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  2. List of role-playing video games: 1986 to 1987 - Wikipedia

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    Action RPG: Action role-playing game: FPS/RPG: First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter) Tactical RPG: Tactical role-playing game: RTS/RPG: Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG) Roguelike: Roguelike: CRPG/WRPG: Computer-style role-playing game: Eroge: Japanese game featuring erotic content: JRPG: Japanese-style ...

  3. History of Western role-playing video games - Wikipedia

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    Western role-playing video games are role-playing video games developed in the Western world, including the Americas and Europe.They originated on mainframe university computer systems in the 1970s, were later popularized by titles such as Ultima and Wizardry in the early- to mid-1980s, and continue to be produced for modern home computer and video game console systems.

  4. Dungeons & Dragons retro-clones - Wikipedia

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    Originally called B/X Essentials, Old School Essentials is a clone of the 1981 Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert sets (aka B/X) edited by Tom Moldvay and David “Zeb” Cook respectively. The intended features of this retro-clone are 100% faithfulness and compatibility with the original rules it emulates; brevity; clarity; and meticulous ...

  5. Grenadier Models Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Grenadier Model's first product was a line of 25mm American Revolution figures released in anticipation of the 1976 United States Bicentennial. The company received its name from their first miniature, a grenadier. [2] In partnership with its European distributor, Grenadier formed Grenadier Models Ltd UK in 1984. By 1991, the British office ...

  6. List of role-playing video games: 1996 to 1997 - Wikipedia

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    Action RPG: Action role-playing game: FPS/RPG: First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter) Tactical RPG: Tactical role-playing game: RTS/RPG: Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG) Roguelike: Roguelike: CRPG/WRPG: Computer-style role-playing game: Eroge: Japanese game featuring erotic content: JRPG: Japanese-style ...

  7. History of role-playing games - Wikipedia

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    The OSR (Old School Renaissance, or Revival) also began in this era. It drew inspiration from the early days of tabletop RPGs, especially from earlier editions of D&D . Castles & Crusades (2004), by Troll Lord Games , is a mix between early editions and OGL d20 rules. [ 65 ]

  8. Miniature model (gaming) - Wikipedia

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    A more recent development is the use of digital 3D models made by computer artists. These digital models create a physical model for mould-making using rapid prototyping techniques. Alternatively, they can be used directly to drive a computer numerical control machine that cuts the steel mould. They can also simply skip moulding steps and ...

  9. Wizardry - Wikipedia

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    First-person mobile dungeon crawler featuring full 3D character models and environments. [ 12 ] Initially to be released in 2022 for iOS and Android worldwide, [ 13 ] later Drecom postponed to fiscal year ending of March 2023, [ 14 ] and later decided on October along with pre-registration starting on August.