List of role-playing video games: 1975 to 1985

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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. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

• 1975–1985
• 1986–1987
• 1988–1989
• 1990–1991
• 1992–1993
• 1994–1995
• 1996–1997
• 1998–1999
• 2000–2001
• 2002–2003
• 2004–2005
• 2006–2007
• 2008–2009
• 2010–2011
• 2012–2013
• 2014–2015
• Unreleased

Legend

Video game platforms

3DS Nintendo 3DS APPII Apple II Arcade Arcade game CROSS Cross-platform DC Dreamcast DOS DOS / MS-DOS DG32 Dragon 32 DROI Android DS Nintendo DS FLA Adobe Flash FDS Famicom Disk System FM7 FM-7 FMT FM Towns GB Game Boy GBA Game Boy Advance GBC Game Boy Color GCN Nintendo GameCube GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive INT Intellivision iOS iOS LIN Linux MAIN Mainframe computer MOBI Mobile phone MSX MSX MSX2 MSX2 N64 Nintendo 64 NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom PC60 NEC PC-6001 PC88 NEC PC-8801 PC98 NEC PC-9801 PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine PET Commodore PET PLATO PLATO PS1 PlayStation / PSone PS2 PlayStation 2 PS3 PlayStation 3 PS4 PlayStation 4 PSN PlayStation Network PSP PlayStation Portable OSX OS X SAT Sega Saturn SCD Sega Mega-CD SG1K Sega SG-1000 SMS Sega Master System SNES Super NES / Super Famicom VC Virtual Console (Wii) VITA PlayStation Vita X1 Sharp X1 X68K Sharp X68000 Wii Wii WiiU Wii U WIN Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 WIN9X Windows 9x WINNT Windows NT X360 Xbox 360 XBOX Xbox XOne Xbox One

Types of releases

Rerel 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. Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Comp A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limit A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

Genre notes

Action RPG Action role-playing game Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game Roguelike Roguelike Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game MUD MUD Turn-based Turn-based game Real-time Real-time game FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (Role-playing shooter) RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG) CRPG Computer-style role-playing game JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game Dungeon crawl Dungeon crawl Monster raising Pet-raising simulation Card battle Collectible card game Blobber First-person party-based RPG

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Subgenre	Series/Notes	COO
1975 (NA)	dnd	Gary Whisenhunt, Ray Wood, Dirk Pellett, Flint Pellett		Fantasy	PLATO			US
1975 (NA)	Dungeon	Don Daglow		Fantasy	PLATO			US
1975 (NA)	Moria	Kevet Duncombe, others		Fantasy	PLATO			US
1975 (NA)	pedit5	Rusty Rutherford		Fantasy	PLATO		Later deleted and lost to history.[1]	US
1977 (NA)[2]	Oubliette	Jim Schwaiger		Fantasy	PLATO		"Oubliette" is French for "dungeon".	US
1977 (NA)	DND	Daniel M Lawrence		Fantasy	PDP-10			US
1978 (NA)	Beneath Apple Manor		Software Factory	Fantasy	APPII	Roguelike	Lo-res/Text mode graphics.[3]	US
1978 (NA)[4]	orthanc	Eric Hagstrom, Larry Kemp, Paul Resch		Fantasy	PLATO		Named after Saruman's tower in The Lord of the Rings.[5] A reimplementation of pedit5.[1]	US
