Jaesun
Fabulous Ex-Moderator
LeStryfe79 post your list or just shut the fuck up. You can LOL and troll when we have the final vote news post.
Jaesun: Can you expand a bit on the first rule please? What if a game came out on another home computer like an Apple II first? I think my list may suffer quite badly if this rule is as strict as it sounds.
Cite an exact example and I will consider.
There are lots of them. Ultima 1, for example, came out 6 years later for the PC. As for games on my list, Phantasie came out for the PC in 1987 while the Apple II and C64 versions came out in 1985. Dragon Wars came out in 1990 for the PC while the Apple II and C64 versions came out a year earlier in 1989. I don't have it on my list right now, though I may add it at some point, but Might and Magic 1 came out in 1987 for the PC, a year after its original platforms.Jaesun: Can you expand a bit on the first rule please? What if a game came out on another home computer like an Apple II first? I think my list may suffer quite badly if this rule is as strict as it sounds.
Cite an exact example and I will consider.
Sounds good. But you better remove the lower cap just in case anyone wants to put in Temple of Apshai (which came out in 1979 for the TRS-80 before coming out on the PC in 1982/1983).OK I shall propose the following:
1a. If a game came out within the period of 1980 - 1990 and was eventually ported to the PC you can include it on your list. Due to the fact many games were done on the C64 or Apple II but were later ported to the PC. I am OK with this. Any objections?
I say it should count, a top 50 list with only TRVE CRPGs would have way too many shitty games.I have another question. FPS/RPG hybrids (Deus Ex, Bloodlines, New Vegas) are commonly featured in such lists, also here. Does that mean other hybrids (strategy/rpg) are allowed as well? Would seem consistent to allow both or neither, imo. Assuming that it will count, I added Age of Wonders to my list.
What 25 cRPG's are your favorites?
Bro, while I definetly agree with you (and that is really holding back my list), you'll nbe ignored & lose your newfag of the year award for not reading the rules...Final Fantasy Tactics
Well, PC means "personal computer" and the origins of the term are "IBM PC" and "IBM PC compatible". The orignal PC was Apple's "Apple Computer" (1976), retroactively known as "Apple I". Then IBM, which was THE computing giant at the time, scrambled to come up with something to compete against this newfangled Apple thingie. They paired with Intel, which were the first ones to create a commercial microprocessor (Intel 4004 in 1971) and, in 1981, they launched the IBM PC. Clones of the IBM PC started to appeare and we got the "IBM PC compatible" term. MS-DOS was the most popular OS for the IBM PC and then IBM PC compatible machines in the wild, so, this IBM architecture+Intel processoricrosoft OS grew larger and larger and people straed talking about "Wintel" instead of "IBM PC compatible". One of the reasons for that was that IBM retreated step by step from the consumer market, leaving Microsoft and Intel to keep the flame alight.About rule 1, I assume Jaesun means "computer" (as opposed to console) instead of PC?