Back Richard Garriott AN ريتشارد غاريوت Arabic ريتشارد جاريوت ARZ Richard Garriott AST Ричард Гериът Bulgarian Richard Garriott Czech Richard Garriott Danish Richard Garriott German Richard Garriott Spanish ریچارد گاریوت Persian
Richard Garriott | |
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 Garriott in July 2008 | |
| Born | Richard Allen Garriott 4 July 1961 Cambridge, England |
| Citizenship | American, British[1][better source needed] |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Robert Garriott (brother) |
| Awards | AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2006)[2] |
| Space career | |
| Space Adventures private astronaut / cast of a film in a space station | |
Time in space | 11d 20h 35m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
Richard Allen Garriott (born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.
Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a private astronaut,[3][4] returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. He became the second space traveler, and first from the United States, to have a parent who was also a space traveler. During his ISS flight, he filmed a science fiction movie Apogee of Fear.[5]
The creator of the Ultima game series, Garriott was involved in all games in the series, and directly supervised all eleven main installments, starting with 1979's Akalabeth: World of Doom and concluding with 1999's Ultima IX: Ascension. Within the context of Ultima, Garriot presented himself as the fictional persona of Lord British. The series is considered influential, notably helping with establishing the computer role-playing game genre. He founded the video game development company Portalarium in 2009.[6] He was CEO of Portalarium and creative director of Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues[7] until 2018 when he shed the title,[8] later relinquishing all Shroud of the Avatar assets to Catnip Games in 2019.[9]
- ^ "One on One With Richard 'Lord British' Garriott". PC Gamer. UK. August 2007. p. 11. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
PCG: 'How did you come by the alias of Lord British? You're obviously not English.' Richard Garriott: 'Actually, that's not true ... I am a British citizen. That said, I only lived there for about two months prior to moving to the States.'
- ^ "D.I.C.E Special Awards". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Tariq Malik. "Former Astronaut's Son Signs on as Next Space Tourist". SPACE.com. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Richard Garriott's "Apogee Of Fear," First Sci Fi Movie Ever Shot In Space, Fails To Launch, Huffington Post, January 14, 2012
- ^ About – Portalarium from official company website
- ^ Garriott de Cayeux, Richard. "By the way..." Google+. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Garriott de Cayeux, Richard (12 October 2018). "Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott sheds CEO title for Creative Director role". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar". Portalarium. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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