In Ultima Underworld, you had full control, and could walk, run, or look in any direction, and fight enemies in real time. No longer did you just saunter forward, tile by tile, facing straight forward and typing commands to attack enemies. Developed by a company called Blue Sky Productions and published by Origin in 1992, Ultima Underworld took the first person dungeon crawler and turned on its head by featuring fully 3D caverns and completely real-time action. It wasn’t until over a decade later that the formula truly evolved. The action was turn-based, the movement limited to a single square at a time. Its successors, including Wizardry, The Bard’s Tale, and Garriott’s own Ultima series, continued in this venue, despite being somewhat limited by technology. First person dungeon crawling has been a staple of the computer role playing game ever since Richard Garriott’s Akalabeth.
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