List of role-playing video games: 1975 to 1985
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Year | Title | Developer | Publisher | Setting | Platform | Subgenre | Series/Notes | COO |
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1975 (NA) | dnd | Gary Whisenhunt, Ray Wood, Dirk Pellett, Flint Pellett | Fantasy | PLATO | US | |||
1975 (NA) | Fantasy | PLATO | Later deleted and lost to history.[1][failed verification] | US | ||||
1975 (NA) | Dungeon | Don Daglow | Fantasy | PDP-10 | US | |||
1975 (NA) | Dungeon | John Daleske, others | Fantasy | PLATO | US | |||
1975 (NA) | Moria | Kevet Duncombe, others | Fantasy | PLATO | US | |||
1975 (NA) | pedit5 | Rusty Rutherford | Fantasy | PLATO | US | |||
1975 (NA)[2] | Eric Hagstrom, Larry Kemp, Paul Resch | Fantasy | PLATO | Named after Saruman's tower in The Lord of the Rings.[3] Based on pedit5.[1] |
US | |||
1977 (NA)[4] | Fantasy | PLATO | "Oubliette" is French for "dungeon". | US | ||||
1977 (NA) | DND | Fantasy | PDP-10 | US | ||||
1978 (NA) | Beneath Apple Manor | Fantasy | APPII | Roguelike | Lo-res/Text mode graphics.[5] | US | ||
1979 (NA) | Akalabeth: World of Doom | Richard Garriott | California Pacific | Fantasy | APPII DOS |
Sometimes known as Ultima 0. | US | |
1979 (NA) | avatar | Bruce Maggs, Andrew Shapira, David Sides | Fantasy | PLATO | US | |||
1979 (NA) | Dungeon of Death | Instant Software, Inc | Fantasy | PET | Dungeon crawl | Based on the PLATO game DND.[6] | US | |
1979 (NA) | Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII PET TRS80 |
US | ||
1979 (NA) | Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII PET TRS80 |
US | ||
1979 (NA) | Space I | Edu-Ware | Edu-Ware | Sci-Fi | APPII | An adaptation of Traveller, which was taken off the market after a lawsuit by Game Designers Workshop. | US | |
1979 (NA) | Space II | Edu-Ware | Edu-Ware | Sci-Fi | APPII | Expansion to Space. | US | |
1979 (NA) | Temple of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | PET TRS80 |
Dungeon crawl | Series debuts. | US |
1979 (NA) | Wilderness Campaign | Synergistic Software | Synergistic Software | Fantasy | APPII | Sequel to Dungeon Campaign for Apple II | US | |
1980 (NA) | Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | Dungeon crawl | US | |
1980 (NA) | Eamon | Donald Brown | Fantasy | APPII | Adventure-RPG | Adventure-RPG construction system.[7] | US | |
1980 (NA) | Fracas | Quality (Stuart Smith) | Fantasy | APPII | US | |||
1980 (NA) | Rogue | Michael Toy, et al. | Various | Fantasy | UNIX | Roguelike | This was the beginning of roguelike computer games. For further developments see Chronology of roguelike video games. | US |
1980 (NA) | Dunjonquest: Hellfire Warrior | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII TRS80 PET |
Dungeon crawl | Sequel to Temple of Apshai | US |
1980 (NA) | Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure | Synergistic Software | Synergistic Software | Fantasy | APPII | Combines Dungeon Campaign and Wilderness Campaign by the same author.[8] | US | |
1980 (NA) | Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | US | ||
1980 (NA) | Starquest: Rescue at Rigel | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | APPII TRS80 |
Spin-off of Dunjonquest series. | US | |
1980 (NA) | Starquest: Star Warrior | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | TRS80 | Spin-off of Dunjonquest series. | US | |
1980 (NA) | Temple of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII (Port) | US | ||
1981 (NA) | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Quality | Quality | Fantasy | ATR | Remake of | US | |
