1980, Top of the Orchard Software / California Pacific Computer Company
Akalabeth: World of Doom, released in 1979 by Richard Garriott, and published by the California Pacific Computer Company for the Apple II in 1980, is recognized as one of the earliest known examples of a computer role-playing game (though it began as a hobbyist project) and as a predecessor of the Ultima series of games that started Richard Garriott's career...