RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
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RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Pool of Radiance is a computer RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc and released initially for Commodore 64 and Apple II in 1988. It is the first official adaptation of the rul...
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Xenomorph is a sci-fi RPG set in space, developed by Pandora and published in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and - strangely - Commodore 64. The title is clearly inspired by the movie Alien.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Legend is a 3D Isometric fantasy role-playing game developed by Mindscape and published by The Software Toolworks in 1992. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. The title, known in the U.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Spacewrecked: 14 Billion Light Years From Earth is a computer RPG published by Gremlin Graphics in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. In Europe, it is known as Federation Quest 1: B.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Phantasie is a role-playing game designed by Winston Douglas Wood and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released initially in 1985 for Apple II and other 8-bit platforms.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Obitus is a role-playing game created by Scenario Developments and published by Psygnosis in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. A conversion for the SNES version was released in 1994.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is not a game but a game-maker tool created by Stuart Smith originally for the Commodore 64. Initially released in 1984, it was later ported to Apple II (1985), Amiga (1986), and MS-DOS (1987).
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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The Speris Legacy is an action RPG created by Binary Emotions exclusively for the Amiga and published by Team17 in 1996. Designed by Andy Jolly, and created by a team of only 6 people, the title is clearly inspired by the JRPG genre.
Year: 1996 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler role-playing game based on the AD&D rules developed by Westwood Associates. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc at the end of 1990.
Year: 2006 Genre: Role Playing
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Whale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht, released in 1995, is the sequel to the sci-fi RPG Whale's Voyage created by neo Software. The game is a mix of role-playing, space exploration, trading and a bit of dungeon crawling.
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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Amberstar is a fantasy RPG that was developed and published by Thalion Software in 1992 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It was intended to be the first of a trilogy, but the project ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Spirit of Adventure is a fantasy RPG/dungeon crawler designed and programmed by Hans‑Jürgen Brändle and Guido Henkel, founders of attic Entertainment. It was published in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Hired Guns is a sci-fi RPG developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for DOS and Amiga. The game allows you to control 4 mercenaries, with a split-screen that show...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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