1979 (NA)	Akalabeth: World of Doom	Richard Garriott	California Pacific	Fantasy	APPII DOS		Sometimes known as Ultima 0.	US
1979 (NA)	avatar	Bruce Maggs, Andrew Shapira, David Sides		Fantasy	PLATO			US
1979 (NA)	Dungeon	Brian Sawyer	The Code Works	Fantasy	PET	Roguelike[6]		US
1979 (NA)	Dungeon of Death		Instant Software, Inc	Fantasy	PET	Dungeon crawl	Based on the PLATO game DND.[7]	US
1979 (NA)	Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII PET TRS80			US
1979 (NA)	Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII PET TRS80			US
1979 (NA)	Space	Edu-Ware	Edu-Ware	Sci-Fi	APPII		An adaptation of Traveller, which was taken off the market after a lawsuit by Game Designers Workshop.	US
1979 (NA)	Space II	Edu-Ware	Edu-Ware	Sci-Fi	APPII		Expansion to Space.	US
1979 (NA)	Temple of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	PET TRS80	Dungeon crawl	Series debuts.	US
1979 (NA)	Wilderness Campaign	Synergistic Software	Synergistic Software	Fantasy	APPII		Sequel to Dungeon Campaign for Apple II	US
1979 (NA)	Wizard's Castle	Joseph R. Power	Recreational Computing	Fantasy	TRS-80 Exidy Sorcerer	Dungeon crawl		US
1980 (NA)	Balrog Sampler	Chameleon Software	Adventure International	Fantasy	APPII TRS80	Adventure-RPG	Demo for Stone of Sisyphus	US
1980 (NA)	Dungeon Campaign	Synergistic Software	Image Computer Products	Fantasy	ATR (Port)	Dungeon crawl	Port of Dungeon Campaign for Apple II	US
1980 (NA)	Dungeons n Dragons	P. Trefonas	CLOAD	Fantasy	TRS-80			US
1980 (NA)	Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)	Dungeon crawl		US
1980 (NA)	Eamon	Donald Brown		Fantasy	APPII	Adventure-RPG	Adventure-RPG construction system.[8]	US
1980 (NA)	Fracas	Quality (Stuart Smith)	Computersmiths	Fantasy	APPII			US
1980 (NA)	Rogue	Michael Toy, et al.	Various	Fantasy	UNIX	Roguelike	This was the beginning of roguelike computer games. For further developments see Chronology of roguelike video games.	US
1980 (NA)	Dunjonquest: Hellfire Warrior	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII TRS80 PET	Dungeon crawl	Sequel to Temple of Apshai	US
1980 (NA)	Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure	Synergistic Software	Synergistic Software	Fantasy	APPII		Combines Dungeon Campaign and Wilderness Campaign by the same author.[9]	US
1980 (NA)	Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)			US
1980 (NA)	Starquest: Rescue at Rigel	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	APPII TRS80		Spin-off of Dunjonquest series.	US
1980 (NA)	Starquest: Star Warrior	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	TRS80		Spin-off of Dunjonquest series.	US
1980 (NA)	Stone of Sisyphus, The	Chameleon Software	Adventure International	Fantasy	APPII	Adventure-RPG[10]		US
1980 (NA)	Temple of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII (Port)			US
1980 (NA)	Wizard's Castle	Joseph R. Power	Recreational Computing	Fantasy	TRS-80 PET	Dungeon crawl		US
1981 (NA)	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Quality	Quality	Fantasy	ATR		Remake of Fracas	US
1981 (EU)	Catacombs	John K. Greye	John K. Greye Software	Fantasy	ZX81	Dungeon crawl[11]		UK
