Ancient History

[Azred]

Well, since this is the forum for all those old CRPGs that are collecting dust in your attic/basement/closet/trunk, let's ask these all-important questions:

What is the first CRPG you ever played? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

When did you first play it? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

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Since I asked it first, I'll answer it first. The earliest ones I remember playing are Temple of Apshai and some other game (the name of which escapes me now, but the cover had a picture of Stonehenge--which may have been the name of the game itself) back in 1984.
Most of you have probably never heard of those, so I'll throw out another one that you might recall: Bard's Tale in 1985. Oh, the days of the good ol' C-64.... [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

[Pangur Ban]

Originally posted by Azred: Well, since this is the forum for all those old CRPGs that are collecting dust in your attic/basement/closet/trunk, let's ask these all-important questions: What is the first CRPG you ever played? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] When did you first play it? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] *************** Since I asked it first, I'll answer it first. The earliest ones I remember playing are Temple of Apshai and some other game (the name of which escapes me now, but the cover had a picture of Stonehenge--which may have been the name of the game itself) back in 1984. Most of you have probably never heard of those, so I'll throw out another one that you might recall: Bard's Tale in 1985. Oh, the days of the good ol' C-64.... [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

Ahh, yes, Temple of Apshai. Did you do the rest of the Apshai Trilogy?

Can't remember what my first CRPG was -- it was either Apshai, Ultima 2, or Telenguard - but it also was on a C64 ( remember POKE 808,225? )

[Aelia Jusa]

Probably Ultima 7. Actually I would love to play that again, it was a fabulous game.

Unless something like Monkey Island would be classed as an RPG? You're kind of role-playing Guybrush lol

[LennonCook]

Quest for Glory: So you want to be a Hero VGA remake Version, first played it in about 92... quite fun. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Kakero]

my first ever crpg was Farland Story ( japanese version ). I got it when I first bought my P200 computer in 1998. ahh...the memory.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Neb]

For me it was either Ultima 7 or QFG 3. Can't remember which. Been hooked on the bloody things ever since [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Bahamut]

Baldur's Gate.. oh that's why that game has some sentimental value to me... then the first Diablo I had a PC later than you guys have I suppose

[Azred]

Originally posted by Pangur Ban: Ahh, yes, Temple of Apshai. Did you do the rest of the Apshai Trilogy? Can't remember what my first CRPG was -- it was either Apshai, Ultima 2, or Telenguard - but it also was on a C64 ( remember POKE 808,225? )

No, never did the entire trilogy. At least, I don't remember playing the entire trilogy. (too much dark beer, perhaps? [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] )

Now Telengard I remember. That was the first game for which I tried to edit the code (making the hit point counter add instead of subtracting).

Good ol' poke, peek, and--what was it?--run "program",8,1. [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]

[Jorath Calar]

Chaos Strikes Back on my Atari ST, wow those Sleepless nights.
My friend bought a Atari and got like 700 diskettes with it and we were going through the "PILE!!!" sorting out the interesting stuff from all the trash... (a 5/95 ratio...) and there was this game which I played completely to death...

But the first one on a PC was Elderscrolls Arena

[Yack]

Ultima 3 was my first RPG, on a powerful apple IIe

Funny thing i still remember buying this game after reading a review in popular mechanics (at the time not many magazines talk about computers, and much less about computer games), anyway, in the review they describe the game as 'a living tapestry' that little line its to blame for a lifetime of playing computer rpg's.