In dungeon crawlers, you explore dungeons, defeat enemies, avoid traps, and collect loot; they are the earliest examples of computer RPGs.
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In dungeon crawlers, you explore dungeons, defeat enemies, avoid traps, and collect loot; they are the earliest examples of computer RPGs.
Akalabeth: World of Doom is often considered the first stepping stone in the evolution of Western computer role-playing games. Developed in 1980 by Richard Garriott, who was still ...
Year: 1980 Genre: Role Playing
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Black Dawn is a sci-fi dungeon crawler developed by Andrew Campbell and released as public domain software for the Amiga in 1994. Written entirely in AMOS, it marked the beginning ...
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a sci-fi RPG developed and published by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1990 for Amiga, Commodore 64, and DOS. A slightly different version was released for the SEGA Genesis in 1991.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight is the second chapter of the popular RPG series created by Interplay. It was published by Electronic Arts starting in 1985. The game was desi...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is the sequel to the original Might and Magic published by New World Computing in 1988. It was released for the Apple II and MS-DOS. Du...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the first chapter of the popular series of role-playing computer games. This simple dungeon crawler inspired by Dungeons & Dragons was developed by Andrew C.
Year: 1984 Genre: Role Playing
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Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard’s Tale (or simply The Bard's Tale) is a role-playing game designed by Michael Cranford. It was developed by Interplay. Released initia...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Death Knights of Krynn is the second game in the Dragonlance series of RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc. The game uses the Gold Box engine, and it was released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Knightmare is a role-playing game created by Mindscape in 1991, released for Amiga and Atari ST. It's based on the TV show with the same name. The title was developed by Antony Cro...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Perihelion: The Prophecy is a cyberpunk role-playing / dungeon-crawler developed by Morbid Visions and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga in 1993. The game was designed by Edvard...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Space Hulk is a squad-management tactical videogame, released in 1993 for MS-DOS and Amiga. It is based on the popular board game by Games Workshop with the same title. In this hor...
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Abandoned Places: A Time For Heroes is a role-playing game developed by ArtGame for the Commodore Amiga and published by Electronic Zoo in 1992. International Computer Entertainment released the MS-DOS port.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Fate: Gates of Dawn is a first-person RPG created by reLINE for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991. In terms of gameplay, Fate is similar to Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder:...
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity is the last installment in the Ishar RPG series, and it was developed and published by Silmarils. It was released in 1994 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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