History of RPG, with Pictures

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OJsDad

May 04, 2012, 07:51:04 AM
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

bayonetbrant

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May 04, 2012, 08:13:53 AM
wow... uh, OK.  Let's just skip right past Zork, eh?  No need to worry about the old ASCII-based Middle-Earth inspired games (like Mirkwood), either, huh?

I also love how the Icewind Dale games are supposedly spin-offs of Baldur's Gate.  Just b/c Baldur's Gate was the first game released doesn't mean Icewind Dale is a spin-off.  The Icewind Dale Trilogy was around for 15 years, and Drizzt was a pretty well-known character with multiple sequels by the time Baldur's Gate hit the circuit boards.

I did like the shout-outs to Wizardry and Bard's Tale, but it seems like some of the platform info is a little off on some of the games.
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OJsDad

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May 04, 2012, 08:59:10 AM
Brant, I agree with the whole Zork thing.  I think the focus of the list was to show the evolution of RPG graphics and not the games themselves.
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

Sir Slash

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May 04, 2012, 09:02:44 AM
That's a whole-lot of Take-Me-Back. I miss Minsc and Boo.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

bayonetbrant

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May 04, 2012, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: OJsDad on May 04, 2012, 08:59:10 AM
Brant, I agree with the whole Zork thing.  I think the focus of the list was to show the evolution of RPG graphics and not the games themselves.

ah, OK then...  the absence of some of them makes more sense
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

LongBlade

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May 04, 2012, 09:08:22 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on May 04, 2012, 09:02:44 AM
That's a whole-lot of Take-Me-Back. I miss Minsc and Boo.

At the time I wondered why such an annoying character had been deliberately placed in such a great game.

But here we are remembering it like yesterday. Maybe they did know what they were doing.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

DeltaCharlie

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May 04, 2012, 11:51:05 AM
They absolutely knew what they were doing.  The characters had a real feel to them.  So much so that I even gave Imouen a nickname...Mo.  Or maybe I am just a weirdo because I had a crush on the Drow cleric (forgot her name).   :-[

Hartford688

#7
May 04, 2012, 11:55:23 AM
Viconia DeVir  :)

Sir Slash

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May 04, 2012, 12:02:56 PM
MMMMM... Viconia. She was hot but Airie had all the spells. Minsc saved my butt more than a few times so he can do whatever he wants with hamsters. I also saw my 2 old friends, Might and Magic and Pool of Radience.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

eyebiter

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May 04, 2012, 02:14:39 PM Last Edit: October 23, 2014, 11:38:41 PM by eyebiter
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airboy

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May 04, 2012, 05:07:22 PM
I played almost every one of those games to completion.
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