boxpressed Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 As for first RPG beaten.. hmm. Does adventure count? Dragonstomper? I played Temple of Apshai but I'm sure I didn't beat it.. same with Oubliette. Wizardry 6 was a satisfying win. I put it as my favorite game of all time (at the time). I'd say it still resides in my top-10. There has to be one before Phantasy Star for me but my memory fails me. I'd forgotten about Oubliette. That was an amazing game for its time. I never finished it. I may have to install DOSBOX now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Either Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy... don't remember which one I played and finished first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I'd forgotten about Oubliette. That was an amazing game for its time. I never finished it. I may have to install DOSBOX now... Yes it was an awesome game.. and very few people remember it. I still have the original manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folgers Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Final Fantasy 7, followed by Legend of Dragoon. Pokmon Red; I'm sure that should be a common post, it is an RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Pokemon Gold I believe. My save battery died a few years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Enchanted Arms on PS3. Yes. Enchanted Arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Although I'd played several RPGs before, the one I finally stuck with long enough to beat was Wizard's Crown. (The first and so far only interactive text adventure I ever stuck with long enough to complete was Deadline.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 If Adventure doesn't count, than Sword of Vermillion is the first RPG that I beaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 I may actually tally everyones responses....seems Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy and maybe Ultima are heading the way. It's wierd I totally forgot about some of these jems mentioned here (Apshai, Wizards Crown....) Nice to see some Sega games too. Goldbox games from SSI. Bards Tale....I remember a few more SSI rarities called Phantasie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Mine was Final Fantasy II for SNES, shortly after, I beat Secret of Mana Though, I'd rather break this into categories. My first console RPG was FF2, as mentioned. my first CRPG was Might and Magic: World of Xeen and Wizardry 1. I played them both in tandem and beat them the same day! \o/ Phantasie is awesome. Edited April 16, 2012 by Arkhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This thread is definitely showing an age gap here on AA. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I can't help it you're all old farts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Man I remember my first, Golvellius: Valley of Doom on the Master System. It was more of a Zelda upgrade than Zelda clone, better in every way in my opinion. And for all you naysayers who doubt Zelda's RPG status, it would have been Shining Force for the Genesis. But I'm sure now some will say that was a Tactical War Game or something... I like to think of Game Genres as Music Genres. What was Heavy Metal back in the 80's isn't Heavy Metal now, same as Rap and also others. Back in the 80's games like Zelda were being marketed as RPGs because at the time they WERE. AT least that what the magazines articles, advertising, box descriptions, and game makers themselves were all calling them, etc... plus many cross genres Edited April 16, 2012 by Torr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I remember playing Phantasie 1 and 3. Never beat either though. I also remember Oubliette. Reminded me a lot of Wizardry only even harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I may have also cheated my way through the BASIC (and "basic") RPG Quest for the Key of Night Shade on the TRS-80 Model I. I'm not 100% sure -- I know I used BREAK to stop execution and change some of my party's variables, but I don't remember whether I was able to finish the game off even so. You're always one step away from annihilation in that game, even on the easiest settings; no idea how one is supposed to beat the hardest setting, where you're outnumbered 60-to-1 from the get-go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I remember playing Phantasie 1 and 3. Never beat either though. I also remember Oubliette. Reminded me a lot of Wizardry only even harder. Oubliette is awesome. I played that on C64 alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Dragon Warrior was my first. A lot of the newer RPG's I really never finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I guess I'd have to change my answer and say Adventure was first. Funny though...I will still play adventure from time to time because it is so short. I finished FF1 and DW1 back in the day, but I doubt I'd have the patience now. The 8-bit music alone would cause me to stick a set of #2's through my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I guess I'd have to change my answer and say Adventure was first. To this day, a computer RPG is, to me, something like Wizardry, Ultima III, and Wizard's Crown. So I wasn't thinking of the JRPGs or action RPGs like Adventure, but if all of the above are included in this topic then, yeah, Adventure would be my first. By far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Wizards Crown on A8, one of the best RPGs ever, actually many SSI RPGs are tops. I keep meaning to get around to playing that. I have it for my Apple II along with Eternal Dagger. Yep yep first game i completed as well on an Atari 65xe. I would have to say this is probably my favorite rpg series of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpugmire Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Pretty sure it was Dragon Warrior for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 My first RPG completed was definitely Faxanadu for NES. It was one of the first few games I had, even prior to Zelda and Dragon Warrior. It's another one of those action RPGs where the experience points do very little for you and most of the stats are dependent upon the items you carry instead, just like in Zelda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 If Adventure and Zelda don't count (and I don't think they do), then it was probably Dragon Warrior III with my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I don't actually finish a lot of RPG's, and I believe KOTOR on Xbox was actually my first. I do play a lot of RPGs, though. I tend to fall into this pattern: -Complete most of the game (ending level often in sight) -get distracted by side-quests and excessive leveling -run out of steam and put the game down -pick it up again and forget where I was -play the first couple hours of a 'new game' before filing the title away forever. I actually don't see much problem with my style. I go through most of the story, ending battles aren't really terribly interesting to me, they're just where the story stops. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Here are the totals. Seems like NES era Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy are tops followed by old schoolers with Ultima\Bards Tale type games and then the miscellaneous. I've taken some advice from this thread and will be looking and getting some of these RPGS and trying them out. Dragon Warrior - 12 Dragon Warrior III Final Fantasy - 4 Final Fantasy II - 2 Final Fantasy VII - 2 Final Fantasy Legend III Pokemon Blue 3\Red\Silver\Gold - 5 Ultima III - 3 Ultima II Bards Tale - 2 Phantasy Star - 2 Wizards Crown - 2 Golvellius: Valley of Doom Miracle Warriors Pool of Radiance (Goldbox games) Super Mario RPG Sword of Vermillion Temple of Apshai Trilogy Wizardry VI Mystic Quest Treasure of Tarmin Enchanted Arms Quest for the Key of Night Shade Faxanadu Star Wars KOTOR Edited April 18, 2012 by cimerians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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