List of role-playing video games: 1974 to 1985

List of role-playing video games: 1974 to 1985

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, sub-genre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include roguelikes, MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

For more details on the history of roguelikes, see Chronology of roguelike video games.
For more details on the history of MMORPGs, see History of massively multiplayer online games.
For more details on the history of table-top role-playing games, see Timeline of role-playing games.
Contents

1974 1975 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Unreleased

Legend

Video game platforms
APPII Apple II
Arcade Arcade game
CROSS Cross-platform
DC Dreamcast
DOS DOS / MS-DOS
DS Nintendo DS
FLA Adobe Flash
FDS Famicom Disk System
FM7 FM-7
FMT FM Towns
GB Game Boy
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GCN Nintendo GameCube
GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive
INT Intellivision
LIN Linux
MAIN Mainframe computer
MOBI Mobile phone
MSX MSX
MSX2 MSX2
N64 Nintendo 64
NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom
PC60 NEC PC-6001
PC88 NEC PC-8801
PC98 NEC PC-9801
PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD
PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
PS3 PlayStation 3
PSN PlayStation Network
PSP PlayStation Portable
OSX Mac OS X
SAT Sega Saturn
SCD Sega Mega-CD
SG1K Sega SG-1000
SMS Sega Master System
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
X1 Sharp X1
X68K Sharp X68000
VC Virtual Console (Wii)
Wii Wii
WIN Microsoft Windows
WIN9X Windows 9x
WINNT Windows NT / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
XBOX Xbox
X360 Xbox 360
Types of releases
Rerel The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes.
Port The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences.
Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay.
Compl A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
Limit A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.
Genre notes
Action RPG Action role-playing game.
Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game.
Roguelike Roguelike.
MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
MUD MUD.
FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter).
RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG).
Adventure RPG Adventure role-playing game.
JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game.
Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content.


