Legend

List Year Title Developer Publisher Setting Platform Subgenre Series/Notes COO Alternate Reality: The City ParadiseDatasoft DatasoftU.S. Gold Sci-Fi APPII (Port), C64 (Port), MAC (Port), ATRST (Port) Series debuts. US Bards Tale, The Interplay EA Fantasy AMI (Port) Bard's Tale US Bard's Tale II, The: The Destiny Knight Interplay EA Fantasy C64 Bard's Tale US Irem BroderbundIrem Fantasy NES Action RPG JP HummingBird DOG Fantasy FDS Dungeon crawl JP Dragon Slayer Jr: Romanciaロマンシア Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom Fantasy PC88, PC98, MSX, MSX2, X1 Action adventure Sequel to Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. JP Chunsoft EnixNintendo Fantasy NES, PC98, MSX JRPG Series debuts. JP VAP Fantasy NES Action RPG Based on the novel Journey to the West JP Kogado ASCII Fantasy FM7, PC88 JRPG JP T&E FCI, Inc..Tohiba EMI Fantasy NES (Remake) Action RPG Series debuts. JP T&E T&E Fantasy FM7 (Port), MSX (Port) Action RPG JP Infogrames Infogrames Fantasy MSX Computer-style RPG FR Might & Magic: Book I New World New World Fantasy APPII Series debuts. US Phantasie Logical Design SSI Fantasy ATRST (Port) Series debuts. US Phantasie II SSI SSI Fantasy APPII US Alter Ego Activision Activision Modern APPII, C64, DOS, MAC US Phantasie II Logical Design SSI Fantasy C64 (Port), ATRST (Port) US Shard of Spring SSIDigital Illusions SSI Fantasy APPII, C64, DOS Followed by Demon's Winter. US Starflight Binary Systems EA Sci-Fi DOS A rare example of a sci-fi CRPG and the spiritual ancestor to such games as Star Control 2 and Space Rangers. US Pack-In-Video Pack-In-Video Modern MSX2 Action RPG JP Temple of Apshai Trilogy Westwood Epyx Fantasy AMI (Port), ATRST (Port) US Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness Origin Origin Fantasy APPII (Remake) Series debuts. US Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness Origin Origin Fantasy C64 (Port) Series debuts. US Ultima III: Exodus Origin OriginStarCraft Fantasy AMI (Port), MAC (Port), ATRST (Port), FM7 (Port), PC88 (Port), PC98 (Port) Computer-style RPG Pioneered many innovations that would become standard on many CRPGs, both Western and Eastern, that followed. US Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar Origin Origin Fantasy ATR (Port) The first major CRPG to move from "hack and slash" gameplay to a "virtuous" story-driven approach. US Namco Namco Fantasy NES Action RPG JP Sci-Fi PC88, DOS (Port) Action RPG Reprinted from JP Wizard's Crown SSI SSI Fantasy APPII (Port), ATR (Port), C64 (Port) Tactical RPG US Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy APPII, DOS Dungeon crawl US 2400 A.D. Origin Origin Sci-Fi APPII US Alternate Reality: The Dungeon Datasoft Datasoft Sci-Fi APPII, ATR, C64 US Nichibutsu Nichibutsu Fantasy NES Action RPG JP Interplay EA Fantasy APPGS (Port), DOS (Port), ATRST (Port), PC88 (Port), PC98 (Port)Bard's Tale Release Dates Dungeon crawl US Bard's Tale II, The: The Destiny Knight Interplay EA Fantasy APPII (Port) Dungeon crawl US Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor Infocom Infocom Fantasy AMI, APPII, APPGS, C128, DOS, MAC, ATRST Adventure game/RPG hybrid US Bullet-Proof Sega Fantasy SG1K Dungeon crawl The original release is often considered one of Japan's first RPGs. JP Square Square FDS JP Deathlord EA EA Fantasy APPII, C64 US Atlus Namco Fantasy NES Dungeon crawl Series debuts. JP Konami Konami Fantasy NES Action