RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
HeroQuest II: Legacy of Sorasil is a fantasy isometric role-playing game created by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1994 for the Amiga only. It's the sequel to the 1991 Heroquest, a conversion of the popular board game.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Princess Maker 2 is the second chapter of the life simulation series Princess Maker, developed by the Japanese company Gainax. In the game, you are a father that has to grow a child received by a god and make her a princess.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Black Crypt is a fantasy single-player roleplaying game by Raven Software, published by Electronic Arts. It was released in 1992. It was initially conceived of as a pen and paper roleplaying game by Brian Raffel and Steve Raffel.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress is the second role-playing game in the Ultima series. Released in 1982, it is the only Ultima game published by Sierra On-Line. After th...
Year: 1983 Genre: Role Playing
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Temple of Apshai, the first game of the Dunjonquest series, is a dungeon crawler RPG developed by Automated Simulations (now Epyx) initially in 1979. It was then ported to DOS and Commodore 64 in 1982.
Year: 1982 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima III: Exodus is the third game in the Ultima series and the first to be officially released by Origin Systems, in 1983. It was developed on Apple II and ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga.
Year: 1985 Genre: Role Playing
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The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first game in The Elder Scrolls series, developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is an epic fantasy open-world role-playing game published in 1994 for MS-DOS.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny is the fifth entry in the role-playing video game series Ultima. It was released initially in 1988 for DOS, Apple II, and Commodore 64, later followed by other platforms.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle is a role-playing game created by ORIGIN, released in 1993 for MS-DOS. It is part of the Ultima series, and it's the sequel to Ultima VII Part One: The Black Gate.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Ishar: Legend of the Fortress is a fantasy RPG developed and published by Silmarils in 1992 for DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. It was part of a trilogy that includes Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom and Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity.
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate is a fantasy role-playing game created by Interplay Productions in 1988. It's the third chapter of the The Bard's Tale series. It was released in...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in medieval Germany during the 15th century, featuring...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Chaos Strikes Back is the sequel/expansion to Dungeon Master, one of the first examples of dungeon crawling RPG. It was released in 1989 on several platforms, including Atari ST, Amiga, X68000, PC-98, FM Towns, and MS-DOS.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software. I remember watching my father play Jag...
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
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