ATARI2600でこんな本格的なRPGが出てたんだなぁ 世界は広いぜ
Past Quests: Dragonstomper for the Atari 2600 (1982) was possibly the first roleplaying game on a home video game console. The story is some king’s Druid enchanted an amulet to use it to defeat a dragon the king wanted gone but instead he screws up so badly he fumbles and drops it in the dragon’s cave. The dragon gets the amulet for himself and now becomes a super dragon terrorizing everyone. Now it’s your job as a professional dragonstomper to clean the mess up yourself. Unfortunately nobody is willing to help in your task. So you must roam the countryside building up your character till your strong enough to cross the bridge and buy supplies then hire some meat shields to help you in your quest. You then have to brave the traps of the dragons cave and either slay the dragon or recover the amulet which causes the dragon to petrify into a nice statue. It’s actually pretty impressive for the 2600 and rather ahead of its time to what was out at the time. Worth a playthrough.