Re: What was the first RPG?

[Bret Patterson <faustus>]

mjs@unix.asb.com (mjs) wrote:
>ekman@lysator.liu.se (Fredrik Ekman) wrote:
>
>>I am wondering what the very first computer RPG was. I used to believe
>>that it was Rogue (released in 1983, I think), but the other day I
>>happened to take a look at my old Temple of Apshai box and found that it
>>was copyrighted in 1983, so I suppose neither of these games were
>>influenced by the other, in spite of many similarities.
>
>>Were there other, even earlier, games that the above two were inspired
>>by, or did they just happen upon the same concept at the same time?
>
>>  /F
>
>I think it was either Ultima 1 or Wizardry. Anyone know for sure?


The first RPG was "adventure" written for the old PDP 11. I'm not sure what
year but it was the first. Adventure spawned the whole genre like Dungeon Hack,
Rogue etc.

Bret