1981 (NA) | Dunjonquest: Datestones of Ryn | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | US | ||
1981 (NA) | The Keys of Acheron | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII TRS80 |
Expansion of Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior. | US | |
1981 (NA) | Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | US | ||
1981 (NA) | Quest 1 | Brian Reynolds | SoftSide | Fantasy | TRS80 APPII (Port) ATR (Port) |
Dungeon crawl | US | |
1981 (NA) | Starquest: Rescue at Rigel | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | ATR | Spin-off of Dunjonquest series. | US | |
1981 (NA) | Starquest: Star Warrior | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | APPII ATR |
Spin-off of Dunjonquest series. | US | |
1981 (NA) | SwordThrust | Donald Brown | Fantasy | APPII | Adventure-RPG | Enhanced remake of Eamon for Apple II.[9] | US | |
1981 (NA) | Temple of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | Series debuts. | US | |
1981 (NA) | Ultima | Richard Garriott | California Pacific | Fantasy | APPII | Series debuts. Re-released by Origin in 1986. |
US | |
1981 (NA) | Upper Reaches of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII TRS80 |
Expansion for Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1981 (NA) | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Sir-Tech | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | APPII | Dungeon crawl | Dungeon crawl in the style of the PLATO RPGs. Series debuts. |
US |
1982 (NA) | Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge (NA) | APh (NA) | Mattel (NA) | Fantasy | INT[10] | Action-adventure game[11][12] Dungeon crawl |
US | |
1982 (NA) | Apventure to Atlantis | Synergistic Software | Synergistic Software | Fantasy | APPII | Sequel to Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure.[13] | US | |
1982 (JP) | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Quality | Quality | Fantasy | APPII (Port) | US | ||
1982 (NA) | Curse of Ra | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII ATR DOS TRS80 |
Expansion of Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1982 (JP) | (JP) 団地妻の誘惑 (JP) |
Koei (JP) | Koei (JP) | Modern | PC88 FM7 |
Adventure RPG[14][15] Eroge[16] |
JP | |
1982 (NA) | Danger in Drindisti | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | APPII ATR TRS80 |
Expansion of Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior. | US | |
1982 (NA) | Dragonstomper (NA) | Starpath (NA) | Starpath (NA) | Fantasy | ATR26[17] | Pre-JRPG[18][19] | US | |
1982 (NA) | Dungeons of Daggorath | (Douglas J. Morgan, Keith S. Kiyohara) | Tandy | Fantasy | TRSCC | Dungeon crawl Real-time, but text-driven |
US | |
1982 (NA) | Dunzhin | ScreenPlay Med Systems Software |
Fantasy | APPII PCB TRS80 |
Roguelike[20] | Part 1 of | US | |
1982 (NA) | Hellfire Warrior | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | Sequel to Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1982 (NA) | Keys of Acheron, The | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | Expansion to Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior. | US | |
1982 (NA) | Mazies & Crazies | TAB Books | TAB Books | Fantasy | TRS-80 | Example program in how-to programming book [21] | US | |
1982 (NA) | Starquest: Rescue at Rigel | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | VIC20 (Port) | Spin-off of Dunjonquest series. | US | |
1982 (NA) | Sword of Fargoal | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | VIC20 | Roguelike[22] | US | |
