DOS Games Discussion

Sorcerdon

Anyone remember?

Dogbreath · Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:

Well, Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was released for the Apple II in 1981... and there was this quasi-RPG adventure game that was predominat through the 1970s... along with a roguelikish (but with static levels) "graphical" RPG in 1979. It depends on your definition of RPG, really. (IMO, Dungeons of Despair (1980) was probably the first "true" CRPG if you mean the D&D style 3D dungeon crawler with 6 characters, 10 classes, shops, etc... you know the type)

Dopefish · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject:

Can you clarify the question a little bit? Technically DOS was used by almost every computer, not just IBM PCs and there were more varieties of DOS than just MS-DOS. With the exception of Macintosh computers, games weren't really made for anything besides DOS (until Windows came about).

The first real video game (console) RPG was most likely Dragon Warrior for NES, Legend of Zelda (NES) and Adventure (Atari 2600) came out before it but I don't think those are real RPGs.

Dogbreath · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject:

Adventure (1978) was based on Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) which was the quasi-RPG adventure game I was talking about. (Thanks!)

Legend of Zelda and Dragon Warrior weren't made until ~1986, and you can't deny that some of the games made before that (The Bards Tale, 1985, and the Wizardry series, 1981-83) were most definately RPGs. Hell, Wizardry pretty much set the standard for CRPGs throughout the 1980s! What would you say is lacking in it to make it a real CRPG?

Dopefish · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

But those are DOS games.

Dogbreath · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject:

Wally · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

OOO bards tale..

Quickly gets a copy and gets it ready for his powerbook 190 Shit-Eating Grin

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first RPG non-dos game was in the commodore 64 range but i cant remember it.

It was a type command game

Dopefish · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:33 pm Post subject:

Dark Lord · Experienced Member Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 68

The first console RPG was The Legend of Zelda for NES. I think.

Dogbreath · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject:

Wally · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:28 pm Post subject:

Topic = "What was the first RPG non-dos game"

Dogbreath · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:13 am Post subject:

I think we can read, Wally. Sarcastic

(Any point to your message?)

Amro · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:00 am Post subject:

His point is the OP didn't mean MS-DOS.

Sorcerdon · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:

Let me clearify.
MS-DOS games
Congratulatory

Dopefish · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:31 am Post subject:

Then it would technically be Akalabeth (Ultima 0) for Apple II.
It's barely an RPG. All that happens is you visit the castle and Lord British tells you to kill a type of monster, then you go into a dungeon, coming up periodically to buy things from the town (which is all you can do in town).