GO back even further when EA used to take chances on innovative games in the early to mid-80s
Ozark Softscape: MULE and 7 cities of Gold
Freefall associates: Archon series and Murder on the Zinderneuf
Bill Budge: Pinball construction set
Interplay: All the early Interplay Titles (primarily Bard's Tale and Wasteland - that being said, BT games are much like the old Wizardry title, no necessarily innovative, but was a hit)
Binary Systems: Starflight games
EA started out in like 82 or 83 and didn't make their own games until 87 - and it was the very late 80s and early 90s when crap really started flowing out of the company