge (1995)
- Crusader series (1995?1996)
- CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (1995)
- Jane's Combat Simulations:
- AH-64D Longbow (1996)
- AH-64D Longbow: Flash Point Korea (1996)
- AH-64D Longbow 2 (1997)
- Knights of Legend (1989)
- Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony (1985)
- Ogre (1986)
- Omega (1989)
- Pacific Strike (1994)
- Privateer (1993)
- Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996)
- Shadowcaster (1993)
- Space Rogue (1989)
- Strike Commander (1993)
- System Shock (1994)
- Tangled Tales (1989)
- Times of Lore (1988)
- Ultima series (1983?1999)
- Ultima Online (1997)
- Windwalker (1989)
- Wings of Glory (1994)
- Wing Commander series (1990?1998)
