Kudos to Soryu Dragon for noting the anniversary: Ultima 1 was first released roughly 32 years ago.

This month back in 1981, Ultimate 1 was released. @ultimaaiera @ultimaforever @uoherald @ea @richardgarriott @warren_spector

— Mav Mandeville (@SoryuDragon) June 3, 2013

I say “roughly” because the exact date of the game’s release is, seemingly, lost to time. Not even Richard Garriott himself can recall it:

@ultimaaiera @soryudragon June 1981 Ultima 1 release is already better than I would do. I will ask my family if they know.

— Richard Garriott (@RichardGarriott) June 7, 2013

Still, this is the month, and the first Ultima game was indeed released (for Apple ][) at some point in June 32 years ago.