Re: What was the first RPG?

[jth@paranoia.com (Jason Holtzapple)]

In article <DJtHt5.9B2@news2.new-york.net>, mjs <mjs@unix.asb.com> 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?

I dug out my old Apple 2 Wizardry box and it was copyrighted in
1981. I'm not sure when Ultima 1 came out.
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