In 1983, Fargo founded Interplay Productions prior to landing his first contract in 1983 with Activision for "Mindshadow", a graphical text adventure game for the Apple II and Commodore 64. After the release of "Mindshadow", Fargo hired an old high school friend and started work to create a role-playing game "Bard's Tale" for the Apple II and C64 for a then-new publisher Electronic Arts. Fargo subsequently co-designed Interplay's early RPGs, including the critically acclaimed "Wasteland", where a character named Faran Brygo is a play on his name.