New Gallery: Richard Garriott and Warren Spector, circa 1992
Richard Garriott and a handful of familiar titles.
Courtesy of Joe Garrity and the Origin Museum, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present twelve (12) pictures of Richard Garriott and Warren Spector, which were taken in 1992. These pictures were apparently part of promotion for Software Etc. and Egghead Software. The former was part of the B. Dalton family of stores, and was sold after Dalton filed for Chapter 11 protection. Its modern incarnation is known as GameStop. Egghead Software was another retailer that did well through the 1980s and 1990s, but ultimately fell upon hard times; after filing for bankruptcy, its remaining assets were bought up by Amazon.
Be that as it may…it would appear back in 1992 that Garriott and Spector were part of some sort of promotional event for the retailers, and a few photos from that event have survived to this day.
Ah, Egghead … to bad two of the top execs stole funds or the company might still live on. 😉
Oh man seeing those photos of the shelves in Software Etc brings back the good old days.
A mall called Metrocenter where I lived had a BDalton and the back of the store was a Software Etc and thats where I got most of my mid to late 80’s game.
IN those days they would really go all out to promote games. ITs the store where I remember going in and seeing a demo of Ultima V, they had a giant wall poster, a machine dedicated to the game and T Shirts I think….I miss the good old days.