1981 (NA)	Dragon Fire	Level 10	Level 10	Fantasy	APPII	Dungeon crawl[12]		US
1981 (NA)	Dragon's Eye	Southern Software, Ltd.	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII ATR PET		Turn-based, side view.	US
1981 (NA)	Dunjonquest: Datestones of Ryn	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)			US
1981 (NA)	Empire I: World Builders	Edu-Ware	Edu-Ware	Sci-Fi	APPII	Adventure-RPG[13]		US
1981 (NA)	The Keys of Acheron	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII TRS80		Expansion of Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior.	US
1981 (NA)	Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)			US
1981 (NA)	Quest 1	Brian Reynolds	SoftSide	Fantasy	TRS80 APPII (Port) ATR (Port)	Dungeon crawl		US
1981 (NA)	Starquest: Rescue at Rigel	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	ATR		Spin-off of Dunjonquest series.	US
1981 (NA)	Starquest: Star Warrior	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	APPII ATR		Spin-off of Dunjonquest series.	US
1981 (NA)	Stone of Sisyphus, The	Chameleon Software	Adventure International	Fantasy	ATR (Port)		Port of The Stone of Sisyphus for Apple II.[14]	US
1981 (NA)	SwordThrust	Donald Brown	CE Software	Fantasy	APPII	Adventure-RPG	Enhanced remake of Eamon for Apple II.[15]	US
1981 (NA)	Temple of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)		Series debuts.	US
1981 (NA)	Ultima	Richard Garriott	California Pacific	Fantasy	APPII		Series debuts. Re-released by Origin in 1986.	US
1981 (NA)	Upper Reaches of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII TRS80		Expansion for Temple of Apshai.	US
1981 (NA)	Wizard's Castle	International PC Owners	International PC Owners	Fantasy	DOS	Dungeon crawl		US
1981 (NA)	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	APPII	Dungeon crawl	Dungeon crawl in the style of the PLATO RPGs. Series debuts.	US
1982 (NA)	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge (NA)	APh (NA)	Mattel (NA)	Fantasy	INT[16]	Action-adventure game[17][18] Dungeon crawl		US
1982 (NA)	Apventure to Atlantis	Synergistic Software	Synergistic Software	Fantasy	APPII		Sequel to Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure.[19]	US
1982 (JP)	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Quality	Quality	Fantasy	APPII (Port)			US
1982 (NA)	Catacombs	John K. Greye Software	Melbourne House	Fantasy	ZX	Dungeon crawl[11]		UK
1982 (NA)	Caverns of Freitag, The	Muse Software	Muse Software	Fantasy	APPII			US
1982 (NA)	Curse of Ra	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII ATR DOS TRS80		Expansion of Temple of Apshai.	US
1982 (JP)	Danchizuma no Yuwaku (JP) 団地妻の誘惑 (JP)	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Modern	PC88 FM7	Adventure RPG[20][21] Eroge[22]		JP
1982 (NA)	Danger in Drindisti	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	APPII ATR TRS80		Expansion of Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior.	US
1982 (JP)	Dragon and Princess	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Fantasy	PC88	Adventure-RPG with top-down tactical combat	Commonly considered the first Japanese-made game with role-playing elements.[23]	JP
