First CRPG? Hillsfar. Couldn't get it to run on a PC-compatible but it ran quite happily on an IBM PC. Followed it with Dragonlance. Ah, the golden days of 'PC compatibles'..... NOT!!!!!!
Pre 97/98? I don't think they had RPGs for the Atari 2600, NES and Sega. Those were my old school systems before a PC.
There were a couple of "proto" RPGs I remember on the Atari 2600. One was Adventure, another was Dragon Stomper. Both had a single "character" who could improve in abilities and equipment before facing a final big bad. If memory serves, I believe either could be completed in about half an hour. Really, really simple stuff by today's standards, but still could be a lot of fun.
I'm surprised so few mentioned the Eye of the Beholder trilogy...
I'm too old. Eye of the Beholder was just the let down after the Gold Box started looking REALLY dated! Although I did love Dungeon Hack (same game engine)!
Some of these games aren't RPGs, perhaps, but I remember, as a kid, playing: Final Fantasy VII Legend of Zelda Secret of Mana Another World Flashback Ween Monkey Island Hook
...And that's just a handful of the stuff I remember!:D I'd played RPGs before, but Baldur's Gate reaffirmed my love for them, and taught me the ways of the Western RPG.
But I played Civ (original and 2). X-Com, Europa Universalis (1 & 2), Mechwarrior 2 (and Mercenaries), and the old Championship Manager series. I actually didn't play Baldur's Gate until ToB was getting ready to come out too, so I was late to that party. Discovered Fallout first, actually (may have been FO2, actually).
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Sim city
Civ
Populous
Lemmings
Creatures
Green beret
Dizzy... All of them, gotta love code masters
1945
Chucky egg, I got to a level with two birds flapping across the screen!
Jet set willy
Manic miner
X-wing
Tie fighter
Hard driving
Chase HQ. How could I forget this classic!
Outrun
F-15
Hmmm... I think my games sort of rubber stamp my age...
Final Fantasy VII
Legend of Zelda
Secret of Mana
Another World
Flashback
Ween
Monkey Island
Hook
...And that's just a handful of the stuff I remember!:D
I'd played RPGs before, but Baldur's Gate reaffirmed my love for them, and taught me the ways of the Western RPG.
Pretty much the first for me... cant remember other games (in terms of rpgs)
I guess the Phantasy Star games - the original good ones not the shitty mmo ones that are out now and make no damn sense.
Does Shining Force count?
I also played lots of the various Civ games, Panzer General, Monkey Island, and so on.
Farland Series
Legend of Heroes series
But I played Civ (original and 2). X-Com, Europa Universalis (1 & 2), Mechwarrior 2 (and Mercenaries), and the old Championship Manager series. I actually didn't play Baldur's Gate until ToB was getting ready to come out too, so I was late to that party. Discovered Fallout first, actually (may have been FO2, actually).