RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
RPG games, or role-playing games, have come a long way since their humble beginnings as pen-and-paper adventures.
Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard’s Tale (or simply The Bard's Tale) is a role-playing game designed by Michael Cranford. It was developed by Interplay. Released initia...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
apple 2 original game dungeon crawler fantasy party-based rpg sword and sorcery turn-based rpgMight and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is the first chapter of the popular RPG franchise created by New World Computing. The original game, developed for the App...
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
apple 2 original game fantasy party-based rpg sword and sorcery turn-based rpgDark Sun: Shattered Lands is a computer RPG set in the AD&D universe, created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1993 for DOS only. Being based on the AD&D campaign known as Dark Sun, it is set in the desert world of Athas.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
d&d fantasy party-based rpg turn-based rpg wastelandUltima VII: Forge of Virtue is an expansion/DLC for Ultima VII, the famous seventh chapter of the RPG series Ultima created by Richard Garriott. Forge of Virtue was released in Sep...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
fantasy medieval party-based role-playing rpg sword and sorcery top-downEye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor is the third and final chapter of the role-playing game series Eye of the Beholder. It was published by Strategic Simulations Inc.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
d&d dungeon crawler fantasy forgotten realms real-time role-playing rpgThe immortal is an action RPG developed by Sandcastle and published by Electronic Arts in 1990. The title was initially created for Apple IIgs but was later ported to Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari ST, NES, and Genesis.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
action-rpg apple 2 original game dungeon crawler isometric rpg sword and sorceryCastle of the Winds is a roguelike fantasy RPG developed by Rick Saada for Windows 3.1 and released by Epic MegaGames in 1993. It's the first episode of a quite famous series and o...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
fantasy freeware rpg top-down turn-based rpg windows3xLegends of Valour is a 3D RPG created by Synthetic Dimensions and released in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game's main feature is the engine, which is entirely 3D. This technology was not new but wasn't used in RPGs yet.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
3d fantasy first-person open world rpg sword and sorcery texture mapCaptive is a sci-fi RPG created by Antony Crowther and published by Mindscape in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game uses a first-person perspective, with movements in the four directions in a pseudo-3D environment.
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
dungeon crawler first-person party-based rpg science fiction spaceBattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
board game mecha rpg science fiction tactical-rpg top-down turn-based rpg warThe 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
apple 2 original game dungeon crawler fantasy rpg sword and sorcery turn-based rpgWhale's Voyage II: Die Übermacht, released in 1995, is the sequel to the sci-fi RPG Whale's Voyage created by neo Software. The game is a mix of role-playing, space exploration, trading and a bit of dungeon crawling.
Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing
dungeon crawler first-person party-based rpg science fiction space exploration spaceship tradingRealms of Arkania: Star Trail is the second in the Das Schwarze Auge-inspired series Developed by Attic Entertainment Software. It was published by Fantasy Productions (FanPro) in German and Sir-Tech in English for DOS in 1994.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
dungeon crawler fantasy party-based rpg sword and sorcery turn-based rpgShadoworlds is an RPG created by Krisalis/Teque and released in 1992 as a sequel to Shadowlands. It was published by Domark. While the predecessor was a classic fantasy RPG with ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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