RPG JP Nihon Falcom Sony Fantasy MSX, MSX2 Action RPG JP Chunsoft Enix Fantasy NES JRPG JP Dungeon Master FTL FTL Fantasy ATRST (Port) US Konami Konami Fantasy FDS Action RPG Series debuts. JP Eternal Dagger, The SSI SSI Fantasy APPII, ATR Tactical RPG Sequel to Wizard's Crown. US The Faery Tale Adventure MicroIllusions MicroIllusions Fantasy DOS, AMI, C64 Series debuts. US Falcom Hudson SoftNintendo Fantasy NES Action RPG Spin-off of the Dragon Slayer series. JP Square SquareNintendo Fantasy NES JRPG Series debuts. JP Konami Konami Fantasy NES Action RPG JP Pax Softnica Nintendo Sci-fi NES (Port) aka The Earth Fighter Rayieza JP Compile Compile Fantasy MSX Action RPG JP T&E T&E Fantasy MSX, MSX2 Action RPG JP XTALSOFT DOG Fantasy FDS Action RPG JP Konami Konami MSX2 Action RPG JP Nihon Falcom Nihon FalcomNamcoBroderbund Fantasy MSX, NES Action RPG Sequel to Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia. JP Culture Brain Culture Brain Fantasy NES Action RPG JP Might & Magic: Book I New World New World Fantasy APPII (Rerel) Series debuts. US Might & Magic: Book I New World New World Fantasy C64 (Port), DOS (Port), MAC (Port) Series debuts. US Taito Taito NES Action RPG JP Kogado KogadoSegaASCII Fantasy MSX, MSX2, NES, SMS JRPG JP Micronics VMI, Inc. Sci-Fi NES Action RPG JP Phantasie Logical Design SSI Fantasy ATR (Port), DOS (Port) US Phantasie Andromeda SSI Fantasy AMI (Port) US Phantasie II Logical Design SSI Fantasy ATR (Port) US Phantasie III: Wrath of Nikademus SSI SSI Fantasy APPII US Phantasie III: Wrath of Nikademus Westwood SSI Fantasy AMI (Port), C64 (Port), ATRST (Port) US RD4 (Sega) Sega Sci-Fi SMS JRPG Series debuts. JP Game Studio Namco Fantasy Arcade Action RPGThe Return of Ishtar - Release Information, GameFAQs Sequel to Tower of Druaga JP Victor Music Industries Fantasy MSX2 Action RPG Ancestor of the survival horror subgenre. JP Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom Fantasy PC88 Action RPG Fifth game in the Dragon Slayer series. JP Sci-Fi PC88, GEN (Port) Action RPGスタークルーザー (translation), 4Gamer.netFPS/RPG JP PBI Software PBI Software Fantasy APPGS US Data East Data East Fantasy NES JRPG Series debuts. JP Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness Origin Origin Fantasy DOS (Port) Series debuts. US Origin Pony Canyon Fantasy MSX2 Computer-style RPG US Origin OriginFCIPony Canyon Fantasy NES, MSX2 Computer-style RPG US Origin OriginPony Canyon Fantasy ATRST (Port), MSX2 Computer-style RPG The first major CRPG to move from "hack and slash" gameplay to a "virtuous" story-driven approach. US Wizard's Crown SSI SSI Fantasy ATRST (Port) Tactical RPG US Sir-Tech SoftwareStingGame Sir-TechASCIINexoft Fantasy C64 (Port), NES, MSX2 Dungeon crawl Series debuts. US Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy APPII Dungeon crawl US Wizardry Trilogy Sir-Tech Sir-Tech FantasySci-Fi APPII (Comp), C64 (Comp) Compilation of the first three Wizardry games. US DB Soft DB Soft Fantasy NES US Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom Fantasy MSX2 Action RPG First game in the Ys series JP HummingBird DOG Fantasy FDS Dungeon crawl Second game in the Deep Dungeon series JP Nintendo Nintendo Fantasy FDS, NES Action RPG Sequel to action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda. JP Game Arts Game ArtsSierra Fantasy DOS, PC88 Action RPG / Platform hybrid JP

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