1982 (JP)	Dragon Lair (JP) ドラゴンレア (JP)		Fugen Denshi (JP)	Fantasy	FM7			JP
1982 (NA)	Dragonstomper (NA)	Starpath (NA)	Starpath (NA)	Fantasy	ATR26[24]	Pre-JRPG[25][26]		US
1982 (NA)	Dungeons of Daggorath	DynaMicro (Douglas J. Morgan, Keith S. Kiyohara)	Tandy	Fantasy	TRSCC	Dungeon crawl Real-time, but text-driven		US
1982 (NA)	Dunzhin	Intelligent Statements	ScreenPlay Computer Applications Unlimited Med Systems Software	Fantasy	APPII PCB TRS80	Roguelike[27]	Part 1 of Warriors of Ras	US
1982 (NA)	Empire II: Interstellar Sharks	Edu-Ware	Edu-Ware	Sci-Fi	APPII	Space-trading, Adventure-RPG[28]	Sequel to Empire I: World Builders.	US
1982 (NA)	Hellfire Warrior	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)		Sequel to Temple of Apshai.	US
1982 (NA)	Keys of Acheron, The	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port)		Expansion to Temple of Apshai: Hellfire Warrior.	US
1982 (NA)	Starquest: Rescue at Rigel	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	VIC20 (Port)		Spin-off of Dunjonquest series.	US
1982 (NA)	Sword of Fargoal	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	VIC20	Roguelike[29]		US
1982 (NA)	Swords & Serpents	Imagic	Imagic	Fantasy	INT		[30]	US
1982 (NA)	Telengard	Avalon Hill	Avalon Hill	Fantasy	APPII ATR PET TRS80	Early roguelike relative	Based on DND.	US
1982 (NA)	Temple of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	DOS (Port)			US
1982 (NA)	Theseus and the Minotaur	TSR	TSR	Fantasy	APPII		First-person view.[31]	US
1982 (NA)	Tunnels of Doom	Kevin Kenney	Texas Instruments	Fantasy	TI99			US
1982 (NA)	Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress	Richard Garriott	Sierra	Fantasy	APPII			US
1982 (NA)	Upper Reaches of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR (Port) DOS (Port)		Expansion of Temple of Apshai.	US
1982 (EU)	Valley, The	ASP Software, Ltd	ASP Software, Ltd	Fantasy	ZX	Roguelike	Graphical roguelike with wilderness exploration.[32]	UK
1982 (NA)	Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	APPII			US
1983 (NA)	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin (NA)	APh (NA)	Mattel (NA)	Fantasy	INT[16]	Turn-based[33] Dungeon crawl[34]		US
1983 (NA)	Amulet, The	Numenor Microsystems	Numenor Microsystems	Fantasy	DOS	[35]		CA
1983 (JP)	Bawnded: Chitei Sekai-hen (JP) バウンドッド 地底世界編 (JP)	Nihon Micom Gakuen	Nihon Micom Gakuen	Fantasy	PC88		First-person display.[36]	JP
1983 (NA)	Beneath Apple Manor		Quality Software	Fantasy	DOS (Port) ATR (Port)	Roguelike	Graphical or textmode options.[37]	US
1983 (JP)	Bokosuka Wars (JP) ボコスカウォーズ (JP)	Koji Sumii (JP)	ASCII (JP)	Fantasy	X1 MSX (Port) NES (Port)	Tactical RPG[38] RTS/RPG[39] Action RPG[40][41]		JP
1983 (JP)	Dragon and Princess	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Fantasy	FM7 (Port)	Adventure-RPG with top-down tactical combat	Commonly considered the first Japanese-made game with role-playing elements.[23]	JP
1983 (JP)	Dungeon (JP) ダンジョン (JP)	Sakai Akira (JP)	Sakai Akira (JP)	Fantasy	FM7	Computer-style RPG[42]		JP
1983 (NA)	Expedition Amazon	Penguin Software	Penguin Software	Modern	APPII	[43]		US
