Ken Arnold

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Kenneth W. Arnold
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Born 19??-??-??
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Nationality American   USA.svg

Kenneth W. Arnold is an American composer and computer programmer who worked for Origin Systems from the company's inception until 1989. He worked with Origin founder Richard Garriott during the summer of 1979 when Garriott made Akalabeth. Arnold helped make the original graphics for the first Ultima on graph paper, and has a town named after him. Later, Arnold composed nearly all of the music for Ultimas III, IV, V and VI (Apple 2 and Commodore), and several tunes in VI (DOS). He is portrayed as the Court Composer for Lord British in Ultimas V and VI.


Gameography

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1983-??-?? Ultima III: Exodus (A2)
1984-??-?? Ultima III: Exodus (C64)
1985-09-18 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (A2)
1985-??-?? Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (C64)
1988-03-?? Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (A2)
1988-??-?? Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (C64)
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1990-??-?? Ultima VI: The False Prophet (DOS)
1991-??-?? Ultima VI: The False Prophet (C64)

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