Re: What was the first RPG?

[fletcher@u.washington.edu (Brent Michael Krupp)]

In article <4b5ivr$2f6@rock101.genie.net>,
Harold Hislop <harold.h@genie.com> wrote:

>The earliest RPG that I can recall was "Adventure" (also known as
>Colossal Cave) written by.... uhm... the names fade into antiquity :/

Adventure was the first text adventure, and thus the first "adventure" game, 
but it was in no way whatsoever an RPG. You had no character to speak of,
no choices about your abilities, etc., etc. Not an RPG at all. 

Brent Krupp (fletcher@u.washington.edu)
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