1983 (NA)	Fortress of the Witch King	Avalon Hill (US) Kiya Overseas Industry (JP)	Avalon Hill (US) Kiya Overseas Industry (JP)	Fantasy	FM7 APPII	Strategy/RPG[44]		US
1983 (NA)	Galactic Adventures	SSI	SSI	Sci-fi	ATR APPII			US
1983 (NA)	Gateway to Apshai	Connelley Group	Epyx	Fantasy	ATR C64			US
1983 (NA)	Kaiv	Intelligent Statements, Inc.	Screenplay	Fantasy	APPII ATR C64	Roguelike	Sequel to Dunzhin.[45]	US
1983 (JP)	Ken to Mahō (JP) 剣と魔法 (JP) Sword and Sorcery (JP)	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Fantasy	FM7 PC88	Dungeon crawl[46]		JP
1983 (JP)	Khufu-Ō no Himitsu (JP) クフ王の秘密 (JP) The Secret of Cheops (JP)	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Fantasy	FM7 PC88	Dungeon crawl[47]		JP
1983 (NA)	Lord of the Balrogs	Supersoft	Supersoft	Fantasy	C64	Dungeon crawl[48]		US
1983 (NA)	Maze Master	Michael Cranford	Human Engineered Software	Fantasy	C64	Dungeon crawl[49]		US
1983 (NA)	Morloc's Tower	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	PCB (Port)		Port of Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower for TRS80.[50]	US
1983 (JP)	Nobunaga's Ambition (JP) 信長の野望 (JP)	Koei (JP)	Koei (JP)	Historical	MSX NES (Port)	Tactical RPG[51]	Series debuts.	JP
1983 (NA)	Oubliette	Bear Systems	Human Engineered Software	Fantasy	DOS (Port) C64 (Port)		Port of Oubliette for PLATO.[52]	US
1983 (JP)	Panorama Toh (JP) ぱのらま島 (JP)	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	PC88		Hexagon-based overhead view. Real-time RPG.[53]	JP
1983 (NA)	Rescue at Rigel	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	DOS (Port) PCB (Port)		Port of Rescue at Rigel for TRS80.[54]	US
1983 (JP)	Return of Heracles	Quality (Stuart Smith)	Quality	Fantasy	ATR			US
1983 (EU)	Ring of Darkness	Wintersoft	Wintersoft	Fantasy	DG32 ZX (Port)			UK
1983 (JP)	Seiken Densetsu (JP) 聖剣伝説 (JP)	Compac Inc.	Compac Inc.	Fantasy	PC88			JP
1983 (NA)	Standing Stones, The	Electronic Arts	Electronic Arts	Fantasy	APPII		First-person display.[55]	US
1983 (NA)	Star Warrior	Epyx	Epyx	Sci-fi	DOS (Port)		Port of Star Warrior for TRS80.[54]	US
1983 (NA)	Stone of Sisyphus, The	Chameleon Software	Adventure International	Fantasy	ATR (Port)		Enhanced remake of Maces and Magic for Atari 8-bit.[56]	US
1983 (NA)	Super Quest	SoftSide Magazine	Jeff Hurlburt	Fantasy	APPII		Based on Quest 1 for the Apple II.	US
1983 (NA)	Telengard	Avalon Hill Kiya Overseas Industry Co., Ltd	Avalon Hill	Fantasy	C64 (Port) FM7 (Port)			US
1983 (NA)	Temple of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	C64 (Port) VIC20 (Port)		Port of Temple of Apshai for TRS80.	US
1983 (NA)	Curse of Ra	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	C64 (Port)		Expansion of Temple of Apshai.	US
1983 (NA)	Ultima	Richard Garriott	Sierra	Fantasy	ATR (Port)			US
1983 (NA)	Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress	Richard Garriott	Sierra	Fantasy	ATR (Port) C64 (Port) DOS (Port)			US
1983 (NA)	Ultima III: Exodus	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	APPII ATR (Port) C64 (Port)		Pioneered many innovations that would become standard on many CRPGs that followed.	US
1983 (NA)	Ultima: Escape from Mount Drash	Keith Zabalaoui	Sierra	Fantasy	VIC20			US
