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  2. History of role-playing games - Wikipedia

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    According to Max Boot's book War Made New (2006, pg 122), sometime between 1803 and 1809, the Prussian General Staff developed war games, with staff officers moving metal pieces around on a game table (with blue pieces representing their forces and red pieces those of the enemy), using dice rolls to indicate random chance and with a referee ...

  3. List of role-playing video games - Wikipedia

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    This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year.Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available.

  4. Role-playing video game - Wikipedia

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    Another early RPG on a console was Bokosuka Wars, originally released for the Sharp X1 computer in 1983 [33] and later ported to the MSX in 1984, the NES in 1985 and the Sharp X68000 [citation needed] as New Bokosuka Wars. The game laid the foundations for the tactical role-playing game genre, or "simulation RPG" genre as it is known in Japan.

  5. History of Western role-playing video games - Wikipedia

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    The designers felt that the series' storyline made Shadows of Darkness too difficult, and so inserted a fifth game, Wages of War, into the canon and renumbered the series. [53] Legends of Valour (1992) provided an early example of open-world, non-linear gameplay in an RPG.

  6. List of role-playing video games: 1990 to 1991 - Wikipedia

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    Rerelease: The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port: The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences.

  7. List of role-playing video games: 2004 to 2005 - Wikipedia

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    Action RPG: Spoof of Bard's Tale, The for Apple II. US 2004 (JP) Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII: Square Enix: Square Enix: Sci-Fi Fantasy: MOBI: Action RPG: Prequel to Final Fantasy VII. JP 2004 (DE/NA/UK) Beyond Divinity: Larian: Ubisoft Hip Focus Home: Fantasy: WIN: Action RPG: Spin-off of Divine Divinity. BE 2004 (DE/NA/UK) Beyond Divinity ...

  8. Role-playing game - Wikipedia

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    A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character ...

  9. List of role-playing video games: 1975 to 1985 - Wikipedia

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    The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. ... Action RPG [65] JP 1985 (NA ...