Did Zelda basically create RPGs?

Homesrfan · 12-31-2006, 04:13 AM

Sorry if this topic is completely stupid, but I've recently heard that Zelda was basically the first, or the first major RPG. Is that true? Just wondering.

PtonJalken · 12-31-2006, 04:14 AM

Yea, definitly one of the first MAJOR Rpgs if not first. They definitly started the major franchise in my eyes tho.

Bugz · 01-02-2007, 01:33 AM

euhm, no. there were tons of rpg's before the first zelda, on pc.
Weren't there text-based rpg's in the '70s on computers with the graphical capability of just a few lines of text?

It did start a major zelda franchise

Link the Man · 01-03-2007, 02:58 PM

yeah. way back when they had the those text based ones, but they weren't the first Major rpgs.

Skippy · 01-03-2007, 05:08 PM

The Ultima series got started in 1980, many years before Zelda. That was definitely a major series.

Darkprinny · 01-03-2007, 06:22 PM

In short Zeldas not a rpg theres no leveling up (exept the second one)

Dougamer · 01-03-2007, 08:36 PM

Ledgend of Dragoon?

Inspire · 01-03-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkprinny

In short Zeldas not a rpg theres no leveling up (exept the second one)

QFT.

Nintendo_Addict · 01-03-2007, 10:06 PM

I dont think that Zelda created RPGs but they did help to create the world of RPGs i think that the Final Fantasy games pretty much created RPG.

ocdan · 01-03-2007, 10:24 PM

psssh it all started on the Oregon Trail

Skippy · 01-03-2007, 11:33 PM

If Zelda is an RPG, then Adventure for the Atari 2600 is an RPG, and that pre-dates Zelda by more than a decade.

And actually, I think it's a stretch to call Zelda an RPG, more just an adventure game. RPGs typically involve multiple character types where your attributes change or improve over time. The line is a bit blurry though, so it's hard to give a definite category. However, even if Zelda is firmly in the RPG category, it is definitely not the first one by a long shot.

ganton · 01-04-2007, 12:02 AM

maybe with zelda 2 the adveture of link but wasn't that final fantesty

Wii_Smurf · 01-04-2007, 12:04 AM

Zelda is an Adventure game

FF is the BEST RPG of all time

Didn't start it all off though

ganton · 01-04-2007, 12:08 AM

the adventue of l;ike was an rpg of a differnt varety

Link the Man · 01-04-2007, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dougamer

Ledgend of Dragoon?

I love that game, but this is way before LoD.

Mario Racer · 01-04-2007, 02:21 PM

i think the final fantasys gave RPGs a big world wide appeal for RPGS outside of Japan, Zelda is not excatly an RPG,has some elements of a rpg,but its mainly an advanture game.

Link the Man · 01-04-2007, 02:27 PM

It's a really big emmense brain boggler too.

Lethal · 01-04-2007, 02:47 PM

First RPG game I ever played was a game called Adventure for the Atari 2600. I think thats the first RPG type game that I can remember. It came out in 1978. It was catagorized as an action/adventure but it was the closest thing to an RPG back then. Final Fantasy and Zelda then redefined the term RPG.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(Atari_2600)

Darkprinny · 01-04-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Wii_Smurf

Zelda is an Adventure game

FF is the BEST RPG of all time

Didn't start it all off though

FF sucks
Disgaea 2 ftw
But lets not go on about it