In Pictures: A History Of Computer RPGs

[jerreddredd]

to have 10 year gap and leave out the other Elder Scrolls game is criminal. it like saying there was 10 years of darkness.

 

[sol_]

Agree with Lord Conrad about ZORK. Should of been first on the list, and if I remember correctly, it preceded the Ultima series by a couple of years.

"It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

 

[punk4evr]

My actual Very frist RPG game, before even Wizardry came out, was called Demons Forge for ibm in 1981.

 

[randomkid]

Agree with all the guys above who said 1998 jump to 2009 is a big gap. There were 30 games considered how can it be cut down to just 17? Disappointing... This article needs an overhaul.

 

[randomkid]

And whose idea is it to limit the games included to 17 anyway? After all, 13 more games considered means 13 more clicks per reader of this article...

 

[clindman]

so many idiots in these comments...

 

[bfollett]

Alternate Reality City/Dungeon first got me hooked on rpg games

 

[Guest]

Am I missing the point?
I'd think Wolfenstein 3D and the Doom series were at least trendsetting in gameplay, graphics and extensively played worldwide.

 

[Darkerson]

[citation][nom]ASons[/nom]Am I missing the point?I'd think Wolfenstein 3D and the Doom series were at least trendsetting in gameplay, graphics and extensively played worldwide.[/citation]

Were they an RPG? Nope. That's what you are missing.

 

[shoelessinsight]

[citation][nom]LordConrad[/nom]No mention of Zork???I know I'm showing my age, but Zork I & II were the first RPGs I ever played.[/citation]
Zork I, II and III weren't actually role playing games, they were text adventure games. Beyond Zork, however, was a true RPG through and through. I love that game a lot, but I wouldn't say it revolutionized anything in the RPG genre (it came out in 1987, so most of what it did had been done elsewhere already).

And yeah... we seem to be missing a decade in this article.

 

[crisan_tiberiu]

Fallout 1&2, best RPGs ever, atleast in my opinion

 

[djezyd]

Hmmmm, guess you forgot a meteoric evolutionary step in RPGs, years before EotB ? DUNGEON MASTER 1987 !

 

[Lord Captivus]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]No Morrowind, no Oblivion, no KOTOR, no NWN, no Mass Effect... no Might and Magic? Stupid list.[/citation]
Lands of Lore?
Final fantasy?
What about The Revenant!?

 

[ubercake]

Turning your Thief into a Monk in Wizardry was the ultimate experience. Ha!

 

[tyrecies]

What About Daggerfall?

 

[spookyman]

Spent many hours wasting away on Computer RPG's from the 80's.

Bard's Tale
Might and Magic
Ultima
Wasteland
Phantasie

 

[JamesSneed]

What about Asheron's Call it was released November 2, 1999?

 

[youssef 2010]

Of all the games on this list, I've only played Origins. I also thinnk Mass Effect should be included in the list as the idea of Element Zero alone is incredible

 

[Pezcore27]

Fun times. I remember a bunch of those.

I am quite suprised that World of Warcraft isn't on that list, nor is Diablo 2 which progressed and surpassed Diablo very easily and still an active game even today.

 

[cknobman]

Too bad it was only a PC list.

My most favorite RPG of all time was also the first I ever played and it was on an original Nintendo of all things.

Dragon Warrior.

I spent many hundreds of hours on that game and even downloaded an emulator for it and played it again a few years ago. Man that game was a classic!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cknobman]

Oh and before I forget how in the frack can this list not have a FINAL FANTASY on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Especially Final Fantasy 7 (yes it was on PC as well as console)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nakal]

FF 7 and 8 were on the PC but they were console JRPGs, this covers more Western RPGs.

I do agree, Morrowind, Witcher, Mass Effect, and other games should be on there. Nevertheless it isn't a bad list.

 

[Guest]

Where is Rogue?!?!?!

 

[bystander]

[citation][nom]LordConrad[/nom]No mention of Zork???I know I'm showing my age, but Zork I & II were the first RPGs I ever played.[/citation]
Zork isn't an RPG. It was the game that made adventure games big. You definitely couldn't talk about adventure gaming without Zork.

 

[HyperBladeST]

Neverwinter Nights anyone ?