1982 (NA) | Telengard | Avalon Hill | Avalon Hill | Fantasy | APPII ATR PET TRS80 |
Early roguelike relative | Based on DND. | US |
1982 (NA) | Temple of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | DOS (Port) | US | ||
1982 (NA) | Tunnels of Doom | Texas Instruments | Fantasy | TI99 | US | |||
1982 (NA) | Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress | Richard Garriott | Sierra | Fantasy | APPII | US | ||
1982 (NA) | Upper Reaches of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR (Port) DOS (Port) |
Expansion of Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1982 (NA) | Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds | Sir-Tech | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | APPII | US | ||
1983 (NA) | Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (NA) | APh (NA) | Mattel (NA) | Fantasy | INT[10] | Turn-based[23] Dungeon crawl[24] |
US | |
1983 (NA) | Amulet, The | Fantasy | DOS | [25] | CA | |||
1983 (NA) | Beneath Apple Manor | Quality Software | Fantasy | DOS (Port) ATR (Port) |
Roguelike | Graphical or textmode options.[26] | US | |
1983 (JP) | Bokosuka Wars (JP) ボコスカウォーズ (JP) |
(JP) | ASCII (JP) | Fantasy | X1 MSX (Port) NES (Port) |
Tactical RPG[27] RTS/RPG[28] Action RPG[29][30] |
JP | |
1983 (NA) | Expedition Amazon | Penguin Software | Penguin Software | Modern | APPII | [31] | US | |
1983 (NA) | Gateway to Apshai | Epyx | Fantasy | ATR C64 |
US | |||
1983 (NA) | Morloc's Tower | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | PCB (Port) | Port of Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower for TRS80.[32] | US | |
1983 (JP) | Nobunaga's Ambition (JP) 信長の野望 (JP) |
Koei (JP) | Koei (JP) | Historical | MSX NES (Port) |
Tactical RPG[33] | Series debuts. | JP |
1983 (NA) | Rescue at Rigel | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | DOS (Port) PCB (Port) |
Port of Rescue at Rigel for TRS80.[34] | US | |
1983 (JP) | Return of Heracles | Quality (Stuart Smith) | Quality | Fantasy | ATR | US | ||
1983 (NA) | Star Warrior | Epyx | Epyx | Sci-fi | DOS (Port) | Port of Star Warrior for TRS80.[34] | US | |
1983 (NA) | Telengard | Avalon Hill Co., Ltd |
Avalon Hill | Fantasy | C64 (Port) FM7 (Port) |
US | ||
1983 (NA) | Temple of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | C64 (Port) VIC20 (Port) |
Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80. | US | |
1983 (NA) | Curse of Ra | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | C64 (Port) | Expansion of Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1983 (NA) | Ultima | Richard Garriott | Sierra | Fantasy | ATR (Port) | US | ||
1983 (NA) | Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress | Richard Garriott | Sierra | Fantasy | ATR (Port) C64 (Port) DOS (Port) |
US | ||
1983 (NA) | Ultima III: Exodus | Origin | Origin | Fantasy | APPII ATR (Port) C64 (Port) |
Pioneered many innovations that would become standard on many CRPGs that followed. | US | |
1983 (NA) | Ultima: Escape from Mount Drash | Sierra | Fantasy | VIC20 | US | |||
1983 (NA) | Upper Reaches of Apshai | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | C64 (Port) | Expansion of Temple of Apshai. | US | |
1983 (EU) | Volcanic Dungeon | Carnell Software | Roy Carnell and Stuart A. Galloway | Fantasy | ZX ZX81 DG32 |
Roguelike adventure-RPG[35] | Sequel to Black Crystal. | UK |
1983 (EU) | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | APPII | French translation of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. | US | ||
1983 (NA) | Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn | Sir-Tech | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | APPII | Dungeon crawl | US | |
