Re: What was the first RPG?

[rgregg@GS201.SP.CS.CMU.EDU (Robert Shannon Gregg)]

In article <4b4tbc$9lo@colossus.csl.mtu.edu>, mwmaurer@mtu.edu (Mark W. Maurer) writes:
|> Fredrik Ekman (ekman@lysator.liu.se) 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.
|> Could it possibly by Akalabeth (or however it was spelled) by Richard
|> Garriot?  Myself, I can't decide if that was just adventure or what.  And
|> when did Ultima I come out?
 
Depends on what you mean by RPG, really.  AFAIK, Akalabeth (that is the correct
spelling, congrats :) was originally written in 1979.  There ARE character
classes; you can be a mage or fighter, and that affects what weapons/armor/
spells you can use.  However, that's the ONLY such decision you make in the
game; Monopoly has more role-playing that Akalabeth.  Decide for yourself.

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