Edward Franks wrote: > > > 1. Adventure was the first computer game, yes? > > Nope. :) Space War was (circa 1960). MIT students meet the PDP-1 > and the cathode-ray tube.
I meant PERSONAL computer. Adventure was playable on CPM machines if memory serves; it was certainly the first game I ever played (on an Osborne) in 1979. BTW, it is 90% certain RPG will join the main list of genres at MobyGames, so I thank all of you for taking time to illustrate your viewpoints. (But I am not budging on King's Quest being primarily IF+G, because honestly that is what it is. The input is all text (moving your character can be done with joystick but that is all a joystick can do in that game) and the output is text and graphics, so that pretty much clinches it.) > > 2. The Adventure genre encompasses *all* fantasy-style gaming. So RPG > > fits > > into it, yes? If not, why? > > No, because you you can have non-fantasy based RPGs. Wasteland and > Fallout for example. (I'm assuming that you are using the term fantasy > to mean the generic pseudo-medieval Tolkien-esque settings.) No, this was badly worded on my part. I meant all "I am playing a character other than myself" games, which includes everything from King's Quest to Zyll to Fallout. Anyway, I'm just defending myself since I don't want to look like a newbie who didn't know what Spacewar and non-fantasy-themed adventures were :-) -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
