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Computer Games That Defined RPGs In the 1980s

Posted by Soulskill on from the when-letters-were-awesome-graphics dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "The 1980s were huge for RPGs. This genre was one of the most defining game forms in the computer gaming world. A recently published article strolls down the memory lane to look back at classic computer games that both defined and extended the definition of the RPG in the 1980s. The roundup includes some obvious ones like Ultima and The Bard's Tale, and others which you may never have heard of."

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  1. Re:Obvious omissions by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Insightful

    no number system and pointing and clicking on every pixel of the screen to figure out you need to stick your finger up an owls ass sound like classic RPG play to me, from pen and paper to modern day

    oh no, wait that is what ADVENTURE games are ... just cause its set in a fantasy setting, and you get involved with it somehow, does not mean its an RPG. I would play Toejam & Earl like it was like smoking crack, but I would not pretend its nothing more than a Easter egg hunt.

  2. Alternate Reality by na1led · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now there is a game way ahead of it's time back in the early 80's. I'm surprised they didn't mention this because it was very popular back then.

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