Did Zelda basically create RPGs?

[Homesrfan]

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]

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

 

[Bugz]

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 :thumbsup:

 

[Link the Man]

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

 

[Skippy]

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

 

[DBloke]

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

 

[Dougamer]

Ledgend of Dragoon?

 

[Inspire]

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

QFT.

 

[Nintendo_Addict]

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]

psssh it all started on the Oregon Trail

 

[Skippy]

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]

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

 

[Wii_Smurf]

Zelda is an Adventure game

FF is the BEST RPG of all time

Didn't start it all off though

 

[ganton]

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

 

[Link the Man]

Ledgend of Dragoon?

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