Lemming_JRS
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Gamasutra just published a great overview for all you young-uns who might have missed out on some early CRPG goodness...
Part I: The Early Years (early mainframe games through Wizardy/Ultima/Apshai):
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223a/barton_01.shtml
Part II: The Golden Age (Bard's Tale/SSI Gold Box series/Wasteland through Dungeon Master/Ultima IV-VI/Krondor)
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_01.shtml
Apparently Part III will deal with games like Baldur's Gate, Elder Scrolls, and Planescape: Torment.
Personal favorites from those eras: Wizardy, Bard's Tale 1 & 2, Ultima IV-VI, Wasteland, and Dungeon Master. And yourselves?
![](http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5117/box01cf5.jpg)
![](http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1377/wizardryfx9.jpg)
![](http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5339/ultima5wo2.jpg)
![](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9199/u5app2it8.gif)
![](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8428/u5appng9.gif)
Part I: The Early Years (early mainframe games through Wizardy/Ultima/Apshai):
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223a/barton_01.shtml
Part II: The Golden Age (Bard's Tale/SSI Gold Box series/Wasteland through Dungeon Master/Ultima IV-VI/Krondor)
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_01.shtml
Apparently Part III will deal with games like Baldur's Gate, Elder Scrolls, and Planescape: Torment.
Personal favorites from those eras: Wizardy, Bard's Tale 1 & 2, Ultima IV-VI, Wasteland, and Dungeon Master. And yourselves?
![](http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5117/box01cf5.jpg)
![](http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1377/wizardryfx9.jpg)
![](http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5339/ultima5wo2.jpg)
![](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9199/u5app2it8.gif)
![](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8428/u5appng9.gif)