I believe that Miracle Warriors, also by Sega, was released in the US even before Phantasy Star, which would make that game the first RPG I suppose. I also thought that Dragon Warrior had preceeded Phantasy Star, but I guess I was going by the Japanese too.
Phantasy Star was my first console RPG though. My first RPG at all would probably have been Temple of Apshai for the Apple II. Yes, I suppose that does date me right there.
BTW, I own and have beaten Miracle Warriorsā¦ only about ten years after it was released though. I have no idea what got me through that game, it was sheer hell because the map system was too damn cryptic and there was hardly no animation except for a screen flash or wiggle. Looking back on it, I see it as the seed that Shining Force grew from, lots of similarities. Donāt play it unless your absolutely hardcore.
First PRG played: errrm. either PDS, Shining Force (emulated) or FF7. I was playing these things around the same time so I canāt recall which was first.
First game played: Again more vaguries. I say Sonic 2 on the MD/Genesis but it may have been Super Mario Bros on NES
Pong came out before the Atari 2600, didnāt it? I mean, at least the Atari had Pac-Man. Pong was three lines and a square? I didnāt get into gaming until I got my SMS though (and Iām also in my mid-20s).
[quote=āAbaddā]Wowā¦ You guys are n00bs!!!1!! (j/k)
First console RPG: DragonQuest. The very first one.
But, if you want to get technical, I played Zork and Wizardry on PC before that (I thinkā¦ kinda fuzzy).
First video game? Donāt remember. I was about 2 or 3 years old (and it was either on Atari or Intellivisionā¦ Oh waitā¦ actually, I think it was on PC)[/quote]
Good grief. I was beginning to think I was old. I remember playing Zork as my first ārpgā. When I was seeing things like PSO2, I was getting concerned.
To be honest I dunno what my first game was. Maybe that apple game with the two tanks that shot at each otherā¦ or maybe an Atari game of some sortā¦ donāt really remember.