Ultima has a much higher cultural influence than DnD.
Entire JRPG genre, dark souls, homebrew rpg books are all either directly based or influenced by it
Entire JRPG genre, dark souls, homebrew rpg books are all either directly based or influenced by it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akalabeth:_World_of_Doom#Devel...
"the game continually evolved over two years under the working title DND with the help of his friends and regular Dungeons & Dragons partners who acted as play-testers"