PC RPG Quest - 1970s: Of Mainframes and Roguelikes

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

It's finally time to start the PC RPG Quest, because without knowledge of our past, there can be no future. This week, Kat and Nadia look back at the primal roots of RPGs, especially games written and played on the giant university mainframes of the '70s. They're joined by author David L. Craddock, who knows a thing or two about ancient computer RPGs. Which RPG first used graphics? Which RPG had the first instance of a boss fight? We guarantee you'll come away from this episode feeling educated and entertained. Also in this episode: Nadia and Kat compare Tales of Arise impressions, and an Indie Direct brought us a lot of great RPG news. Buckle up Homestuck, because Nintendo's not done: A big Pokemon Direct is coming very soon, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God and Independent RPG podcast.
0:22.0	I'm your host, Kat Bailey, joining me as always, my lovely co-host, Nadia Oxford.
0:27.0	Hello, Kat.
0:27.8	Happy Friday the 13th.
0:29.5	I honestly had no idea it was Friday the 13th until halfway through the day, and I saw it on Twitter.
0:35.0	I have no concept of time anymore.
0:37.0	Happy Trump Reascension Day.
0:39.2	No.
0:40.9	Thunder lightning.
0:42.9	Dun, done, done.
0:45.5	Well, Nadia, today is an auspicious day.
0:49.1	This is the beginning of the PC-R-PG quest, the sequel to the console RPG Quest.
0:55.8	We just finished recording it with our friend David Craddock,
1:00.3	talking about the very earliest days of the RPG genre,
1:04.8	starting in the 1970s.
1:06.2	So, of course, we ended up somehow talking about Dragon Quest.
1:09.8	I wonder how that happened.
1:11.8	Well, I mean, we're talking about the roots of it all, like where it really, really started.
1:16.6	And of course, when you talk about where things start, you inevitably talk about how they
1:21.4	evolved over time and the jump to consoles, like for RPGs was a very, very big step.
1:29.2	But couldn't have started without D&D.
1:32.2	And when I say D and D, I mean small D and D.
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