dipity

History of Role Playing Genre for Full Sail

Created by jliebel on Nov 25, 2010

Last updated: 11/28/10 at 07:28 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Nov 25, 2010 10:15 PM

• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
  Sep 24, 2000

  First RPG game to introduce multiplayer experience through start to completion.

• Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategi Quest
  Aug 31, 1995

  First cross between an RPG and Strategy game.

• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
  Jan 14, 1987

  First cross of Action Adventure and RPG game.

• Dragonstomper
  1982

  First RPG on a console

• Dungeon
  1975

  First Video Game RPG

• Dungeons and Dragons
  1974

  Creation of the first true RPG board game.

• The Lord Of the Rings and The Hobbit
  1937 to 1949

  J. R. R. Tolkien creates LOTR and The Hobbit. Giving birth to modern day fantasy genre.

• William Shakespear
  1590 to 1612

  William Shakespear begins enthralling story buffs with such titles as Henry VI and Hamlet

• The Persians
  Jul 1, 472

  Oldest surviving of all Greek plays created by Aeschylus