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Welcome to the
RaresMarket video game store. I acquired a vast majority of the items I
have listed for sale from The Origin Museum. Joe Garrity was the founder and
curator of the museum. Joe had these items in his home for many years. These
items came from the Origin store, Origin developers or were donated from avid
Origin collectors. Everything you will see listed are original copies. You will be hard pressed to find better condition
copies or a better provenance. The history of the Origin Museum can
be found at the bottom of this listing.
Item for Sale
The item you are bidding on is an Original Bad Blood Video Game Artwork from the Origin Museum.
Payment
I accept Paypal only for
payment. Please pay within 4 days of winning the item to avoid purchase
cancelation and negative feedback.
Additionally
Please reach out via
eBay message if you have any questions at all. All items are sold as-is
and are guaranteed to be as described. No refunds will be given.
Thanks for looking at my store and happy bidding!
Origin Museum History
The Origin Museum started as a humble computer game
collection in the 1990s. Curator Joe
Garrity slowly began to realize that many of his favorite games all seemed to
be made by the same company. Along with
his girlfriend Paula, the two began their first quest to try and find a copy of
every game that Origin had ever made.
Scouring yard sales and thrift shops, along with using internet
newsgroups, and a new website called eBay, Joe and Paula began collecting in
earnest.
In 2000, they made a trip to Austin, Texas to visit their
game developer heroes, establishing relationships with Wing Commander creator
Chris Roberts, Origin music creator George 'The Fat Man' Sanger, Crusader
designer Tony Zurovec, Origin artist Denis Loubet, David 'Iolo' Watson, and others. In 2001, Joe and Paula connected with Richard
Garriott, Warren Spector, and other Origin Systems developers employees,
discussing the importance of preserving gaming history. Joe proposed to Paula on that second trip,
and their marriage was made even more special when David 'Iolo' Watson
volunteered to act as Father of the Bride at their wedding.
As word spread, many Origin Systems alumni began donating
games and artifacts to The Origin Museum.
The collection grew, and more connections were established, including
Electronic Arts and Mythic Entertainment.
Joe and Paula then extended the Origin Museum's mission
to tracking down elusive games and artifacts.
Some of their accomplishments include:
-Assisted in the validation of the discovery of the Ultima
8-Lost Vale prototype box
-Participated in the (unreleased) Ultima X Odyssey event, featured in
promotional videos in 2004
-Contracted the creation of the first Ultima Crossbow (originally designed for
release of Ultima IX/Ultima Online in 1999)
-Participated as part of the team in recovering the "Origin Archive",
digitizing almost 1 terabyte of Origin Systems data
-Worked with Electronic Arts to create a full display of Ultima and UO
artifacts for an official UO fan gathering in 2005
-Established many Ultima and Wing Commander fan events
-Recovered and archived unreleased Origin games such as Ultima Online 2 and
Ultima X Odyssey
-Recovered the only data and documentation available on Ultima 8-The Lost Vale
-Donated artifacts to establish the University of Texas Videogame Archive
Written by Joe Garrity