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		knodi123 on June 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Make an RPG I mean, Dragon Quest is basically 1 year older, but I bet they were both in development at the same time. I don't know of anything older than that with the top-down turn-based approach with overworlds, battle screens, inventory, etc.

Narishma on June 24, 2016 [–]

Nothing Japanese, but there were western games before that had major influence on DQ and FF, most notably Ultima and Wizardry.

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