1983 (NA)	Upper Reaches of Apshai	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	C64 (Port)		Expansion of Temple of Apshai.	US
1983 (EU)	Valley, The	ASP Software, Ltd	ASP Software, Ltd	Fantasy	BBCM (Port) C64 (Port) Elec (Port) Oric (Port)	Roguelike	Grapical roguelike with wilderness exploration.[32]	UK
1983 (EU)	Volcanic Dungeon	Carnell Software	Roy Carnell and Stuart A. Galloway	Fantasy	ZX ZX81 DG32	Roguelike adventure-RPG[57]	Sequel to Black Crystal.	UK
1983 (EU)	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Sir-Tech	Ediciel	Fantasy	APPII		French translation of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.	US
1983 (NA)	Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	APPII	Dungeon crawl		US
1984 (JP)	Age of Adventure	Quality	Quality	Fantasy	APPII (Comp) ATR (Comp) C64 (Comp)		Port and compilation of Return of Heracles and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves for ATR.	US
1984 (JP)	Arfgaldt (JP) アルフガルド (JP)		ASCII (JP)	Fantasy	FM7	Computer-style RPG[58]		JP
1984 (JP)	Black Onyx, The (JP) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP)	Bullet-Proof (JP)	Bullet-Proof (JP)	Fantasy	PC88	Dungeon crawl[59]	Often considered the first Japanese RPG ever released[60]	JP
1984 (JP)	The Black Onyx II: Search for the Fire Crystal (JP) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP)	Bullet-Proof (JP)	Bullet-Proof (JP)	Fantasy	PC88	Dungeon crawl[61]		JP
1984 (UK)	The Citadel of Chaos	Puffin Books	Puffin Books	Fantasy	C64 ZX		Adaptation of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook.[62]	UK
1984 (JP)	Do Dutchwives Dream of Electric Eels? (JP) Oranda Tsuma wa Denki Unagi no Yume o Miru ka? (JP) オランダ妻は電気ウナギの夢を見るか? (JP)	Koei	Koei	Modern	PC88 PC98	Adventure-RPG Eroge[63]		JP
1984 (JP/NA)	Dragon Buster (JP) ドラゴンバスター (JP)	Namco (JP)	Namco (JP)	Fantasy	Arcade PC88 MSX NES	Action RPG[64] Dungeon crawl[65]	Series debuts.	JP
1984 (JP)	Dragon Slayer (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤー (JP)	Nihon Falcom (JP)	Nihon Falcom (JP)	Fantasy	PC88	Action RPG[66][67] JRPG[67]	Series debuts.	JP
1984 (NA)	DND	R. O. Software	R. O. Software	Fantasy	DOS		Port of TOPS-10 version of DND by Daniel Lawrence.[68]	US
1984 (NA)	Empire III: Armaggedon	Edu-Ware	Edu-Ware	Sci-Fi	APPII	Adventure game/RPG hybrid[69]		US
1984 (NA)	Expedition Amazon	Penguin Software	Penguin Software (US) Starcraft Incorporated (J)	Modern	C64 FM7 PC88 PC98	[70]		US
1984 (EU)	The Forest of Doom	Puffin Books	Puffin Books	Fantasy	C64 ZX		Adaptation of the Fighting Fantasy Gamebook.[71]	UK
1984 (NA)	Gateway to Apshai (NA)	The Connely Group (NA)	Epyx (NA)	Fantasy	CLV[72]	Dungeon crawl[73]		UK
1984 (JP)	Hydlide (JP) ハイドライド (JP)	T&E (JP)	T&E (JP)	Fantasy	PC88 PC98	Action RPG[74] JRPG[74]	Series debuts.	JP
1984 (NA)	ICON: Quest for the Ring	Macrocom Incorporated	Macrocom Incorporated	Fantasy	DOS			US
1984 (EU)	Masters of Serebal	M. C. Lothlorien, Ltd	M. C. Lothlorien, Ltd	Fantasy	ZX		Top-down display.[75]	UK
1984 (JP)	Mugen no Shinzō (JP) 夢幻の心臓 (JP)	Xtalsoft	Xtalsoft	Fantasy	PC88 PC98			JP
1984 (NA)	Lords of Midnight, The	Mike Singleton	Beyond Software Amsoft	Fantasy	ZX CPC	Adventure-RPG		UK
