Well, that gets philosophical in regard to what is a CRPG versus an adventure game. I personally would consider Stuart Smith's games like Ali Baba, Return of Heracles etc. to be adventure games, not CRPGs. And Stuart seemed to agree given that he called his construction kit the "Adventure Game Construction Kit" after all.
Re:The History of Computer RPGs
by felipepepe on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:12AM
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It's a preview, more games are still being added.
Also, Bard's Tale is there - pg. 48.
where are Stuart Smith's games like Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. A 17 player local multiplayer RPG for Atari 800 or his Adventure Gane Construction Set released by EA for all platforms back then?
where are all the SSI and Epyx games like Temple of Apshai?
Interplay games like Bard's Tale ...
Heck, if it's "history" how about the crpgs on the Plato system in the mid-70s?
maybe rename the book "so and so's random book of crpgs"? or maybe more catchy "Two 20 sided die rolls of CRPGs" ;)