The "granddaddy" of dungeon hack RPGs, Rogue has a long history that dates back to the 1970's.

The only commercial release of dungeon-crawl classic Rogue, Epyx' version is 1.45, while Jon Lane's original release (also on this site) is 1.1.

Interstel's first and --thankfully-- last RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that predates Interplay's classic Wasteland by a few years, Scavengers of the Mutant World unfortunately doesn't play as good...

In mid-1980s, a small company called Mark Data Products released 6 parser-based graphic adventure games similar to early Polarware and Scott Adams titles.

One of Infocom's best introductory-level text adventures, Seastalker is a fun undersea adventure that will delight fans of Wishbringer and anyone new to the interactive fiction genre.

Shadowkeep is a superb but highly underrated graphical text adventure for 8-bit computers that in my opinion is the best cross between interactive fiction and RPG genres ever made.

Early action/adventure game that is another oldie but goodie from Synapse, published by IBM in 1984.

In mid-1980s, a small company called Mark Data Products released 6 parser-based graphic adventure games similar to early Polarware and Scott Adams titles.

Ancient art of War creators Dave and Barry Murry got their start in the gaming business with this revolutionary boxing game, released in 1983 by Sierra On-Line (then On-Line Systems).

Sky Jaguar is an early classic vertical shooter from Konami, released only on some non-PC systems, including the short-lived MSX computer.