![]() ![]() ![]() He founded the video game development company Portalarium in 2009. 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 the series is considered influential, notably helping with establishing the computer role-playing game genre. During his ISS flight, he filmed a science fiction movie Apogee of Fear. He became the second space traveler, and first from the United States, to have a parent who was also a space traveler. On October 12, 2008, Garriott flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 mission to the International Space Station as a space tourist, returning 12 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-12. ![]() 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. Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ( né Garriott born July 4, 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and space tourist. ![]()
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