Chuck Bueche helped cofound
Origin Systems, makers of the Ultima computer game series. Bueche was one of the four original financial backers of
Richard Garriott's game company.
While working at
Sierra, Bueche was given the job to port
Ultima II to the
Atari 800. He met Garriott while working on the port. Sierra did not offer Garriott an acceptable deal for
Ultima III so Garriott started his own company and took Bueche with him.
Bueche also worked as a game programmer/designer for Origin for a number of years, creating
Caverns of Callisto,
Autoduel, and
2400 AD.
Like most of Garriott's friends and coworkers, Bueche is represented by a reoccurring character in the Ultima universe. Bueche is the inspiration for
Lord British's
court jester Chuckles.