Origin Systems

Origin Systems were a game development company and the original publishers of System Shock.

They were known for publishing many games in the Ultima series (Richard Garriot, aka Lord British, who created Ultima was one of the founders of Origin).

In 1992, they were acquired by Electronic Arts for $35 million in stock. However, Origin went defunct in 2004.

Trivia

 * Overworld Zero, a minigame in System Shock 2 is a direct nod to Ultima.