1984 (JP) | Quality | Quality | Fantasy | APPII (Comp) ATR (Comp) C64 (Comp) |
Port and compilation of Return of Heracles and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves for ATR. | US | ||
1984 (JP) | Black Onyx, The (JP) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP) |
Bullet-Proof (JP) | Bullet-Proof (JP) | Fantasy | PC88 | Dungeon crawl[36] | Often considered the first Japanese RPG ever released[37] | JP |
1984 (JP) | The Black Onyx II: Search for the Fire Crystal (JP) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP) |
Bullet-Proof (JP) | Bullet-Proof (JP) | Fantasy | PC88 | Dungeon crawl[38] | JP | |
1984 (UK) | The Citadel of Chaos | Puffin Books | Puffin Books | Fantasy | C64 ZX |
Adaptation of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook.[39] | UK | |
1984 (JP/NA) | Dragon Buster (JP) ドラゴンバスター (JP) |
Namco (JP) | Namco (JP) | Fantasy | Arcade PC88 MSX NES |
Action RPG[40] Dungeon crawl[41] |
Series debuts. | JP |
1984 (JP) | Dragon Slayer (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤー (JP) |
Nihon Falcom (JP) | Nihon Falcom (JP) | Fantasy | PC88 | Action RPG[42][43] JRPG[43] |
Series debuts. | JP |
1984 (NA) | DND | Fantasy | DOS | Port of TOPS-10 version of DND by .[44] | US | |||
1984 (NA) | Expedition Amazon | Penguin Software | Penguin Software (US) (J) |
Modern | C64 FM7 PC88 PC98 |
[45] | US | |
1984 (EU) | The Forest of Doom | Puffin Books | Puffin Books | Fantasy | C64 ZX |
Adaptation of the Fighting Fantasy Gamebook.[46] | UK | |
1984 (NA) | Gateway to Apshai (NA) | (NA) | Epyx (NA) | Fantasy | CLV[47] | Dungeon crawl[48] | UK | |
1984 (JP) | Hydlide (JP) ハイドライド (JP) |
T&E (JP) | T&E (JP) | Fantasy | PC88 PC98 |
Action RPG[49] JRPG[49] |
Series debuts. | JP |
1984 (NA) | Lords of Midnight, The | Mike Singleton | Beyond Software Amsoft |
Fantasy | ZX CPC |
Adventure-RPG | UK | |
1984 (JP) | (JP) サイキックシティ (JP) |
Post-apocalyptic | PC88[50] FM7[51] |
JP | ||||
1984 (NA) | Questron | SSI | SSI | Fantasy | APPII ATR C64 |
Series debuts. | US | |
1984 (NA) | Shadowkeep | Ultrasoft Inc. | Trillium Corp. | Fantasy | APPII | Adapted into a novel by Alan Dean Foster | US | |
1984 (NA) | SunDog: Frozen Legacy | FTL | FTL Accolade |
Sci-Fi | APPII | US | ||
1984 (NA/JP) | Telengard | Avalon Hill | (NA) , Ltd. (JP) |
Fantasy | C64 (Port) PC88 (Port) PC98 (Port) |
US | ||
1984 (JP/NA) | Tower of Druaga, The (JP) ドルアーガの塔 (JP) |
Namco | Namco | Fantasy | Arcade | Action RPG[43] JRPG[43] |
Series debuts. | JP |
1984 (NA) | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Sir-Tech | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | PCB (Port) | US | ||
1984 (EU) | Wrath of Magra, The | Mastervision | Carnell Software (Roy Carnell, Stephen Kirk, Stuart A. Galloway) | Fantasy | ZX | Sequel to Volcanic Dungeon. | UK | |
1984 (NA) | Xyphus | Penguin Software | Penguin Software | Fantasy | APPII C64 |
US | ||
1984 (NA) | Zyll | IBM | IBM | Fantasy | PCB | Text-based with randomized layout.[52] | US | |
1985 (NA) 1984 (EU) |
Stuart Smith's Adventure Construction Set | Ariolasoft UK Electronic Arts |
Fantasy Sci-Fi |
C64 APPII |
RPG maker with sample games. | US | ||
1985 (NA/UK) | Alternate Reality: The City | Datasoft U.S. Gold |
Sci-Fi | ATR | Series debuts. | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Autoduel | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | Post-apocalyptic | AMI APPII ATR C64 DOS MAC ST |
Based on Car Wars, by Steve Jackson Games. | US | |
