Games That Invented Genres?

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SvennoJ said:

Neverwinter Nights, 1991, first graphical MMORPG

Yesn't.

The very first RPGs in PLATO were pretty much all MMORPGs, and had graphics. Of course, they weren't nearly as elaborate and generally single-color (orange), but since they were on PLATO they were always online and you could meet other players at the time.

This post by the CRPG Addict is a good starting point on the first Computer RPGs. Also, isn't it funny that CRPGs basically started with MMOs before become single-player games?

This also gives us: First (surviving) CRPG: The Dungeon/Pedit5.

By the way, how could we miss it so far? Rogue => first Roguelike.