The History of Rpgs
What was the first console RPG? Accounts vary, but most fingers point to Enix's Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior in the US) as the culprit. More on that game - and it's history in a bit. Some see the Atari 2600 Adventure as a proto-action RPG; you collected items and ran through mazes while avoiding opponents. The medieval "setting"(hey, it was atmospheric in its day) and "quest" nature of the gameplay make for a compelling argument.A devoted gamer could make a decent case for either of these Atari titles founding the RPG genre; nevertheless, there's no denying that Dragon Quest was the primary catalyst for the Japanese console RPG industry. And Japan is
where the vast majority of console RPGs come
from, to this day. Influenced by the popular PC
RPGs of the day (most notably Ultima), both Excalibur and Dragon Quest "stripped down" the statistics while keeping features that can
be found even in today's most technologically advanced titles. An RPG just wouldn't be complete, in many gamers' eyes, without a medieval setting, hit points, random enemy encounters, and endless
supplies of gold.

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