List

Year Title Developer Publisher Setting Platform Sub-genre
  • 1974 (NA)
 pedit5 Rusty Rutherford Fantasy MAIN
  • 1975 (NA)
 dnd Gary Whisenhunt
Ray Wood		 Fantasy MAIN
  • 1975 (NA)
 Dungeon Don Daglow Fantasy MAIN
  • 1979 (NA)
 Akalabeth: World of Doom Richard Garriott California Pacific Fantasy APPII
DOS		 Sometimes known as Ultima 0.
  • 1979 (NA)
 Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn Epyx Epyx Fantasy APPII
PET
TRS80
  • 1979 (NA)
 Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower Epyx Epyx Fantasy APPII
PET
TRS80
  • 1979 (NA)
 Space Edu-Ware Edu-Ware Sci-Fi APPII An adaptation of Traveller, which was taken off the market after a lawsuit by Game Designers Workshop.
  • 1979 (NA)
 Space II Edu-Ware Edu-Ware Sci-Fi APPII Expansion to Space.
  • 1979 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy PET
TRS80		 Series debuts.
  • 1980 (NA)
 Dungeons n Dragons P. Trefonas CLOAD Fantasy TRS-80
  • 1980 (NA)
 Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn Epyx Epyx Fantasy ATR (Port) Port of Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn.
  • 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.
  • 1980 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy APPII (Port) Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.
Series debuts.
  • 1981 (JP)
 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Quality Quality Fantasy ATR
  • 1981 (NA)
 Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower Epyx Epyx Fantasy ATR (Port) Port of Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower for TRS80.
  • 1981 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy ATR (Port) Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.
Series debuts.
  • 1981 (NA)
 Ultima Richard Garriott California Pacific Fantasy APPII Series debuts.
Re-released by Origin in 1986.
  • 1981 (NA)
 Upper Reaches of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy APPII
TRS80		 Expansion for Temple of Apshai.
  • 1981 (NA)
 Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy APPII Series debuts.
  • 1982 (NA)
 Fantasy INT[1] Action-adventure game.[2][3]
Dungeon crawl.
  • 1982 (JP)
 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Quality Quality Fantasy APPII (Port) Port of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves for ATR.
  • 1982 (NA)
 Curse of Ra Epyx Epyx Fantasy APPII
ATR
DOS
TRS80		 Expansion of Temple of Apshai.
  • 1982 (JP)
  • Danchizuma no Yuwaku (JP)
  • 団地妻の誘惑 (JP)
 Modern PC88
FM7		 Adventure RPG.[4][5]
Eroge.[6]
  • 1982 (JP)
  • Dragon Lair (JP)
  • ドラゴンレア (JP)
  • Fugen Denshi (JP)
 Fantasy FM7
  • 1982 (NA)
 Fantasy ATR26[7] Pre-JRPG.[8][9]
  • 1982 (NA)
 Telengard Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Fantasy APPII
ATR
PET
TRS80
  • 1982 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy DOS (Port) Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.
Series debuts.
  • 1982 (NA)
 Tunnels of Doom Kevin Kenney Texas Instruments Fantasy TI99
  • 1982 (NA)
 Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress Richard Garriott Sierra Fantasy APPII Sequel to Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness.
  • 1982 (NA)
 Upper Reaches of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy ATR (Port)
DOS (Port)		 Port of Upper Reaches of Apshai for TRS80.
Expansion of Temple of Apshai.
  • 1982 (NA)
 Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy APPII Sequel to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Fantasy INT[1] Turn-based.[10]
Dungeon crawl.[11]
  • 1983 (JP)
  • Kōji Sumii (JP)
 Fantasy X1
MSX (Port)
NES (Port)		 Tactical RPG.[12]
RTS/RPG.[13]
Action RPG.[14][15]
  • 1983 (JP)
  • Dungeon (JP)
  • ダンジョン (JP)
  • Sakai Akira (JP)
  • Sakai Akira (JP)
 Fantasy FM7 Computer-style RPG.[16]
  • 1983 (JP)
 Historical MSX
NES (Port)		 Tactical RPG.[17]
Series debuts.
  • 1983 (JP)
 Return of Heracles Quality (Stuart Smith) Quality Fantasy ATR
  • 1983 (EU)
 Ring of Darkness Wintersoft Wintersoft Fantasy ZX
  • 1983 (NA)
 Telengard Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Fantasy C64 (Port) Port of Telengard for various systems.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy C64 (Port) Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.
Series debuts.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Curse of Ra Epyx Epyx Fantasy C64 (Port) Port of Curse of Ra for TRS80.
Expansion of Temple of Apshai.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy C64 (Port)
VIC20 (Port)		 Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.
Series debuts.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Ultima Richard Garriott Sierra Fantasy ATR (Port) Port of Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness for APPII.
Series debuts.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress Richard Garriott Sierra Fantasy ATR (Port)
C64 (Port)
DOS (Port)		 Port of Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress for APPII.
Sequel to Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Ultima III: Exodus Origin Origin Fantasy APPII
ATR (Port)
C64 (Port)		 Sequel to Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress.
Pioneered many innovations that would become standard on many CRPGs that followed.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Upper Reaches of Apshai Epyx Epyx Fantasy C64 (Port) Port of Upper Reaches of Apshai for TRS80.
Expansion of Temple of Apshai.
  • 1983 (NA)
 Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy APPII Sequel to Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds.
  • 1984 (JP)
 Age of Adventure Quality Quality Fantasy APPII (Compl)
ATR (Compl)
