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'''RPG''' stands for '''Role Playing Game'''.
 
'''RPG''' stands for '''Role Playing Game'''.
  
It comes directly from pen and paper Roleplaying games such as the classical Dungeons and Dragons or the British Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (from Games Workshop's famous franchise)
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It comes directly from pen and paper role-playing games, such as classic Dungeons and Dragons or the British Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (from Games Workshop's famous franchise).
  
It often includes Wargames mechanics, with a strong Fluff wise story telling.
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It often includes Wargames mechanics, with a strong fluff wise story telling.
  
This genre was sadly rarely ported on Amstrad CPC...as [[Adventures games]] were far more common.
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This genre was sadly rarely ported on Amstrad CPC, as [[Adventures games]] were far more common.
  
 
==Contents of a proper RPG==
 
==Contents of a proper RPG==
  
A proper RPG shall inlude some kind [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]].
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A proper RPG shall include some kind [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]], and an evolution system for the player's characters.
  
And an evolution system for Player's characters.
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==RPG on CPC examples==
  
==RPG on CPC exemples==
 
 
*[[Bards tale]]
 
 
*[[Black Land]]
 
*[[Black Land]]
 
*[[BloodWych]]
 
*[[BloodWych]]
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*[[Elvira]]
 
*[[Elvira]]
 
*[[Fer et Flammes]]
 
*[[Fer et Flammes]]
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*[[Gerelakos]]
 
*[[Hero Quest]]
 
*[[Hero Quest]]
 
*[[Heroes of the lance]]
 
*[[Heroes of the lance]]
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*[[Rogue]]
 
*[[Rogue]]
 
*[[Shadowfire]]
 
*[[Shadowfire]]
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*[[The Bard's Tale]]
 
*[[Times of Lore]]
 
*[[Times of Lore]]
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[[Category:Games]][[Category:Games Programming]][[Category:RPG| ]][[Category:Stub]]
 
[[Category:Games]][[Category:Games Programming]][[Category:RPG| ]][[Category:Stub]]

Latest revision as of 10:13, 23 March 2022

RPG stands for Role Playing Game.

It comes directly from pen and paper role-playing games, such as classic Dungeons and Dragons or the British Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (from Games Workshop's famous franchise).

It often includes Wargames mechanics, with a strong fluff wise story telling.

This genre was sadly rarely ported on Amstrad CPC, as Adventures games were far more common.

Contents of a proper RPG

A proper RPG shall include some kind GUI, and an evolution system for the player's characters.

RPG on CPC examples