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With decades of hindsight, what were the best 1980's RPG games or franchises?
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Wizardry
Ultima
Might & Magic
Bard's Tales
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
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>wizardry
niche in the west until years later
>ultima
ok
>bards tale
niche
>dragon quest
ok
>rogue/hack/nethack
niche until years later
>ad&d pc games
niche
>phantasy star 1/2
niche
>dungeon master
ok
>ff
ok
>the rest
99% of the people on /vr/ couldn't tell you want those are and 99% of those who can never played any of them (questron is pretty cool tho)
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>>12475938
Dragon Quest > Wizardry > Final Fantasy > The rest
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>>12475938
why no Wizard's Crown/The Eternal Dagger?
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I played Akalabeth for the Apple ][ and I got filtered, then I emulated its MS-DOS version and yeah, filtered. I'm 30yo. My 1st RPG is SMRPG.
Sucks to be a fucking millennial. I'm afraid I must download its manual and print it just as I did with Fallout.
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>>12475951
>niche in the west until years later

This board is pathetic
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>>12475982
The more the merrier.
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>>12476047
thanks, I love Wizard's Crown



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