1984 (JP)	Poibos Part 1: Dasshutsu (JP) ポイボス Part1 脱出 (JP)	Zat Soft	Zat Soft	Sci-fi	FM7 PC88 PC98 X1		Top-down display.[76]	JP
1984 (JP)	Psychic City (JP) サイキックシティ (JP)	HOT·B	HOT·B	Post-apocalyptic	PC88[77] FM7[78]			JP
1984 (NA)	Questron	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	APPII ATR C64		Series debuts.	US
1984 (NA)	Shadowkeep	Ultrasoft Inc.	Trillium Corp.	Fantasy	APPII		Adapted into a novel by Alan Dean Foster	US
1984 (NA)	Standing Stones, The	Electronic Arts	Electronic Arts	Fantasy	C64 (Port)		First-person display.[79]	US
1984 (NA)	SunDog: Frozen Legacy	FTL	FTL Accolade	Sci-Fi	APPII			US
1984 (NA/JP)	Telengard	Avalon Hill	Eclipse Software (NA) Kiya Overseas Industry, Ltd. (JP)	Fantasy	C64 (Port) PC88 (Port) PC98 (Port)			US
1984 (JP/NA)	Tower of Druaga, The (JP) ドルアーガの塔 (JP)	Namco	Namco	Fantasy	Arcade	Action RPG[67] JRPG[67]	Series debuts.	JP
1984 (EU)	Tyrann	Norsoft	Norsoft	Fantasy	Oric CPC Thomson		Based on Wizardry. Series debuts.	FR
1984 (NA)	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	PCB (Port)			US
1984 (EU)	Wrath of Magra, The	Mastervision	Carnell Software (Roy Carnell, Stephen Kirk, Stuart A. Galloway)	Fantasy	ZX		Sequel to Volcanic Dungeon.	UK
1984 (NA)	Xyphus	Penguin Software	Penguin Software	Fantasy	APPII C64			US
1984 (NA)	Zyll	IBM	IBM	Fantasy	PCB		Text-based with randomized layout.[80]	US
1985 (NA)	Adventure, The: Only the Fittest Shall Survive	Green Valley	Green Valley	Fantasy	APPII			US
1985 (NA) 1984 (EU)	Stuart Smith's Adventure Construction Set		Ariolasoft UK Electronic Arts	Fantasy Sci-Fi	C64 APPII		RPG maker with sample games.	US
1985 (NA/UK)	Alternate Reality: The City	Paradise	Datasoft U.S. Gold	Sci-Fi	ATR		Series debuts.	US
1985 (NA)	Autoduel	Origin Systems	Origin Systems	Post-apocalyptic	AMI APPII ATR C64 DOS MAC ST		Based on Car Wars, by Steve Jackson Games.	US
1985 (NA)	Bards Tale, The	Interplay	EA	Fantasy	APPII C64		The first CRPG to put Interplay on the map as a future CRPG developer.	US
1985 (JP/PAL)	Black Onyx, The (JP/PAL) ザ・ブラックオニキス (JP)	Bullet-Proof	Bullet-Proof ASCII	Fantasy	FM7 MSX[81]	Dungeon crawl[59][60]		JP
1985 (NA)	Cavequest	Lightwave Consultants	Lightwave Consultants	Fantasy	DOS[82]	Dungeon crawl		US
1985 (PAL)	City of Death	Red Shift Limited	Red Shift Limited	Fantasy	ZX[83]		Overhead view.	UK
1985 (JP)	Cosmic Soldier (JP) コズミックソルジャー (JP)	Kogado	Kogado ASCII	Sci-Fi	MSX2[81] PC88[84]	Dungeon crawl[84] Eroge[84]		JP
1985 (JP)	Courageous Perseus (JP) カレイジアスペルセウス (JP)	Cosmos computer	Cosmos computer	Fantasy	MSX[81]	Action RPG		JP
1985 (JP)	Do Dutchwives Dream of Electric Eels? (JP) Oranda Tsuma wa Denki Unagi no Yume o Miru ka? (JP) オランダ妻は電気ウナギの夢を見るか? (JP)	KOEI	KOEI	Fantasy	FM7 (Port)	Eroge[85]		JP
1985 (NA)	Doomdark's Revenge	Mike Singleton	Beyond Software	Fantasy	ZX CPC C64	Adventure-RPG	Sequel to The Lords of Midnight	UK
1985 (JP)	Dragon Slayer (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤー (JP)	Nihon Falcom	Square	Fantasy	MSX[81]	Action RPG[66][67]		JP
1985 (JP)	Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu (JP) ザナドゥ (JP)	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	PC88 PC98	Action RPG[86]		JP