C64 (Compl)		 Port and compilation of Return of Heracles and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves for ATR.
  • 1984 (JP)
  • Arfgaldt (JP)
  • アルフガルド (JP)
 Fantasy FM7 Computer-style RPG.[18]
  • 1984 (JP)
 Fantasy PC88 Dungeon crawl.[19][20]
  • 1984 (JP)
  • 1984 (NA)
 Fantasy Arcade
PC88
MSX
NES		 Action RPG.[21]
Dungeon crawl.[22]
Series debuts.
  • 1984 (JP)
 Fantasy PC88 Action RPG.[23][24]
JRPG.[24]
Series debuts.
  • 1984 (NA)
  • The Connely Group (NA)
 Fantasy CLV[25] Dungeon crawl.[26]
  • 1984 (JP)
  • Hydlide (JP)
  • ハイドライド (JP)
 Fantasy PC88
PC98		 Action RPG.[27]
JRPG.[27]
Series debuts.
  • 1984 (JP)
  • Psychic City (JP)
  • サイキックシティ (JP)
 HOT・B HOT・B Post-apocalyptic PC88[28]
FM7[29]
  • 1984 (NA)
 Questron SSI SSI Fantasy APPII
ATR
C64		 Series debuts.
  • 1984 (NA)
 SunDog: Frozen Legacy FTL FTL
Accolade		 Sci-Fi APPII
  • 1984 (JP)
  • 1984 (NA)
 Namco Namco Fantasy Arcade Action RPG.[24]
JRPG.[24]
Series debuts.
  • 1984 (NA)
 Tyrann Oric
CPC
Thomson
  • 1985 (NA)
 Adventure, The: Only the Fittest Shall Survive Green Valley Green Valley Fantasy APPII
  • 1985 (NA)
  • 1985 (UK)
 Alternate Reality: The City Paradise Datasoft
U.S. Gold		 Sci-Fi ATR Series debuts.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Autoduel Origin Systems Origin Systems Post-apocalyptic AMI
APPII
ATR
C64
DOS
MAC
ST		 Based on Car Wars, by Steve Jackson Games.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Bards Tale, The Interplay EA Fantasy APPII
C64		 The first CRPG to put Interplay on the map as a future CRPG developer.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • 1985 (PAL)
 Bullet-Proof Bullet-Proof
ASCII		 Fantasy FM7
MSX[30]		 Dungeon crawl.[19][20]
Port of The Black Onyx for PC88.
  • 1985 (JP)
 Kogado Kogado
ASCII		 Sci-Fi MSX2[30]
PC88[31]		 Dungeon crawl.[31]
Eroge.[31]
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Courageous Perseus (JP)
  • カレイジアスペルセウス (JP)
 Cosmos computer Cosmos computer Fantasy MSX[30] Action RPG.
  • 1985 (JP)
 Nihon Falcom Square Fantasy MSX[30] Action RPG.[23][24]
Port of Dragon Slayer for PC88.
  • 1985 (JP)
 Nihon Falcom Nihon Falcom Fantasy PC88
PC98		 Action RPG.[32]
Sequel to Dragon Slayer.
  • 1985 (JP)
 Enix Enix Sci-Fi PC88
FM7
X1
MSX		 Action RPG.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Fharanx (JP)
  • ファランクス (JP)
 Enix Enix Fantasy MSX[30] Computer-style RPG.[33]
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Genesis: Beyond The Revelation (JP)
  • Genesis (JP)
  • ジェネシス (JP)
 Square Square Post-apocalyptic PC88[34][35] Post-apocalyptic.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Hydlide (JP)
  • ハイドライド (JP)
 T&E T&E Fantasy MSX[30]
MSX2[30]		 Action RPG.[27]
Port of Hydlide for PC60.
Series debuts.
  • 1985 (JP)
 T&E T&E Fantasy PC88 Action RPG.[27]
Sequel to Hydlide for PC60.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Lizard (JP)
  • リザード (JP)
 Microcabin Microcabin Fantasy MSX[30] Computer-style RPG.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Marchen Veil (JP)
  • メルヘンヴェール (JP)
 Alu Corp. System Sacom Modern PC88
PC98
MSX
MSX2
FM7		 Action RPG.[36]
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Outroyd (JP)
  • アウトロイド (JP)
 Stratford Computer Center MagicalZoo Sci-Fi MSX[30]
  • 1985 (NA)
 Phantasie SSI SSI Fantasy APPII Series debuts.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Phantasie Logical Design SSI Fantasy C64 (Port) Port of Phantasie for APPII.
Series debuts.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Rambo (JP)
  • ランボー (JP)
 Pack-In-Video Pack-In-Video Modern MSX[30] Action RPG.[37]
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Screamer, The (JP)
 Magical Zoo Magical Zoo Post-apocalyptic PC88
PC98		 Action RPG.[38]
Role-playing shooter.[38]
Horror game.[39]
  • 1985 (NA)
 SunDog: Frozen Legacy FTL FTL Sci-Fi ST (Port) Port of SunDog: Frozen Legacy for APPII.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Telengard Avalon Hill Avalon Hill Fantasy DOS (Port) Port of Telengard for various systems.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Temple of Apshai Trilogy Epyx Epyx Fantasy AMI (Compl)
APPII (Compl)
ATR (Compl)
C64 (Compl)
DOS (Compl)		 Remake and compilation of the first three Temple of Apshai games.
  • 1985 (JP)
 Namco Namco Fantasy NES
MSX
X68		 Action RPG.[40]
JRPG.[24]
Port of The Tower of Druaga for the Arcade.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress Richard Garriott Sierra Fantasy MAC (Port)
ST (Port)		 Port of Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress for APPII.
Sequel to Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Ultima III: Exodus Origin Origin Fantasy DOS (Port) Port of Ultima III: Exodus for APPII.
Sequel to Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress.
Pioneered many innovations that would become standard on many CRPGs that followed.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar Origin Origin Fantasy APPII
C64 (Port)
DOS (Port)		 Sequel to Ultima III: Exodus.
The first major CRPG to move from "hack and slash" gameplay to a "virtuous" story-driven approach.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Wizard's Crown SSI SSI Fantasy DOS Tactical RPG.
  • 1985 (NA)
 Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Sir-Tech Sir-Tech Fantasy MAC (Port) Port of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for APPII.
Series debuts.
  • 1985 (JP)
  • Zeta 2000 (JP)
  • ゼータ 2000 (JP)
 Pixel Multimedia Pixel Multimedia MSX[30] Action RPG.[41][42]

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Role-playing video games
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See also