History Of RPG

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History Of RPGs

• Final Fantasys influence on the genre

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Origins Of RPGs

• Hobbit (1937), Lord of the Rings (1954, 1955)
• Greatly expanded interest in fantasy fiction
• In 1974, Dungeons Dragons is released and
  becomes the signature game of the genre
• Rogue (1980) dungeon crawling computer game
  (Unix minicomputers)
• Initial development at UCSC, completed at UCB.
• In 1980, Ultima I is released on the Apple //.
  This marks the first widely influential Computer
  Role Playing Game (or, CRPG)
• Apple // is dominant platform for CRPGs
• Ultima 2 (1982), Ultima 3 (1983), Ultima 4 (1985)
• Wizardry (1981)
• All broadly popular games
• In 1984, the Intellivision game ADD Treasure of
  Tarmin is released.
• This is the first RPG for an game console. Later
  that year Dragonstomper, another RPG was released
  for the Atari 2600
• In 1986, Dragon Quest is released on the Nintendo
  Entertainment System
• In 1987, five RPGs were released, titles include
  Dragon Quest II, Fantasy Star, and, Final
  Fantasy. The RPG craze had begun

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Final Fantasy I

• Japanese Release December 17, 1987
• Platform Nintendo Entertainment System
• Ability to name ones characters
• Detailed battle animation
• Expansive world with many different means of
  transportation
• Puzzle Mini game, first to affect the in game
  situation of the user

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Final Fantasy II

• Japanese Release December 17, 1988
• Platform Nintendo Entertainment System
• Introduction of Use Based System
• Attributes, like strength and magic, were
  increased via actions in battle
• Key terms could be memorized and then used in
  conversation with other characters in the game
• Introduction of Cid and the Chocobo

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Final Fantasy III

• Japanese Release April 27,1990
• Console Nintendo Entertainment System
• Job system allowed characters to change various
  professions.
• The combination of Jobs

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Final Fantasy IV

• Japanese Release July 19, 1991
• Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Introduction of the Active Time Battle System
  (Or ATB)

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Final Fantasy V

• Japanese release December 2, 1992
• Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Used ATB battle system
• Revived the Job system from Final Fantasy III
• The job system was combined with ATB system to
  make the users characters fully customizable
• Introduction of Moogles to the series

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Final Fantasy VI

• Japanese Release April 2, 1994
• Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Opera house music-based mini game
• Used a Steam Punk art style

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Final Fantasy VII

• Japanese Release January 31, 1997
• Platform PlayStation 1
• First game of the PlayStation
• Used full polygon rendering for all characters
  and monsters
• Materia system allowed characters to combin
  materia with items, unlocking new abilities
• Many mini games were added

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FFVII Spin Off Games

• FFVII Advent Children (Movie)
• FFVII Dirge of Cerberus (PS2 Game)
• FFVII Before Crisis (Cell Phone Game)
• FFVII Crisis Core (Cell Phone Game)

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Final Fantasy VIII

• Japanese Release February 11, 1999
• Platform PlayStation Game Console
• Draw system allowed characters to steal (or draw)
  abilities from enemies

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Final Fantasy IX

• Japanese Release July 7, 2000
• Platform PlayStation
• Introduction of the Active Time Event system
• ATE puts the user in the middle of the action of
  the game

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Final Fantasy X

• Japanese Release July 19, 2001
• Platform PlayStation 2
• First Final Fantasy game on PS2
• First Final Fantasy game to use voice acting
• Used Conditional Turn Based Battle system
• Use of the Sphere Grid allowed the user to
  unlock new skills and abilities
• Spin off Final Fantasy X-2
• First game in the series to use a fully female
  cast of main characters

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Final Fantasy XI

• Japanese Release May 16, 2002
• Platform PlayStation 2, PC, X-Box 360
• First Final Fantasy game to go on-line
• Allowed users on all platforms to play together
  in an on-line world

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RPGs legacy

• Pokemon The worldwide best selling Computer RPG.
  Selling over 91 million units across 11 different
  titles as of 2004
• The second and third best selling series
  worldwide are Square Enixs (originally
  SquarSoft) Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Final
  Fantasy has sold 63 million units, and Dragon
  Quest has sold over 40 million units