query: industry california pacific computer company
supports: Computer software, or simply software, is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built. It was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming and helped expand the video game industry from a novelty to a global industry (see golden age of video arcade games). When first released, "Space Invaders" was very successful. The video game industry (sometimes referred to as the interactive entertainment industry) is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sales of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and employs thousands of people worldwide. California Pacific Computer Company is a defunct software design company that published games and related software for the Apple II family of computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s . California Pacific is best known as the publisher of the first installment of Richard Garriott 's popular Ultima game series , and for Super Invader , a Space Invaders clone voted the most popular software of 1978 - 80 . A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development  the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games. Lord British, whose full name is Lord Cantabrigian British, is the name of the fictional ruler of Britannia, a kingdom in the fictional world of Sosaria, created by Richard Garriott for his computer game series "Ultima". Garriott himself is also known to his fans as Lord British. Richard Garriott de Cayeux (born Richard Allen Garriott; July 4, 1961) is a video game developer and entrepreneur.
  He is also known as his alter egos Lord British in "Ultima" and General British in "Tabula Rasa". A well-known figure in the video game industry, Garriott was originally a game designer and programmer and now engages in various aspects of computer game development and business.
candidates: art computer interactive entertainment software video game video game industry
answer: video game industry