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Role Playing Games
RPG's go back to the pre electronic gaming era when they were
playing using paper and dice. Tunnels and trolls was the first but Dungons and Dragons quickly became the standard. RPG's instantly became an established genre in video gaming. Key elements like character development, exploration and quest solving offer more depth than most other genre's and keep RPG's popular to this day with epics like Zelda and final fanatsy.

Adventure
	Platform: Atari 2600 Developer: Atari Released: 1978 Number of Players: 1 Considered by many to be the first graphical Adventure game. Adventure introduced the idea of movable objects that could be picked up by the player and moved around the game world which was one of the first video games to include a multi-screen game world.
Multi-User Dungeon
	Platform: DECSystem-10 Developer: Essex University Released: 1978 Number of Players: Online Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD for short, was the first game to include a persistent online world where players could interact with each other through a text interface. Originally developed in 1978 at Essex University, England, MUD ran for many years on the University's computers. There is a Java Script version available to play here.
Dungeon Master
	Platform: Atari ST Developer: FTL Games Released: 1987 Number of Players: 1 Dungeon Master was seen to be a revolution in the way players could explore and interact with a dungeon maze in a 3D type first person perspective. It also combined role playing with real time action.
Ultima 7 Black Gate
	Platform: PC Developer: Origin Systems Released: 19?? Number of Players: 1 Ultima 7 is a huge RPG and one of the best in the ultima series. It has numerous subquests, sideplots, and small diversions all with the usual Olde English dialog. Allowed a great deal of freedom. Also notable for the addition of the Speech pack and Serpents Isle expansions.
Ultima Underworld I and II
	Platform: PC Developer: Origin Systems Released: 1992 Number of Players: 1 Ultima Underworld - The Stygian Abyss took the dungeon master style of game to the next level. Featuring an advanced 3d engine, real-world object physics, a role-playing enviroment and real time combat. Surprisingly, it predated Doom by a full two years and Wolfenstein 3D by two months.
Shining in the Darknes
	Platform: Mega Drive Developer: Origin Systems Released: 1991 (US) Number of Players: 1 An epic tale with tough riddles, seemingly endless labyrinths and involving storyline. Know as Shining and the Darkness in the US. The first in Sega's Shining series with the latest one "Shining Soul" being released for the GBA on march 2002.
Secret of Mana
	Platform: SNES Developer: Square Released: 1993 Number of Players: 3 Secret of Mana or Seiken Densetsu 2 as it was known in Japan is a very popular game mostly because it combines a great story line with some of the best music and graphics seen on the SNES. The ability for 3 players to play with a multitap distinguishes it from Zelda. Perhaps a little to easy for regular rpg players but with loads of secrets to find it has a lot of replay value.
Chrono Trigger
	Platform: SNES Developer: Square Released: 1995 Number of Players: 1 Never released in the UK, often touted as the best rpg on the snes.
Legend of Zelda
	Platform: SNES Developer: Nintendo Released: Number of Players: 1 Many peoples' first intro to RPG games this is a true classic. Combines realtime combat and a superb storyline.
Zelda Occarina of Time
	Platform: SNES Developer: Nintendo Released: Number of Players: 1 Zelda on N64 is a successful translation into 3D. It uses a single action button which, while saving a lot of time, can make things a bit easy at times. Combat is well designed with a nice "lock-on" feature which has been copied in many games ever since. The plot is the usual find 7 crystals and basically involves making your way through 7 different dungeons.
Baulders Gate
	Platform: PC Developer: Released: 1993 Number of Players: 1-6 Perhaps the first game to capture the kind of story and combat dynamics once associated with its pen & paper counterpart.
Ultima Online
	Platform: PC Developer: Origin Systems Released: 1997 Number of Players: 1000's Origin's online version of Ultima is a ground breaking rpg with a persistent world where literally thousands of players could interact with each other. Players can even buy houses or castles. Two main drawbacks; cheating and it is subscription-based. Origin charge a small monthly fee of about $7.
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