1985 (NA) | Bards Tale, The | Interplay | EA | Fantasy | APPII C64 |
The first CRPG to put Interplay on the map as a future CRPG developer. | US | |
1985 (JP/PAL) | Black Onyx, The (JP/PAL) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP) |
Bullet-Proof | Bullet-Proof ASCII |
Fantasy | FM7 MSX[53] |
Dungeon crawl[36][37] | JP | |
1985 (JP) | Cosmic Soldier (JP) コズミックソルジャー (JP) |
Kogado | Kogado ASCII |
Sci-Fi | MSX2[53] PC88[54] |
Dungeon crawl[54] Eroge[54] |
JP | |
1985 (JP) | (JP) カレイジアスペルセウス (JP) |
Fantasy | MSX[53] | Action RPG | JP | |||
1985 (NA) | Doomdark's Revenge | Mike Singleton | Beyond Software | Fantasy | ZX CPC C64 |
Adventure-RPG | Sequel to The Lords of Midnight | UK |
1985 (JP) | Dragon Slayer (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤー (JP) |
Nihon Falcom | Square | Fantasy | MSX[53] | Action RPG[42][43] | JP | |
1985 (JP) | Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu (JP) ザナドゥ (JP) |
Nihon Falcom | Nihon Falcom | Fantasy | PC88 PC98 |
Action RPG[55] | JP | |
1985 (JP) | Earth Fighter Rayieza, The (JP) Chikyū Senshi Raīza (JP) 地球戦士ライーザ (JP) |
Enix | Enix | Sci-Fi | PC88 FM7 X1 MSX |
Action RPG | JP | |
1985 (JP) | Fantasian (JP) | Xtalsoft | Xtalsoft | Fantasy | PC88 X1 |
Dungeon crawl | JP | |
1985 (JP) | (JP) Genesis (JP) ジェネシス (JP) |
Square | Square | Post-apocalyptic | PC88[56][57] | JP | ||
1985 (JP) | Hydlide (JP) ハイドライド (JP) |
T&E | T&E | Fantasy | MSX[53] MSX2[53] |
Action RPG[49] | JP | |
1985 (JP) | Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (JP) ハイドライド II (JP) |
T&E | T&E | Fantasy | PC88 | Action RPG[49] | JP | |
1985 (EU) | Mandragore | Infogrames Entertainment | Infogrames Entertainment | Fantasy | APPII | [58] | FR | |
1985 (JP) | (JP) アウトロイド (JP) |
Sci-Fi | MSX[53] | JP | ||||
1985 (NA) | Phantasie | SSI | SSI | Fantasy | APPII | Series debuts. | US | |
1985 (NA) | Phantasie | Logical Design | SSI | Fantasy | C64 (Port) | Port of Phantasie for APPII. Series debuts. |
US | |
1985 (JP) | Rambo (JP) ランボー (JP) |
Pack-In-Video | Pack-In-Video | Modern | MSX[53] | Action RPG[59] | JP | |
1985 (JP) | (JP) | Post-apocalyptic Survival horror |
PC88 PC98 |
Action RPG[60] Role-playing shooter[60][61] |
JP | |||
1985 (NA) | SunDog: Frozen Legacy | FTL | FTL | Sci-Fi | ST (Port) | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Telengard | Avalon Hill | Avalon Hill | Fantasy | DOS (Port) | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Temple of Apshai Trilogy | Epyx | Epyx | Fantasy | AMI (Comp) APPII (Comp) ATR (Comp) C64 (Comp) DOS (Comp) |
Remake and compilation of the first three Temple of Apshai games. | US | |
1985 (JP) | Tower of Druaga, The (JP) ドルアーガの塔 (JP) |
Namco | Namco | Fantasy | NES MSX X68 |
Action RPG[62] JRPG[43] |
Port of The Tower of Druaga for the Arcade. | JP |
1985 (JP) | Fantasy | PC88 X1 |
Action RPG[63] | JP | ||||
1985 (NA) | Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress | Richard Garriott | Sierra | Fantasy | MAC (Port) ST (Port) |
US | ||
1985 (NA) | Ultima III: Exodus | Origin | Origin | Fantasy | DOS (Port) | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | Origin | Origin | Fantasy | APPII C64 (Port) DOS (Port) |
The first major CRPG to move to a "virtuous" story-driven approach.[citation needed] | US | |
1985 (NA) | Wizard's Crown | SSI | SSI | Fantasy | DOS | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Sir-Tech | Sir-Tech | Fantasy | MAC (Port) | US | ||
1985 (NA) | Xyphus | Penguin Software | Penguin Software | Fantasy | MAC (Port) | Top-down perspective.[64] | US |
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