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List of role-playing video games: 1975 to 1985

List of role-playing video games: 1975 to 1985

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

Further information on the history of MMORPGs: History of massively multiplayer online games
Further information on the history of table-top role-playing games: Timeline of tabletop role-playing games

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