1985 (JP)	Earth Fighter Rayieza, The (JP) Chikyū Senshi Raīza (JP) 地球戦士ライーザ (JP)	Enix	Enix	Sci-Fi	PC88 FM7 X1 MSX	Action RPG		JP
1985 (JP)	Fantasian (JP)	Xtalsoft	Xtalsoft	Fantasy	PC88 X1	Dungeon crawl		JP
1985 (JP)	Fharanx (JP) ファランクス (JP)	Enix	Enix	Fantasy	MSX[81]	Computer-style RPG[87]		JP
1985 (JP)	Genesis: Beyond The Revelation (JP) Genesis (JP) ジェネシス (JP)	Square	Square	Post-apocalyptic	PC88[88][89]			JP
1985 (JP)	Hydlide (JP) ハイドライド (JP)	T&E	T&E	Fantasy	MSX[81] MSX2[81]	Action RPG[74]		JP
1985 (JP)	Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (JP) ハイドライド II (JP)	T&E	T&E	Fantasy	PC88	Action RPG[74]		JP
1985 (JP)	Lizard (JP) リザード (JP)	Microcabin	Xtalsoft	Fantasy	MSX[81] FM7 X1			JP
1985 (EU)	Mandragore	Infogrames Entertainment	Infogrames Entertainment	Fantasy	APPII	[90]		FR
1985 (JP)	Marchen Veil (JP) メルヘンヴェール (JP)	Alu Corp.	System Sacom	Modern	PC88 PC98 MSX MSX2 FM7	Action RPG[91]		JP
1985 (JP)	Outroyd (JP) アウトロイド (JP)	Stratford Computer Center	MagicalZoo	Sci-Fi	MSX[81]			JP
1985 (NA)	Phantasie	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	APPII		Series debuts.	US
1985 (NA)	Phantasie	Logical Design	SSI	Fantasy	C64 (Port)		Port of Phantasie for APPII. Series debuts.	US
1985 (JP)	Rambo (JP) ランボー (JP)	Pack-In-Video	Pack-In-Video	Modern	MSX[81]	Action RPG[92]		JP
1985 (EU)	Ring of Darkness	Wintersoft	Wintersoft	Fantasy	CPC (Port)			UK
1985 (JP)	Screamer, The (JP)	Magical Zoo	Magical Zoo	Post-apocalyptic Survival horror	PC88 PC98	Action RPG[93] Role-playing shooter[93][94]		JP
1985 (NA)	SunDog: Frozen Legacy	FTL	FTL	Sci-Fi	ST (Port)			US
1985 (EU)	The Sword and the Sorcerer	Blaby Computer Games	Blaby Computer Games	Fantasy	DG32	Dungeon crawl[95]		UK
1985 (NA)	Sword of Kadash	Dynamix	Penguin Software	Fantasy	APPII C64	Dungeon crawl[96]	Top-down perspective.	US
1985 (EU)	Swords & Sorcery	Personal Software Services	Personal Software Services	Fantasy	ZX	Dungeon crawl[97]		UK
1985 (NA)	Telengard	Avalon Hill	Avalon Hill	Fantasy	DOS (Port)			US
1985 (NA)	Temple of Apshai Trilogy	Epyx	Epyx	Fantasy	AMI (Comp) APPII (Comp) ATR (Comp) C64 (Comp) DOS (Comp)		Remake and compilation of the first three Temple of Apshai games.	US
1985 (JP)	Tower of Druaga, The (JP) ドルアーガの塔 (JP)	Namco	Namco	Fantasy	NES MSX X68	Action RPG[98] JRPG[67]	Port of The Tower of Druaga for the Arcade.	JP
1985 (JP)	Tritorn	Sein-soft	Sein-soft	Fantasy	PC88 X1	Action RPG[99]		JP
1985 (NA)	Ultima II:The Revenge of the Enchantress	Richard Garriott	Sierra	Fantasy	MAC (Port) ST (Port)			US
1985 (NA)	Ultima III: Exodus	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	DOS (Port)			US
1985 (NA)	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	APPII C64 (Port) DOS (Port)		The first major CRPG to move to a "virtuous" story-driven approach.	US
1985 (NA)	Wizard's Crown	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	DOS			US
1985 (NA)	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	MAC (Port)			US
1985 (NA)	Xyphus	Penguin Software	Penguin Software	Fantasy	MAC (Port)		Top-down perspective.[100]	US
1985 (JP)	Zeta 2000 (JP) ゼータ 2000 (JP)	Pixel Multimedia	Pixel Multimedia		MSX[81]	Action RPG[101][102]		JP

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