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In contrast to previous action RPGs, such as Dragon Slayer and Hydlide, which required the player to bump into enemies in order to attack them, The Legend of Zelda featured an attack button that animates a sword swing or projectile attack on the screen. Late 1980s Īn important influence on the action RPG genre was the 1986 action-adventure The Legend of Zelda, which served as the template for many future action RPGs. Eurogamer cites Fairlight (1985) as an early action RPG. Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (1985) also featured a morality system. Xanadu Scenario II, released in 1986, was an expansion pack, created to expand the content of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. It also incorporated a side-scrolling view during exploration and an overhead view during battle, and an early 'Karma' morality system where the character's Karma meter will rise if he commits sin (killing 'good' enemies), which in turn causes the temples to refuse to level him up.

ĭragon Slayer II: Xanadu, released in 1985 (billed as a 'new type of real-time role-playing game'), was an action role-playing game including many character stats and a large quest. The same year, Courageous Perseus was also one of the earliest action RPGs. According to John Szczepaniak, it 'cannot be overstated how influential Hydlide was on the ARPGs which followed it'. The game was immensely popular in Japan, selling 2 million copies across all platforms. : 42–49 It was the first action RPG with an overworld. T&E Soft's Hydlide, released in December 1984, was created by Tokihiro Naito, who was influenced by The Tower of Druaga. Dragon Slayer's overhead action role-playing formula was used in many later games. In contrast to earlier turn-based roguelikes, Dragon Slayer was a dungeon-crawl role-playing game using real-time, action-oriented combat, combined with traditional role-playing mechanics. Originally released for the PC-8801 computer in September 1984, it abandoned the command-based battles of earlier role-playing games in favor of real-time hack-and-slash combat that required direct input from the player, alongside puzzle-solving elements. : 38 įalcom's Dragon Slayer, created by Yoshio Kiya, is 'the very first action-RPG ever made' according to GameSetWatch. The Tower of Druaga, Dragon Slayer and Hydlide were influential in Japan, where they influenced later action RPGs such as Ys, as well as The Legend of Zelda.

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Dragon Slayer, Hydlide and Courageous Perseus (1984) 'vie for position as genre precedent' according to John Szczepaniak, and there was an ongoing rivalry developing between the Dragon Slayer and Hydlide series over the years. Its success in Japan inspired the development of Dragon Slayer (1984) and Hydlide (1984). It was released for arcades in June 1984, and was intended as a 'fantasy version of Pac-Man, with puzzles to solve, monsters to battle, and hidden treasure to find'.

Jeremy Parish argues that action RPGs were popularized in Japan by The Tower of Druaga. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade also traces the genre's roots to Japan, noting that the 'Western game industry of the time had a tendency to treat action games and RPGs as separate things for separate demographics'. Jeremy Parish of 1UP.com argues that Japanese developers created a new brand of action role-playing game these new Japanese games combined the role-playing genre with arcade-style action and action-adventure elements. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade notes that Adventure lacked RPG mechanics such as experience points and permanent character growth, and argues that Gateway to Apshai is 'the earliest game I'd feel comfortable calling an action-RPG' but notes that 'it doesn't fit neatly into our modern genre classifications', though came closer than Bokosuka Wars released the same year. Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton claimed that the Intellivision games Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1982) and Treasure of Tarmin (1983) were action RPGs.

Jeremy Parish of USgamer claimed that Adventure (1980) was an action RPG. See also: History of Western role-playing video games 1970s and early 1980s Īllgame listed the following games released prior to 1984 as action RPGs: Temple of Apshai (1979) and its sequel Gateway to Apshai (1983), Beneath the Pyramids for the Apple II (1980), Bokosuka Wars (1983), and Sword of Fargoal (1983).