List of role-playing video games: 1988 to 1989

This is a comprehensive index of commercial role-playing video games, sorted chronologically by year. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, operating system, subgenre and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings. This list does not include MUDs or MMORPGs. It does include roguelikes, action RPGs and tactical RPGs.

Further informationon the history of MMORPGs: History of massively multiplayer online games

Further informationon the history of table-top role-playing games: Timeline of tabletop role-playing games

• 1975–1985
• 1986–1987
• 1988–1989
• 1990–1991
• 1992–1993
• 1994–1995
• 1996–1997
• 1998–1999
• 2000–2001
• 2002–2003
• 2004–2005
• 2006–2007
• 2008–2009
• 2010–2011
• 2012–2013
• 2014–2015
• 2016–2017
• 2018–2019
• 2020–2021

Legend

Video game platforms

AMI Amiga APPII Apple II APPGS Apple IIGS Arcade Arcade video game C64 Commodore 64 CROSS Cross-platform DOS MS-DOS FM7 FM-7 FMT FM Towns GB Game Boy GEN Genesis / Mega Drive MAC Mac MSX MSX MSX2 MSX2 NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom PC60 PC-6000 series PC88 PC-8800 series PC98 PC-9800 series PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine SMS Master System ST Atari ST T1000 Tandy 1000 X68K X68000 ZX ZX Spectrum

Types of releases

Rerelease The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Compilation A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limited A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

Genre notes

Action RPG Action role-playing game Tactical RPG Tactical role-playing game Roguelike Roguelike Eroge Japanese game featuring erotic content MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game MUD MUD Turn-based Turn-based game Real-time Real-time game     FPS/RPG First-person shooter / RPG hybrid (role-playing shooter) RTS/RPG Real-time strategy / RPG hybrid (real-time strategy RPG) CRPG/WRPG Computer-style role-playing game JRPG Japanese-style role-playing game Dungeon crawl Dungeon crawl Monster raising Pet-raising simulation Card battle Collectible card game Blobber First-person party-based RPG Sandbox Open world RPG

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Subgenre	Series/Notes	COO
1988 (NA)	2400 A.D.	Origin	Origin	Sci-Fi	DOS (Port)			US
1988 (NA/UK) 1991 (UK)	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes of the Lance Dragonlance: Heroes of the Lance	U.S. Gold Adventure Soft	SSI U.S. Gold	Fantasy	AMI CPC ST ZX	Action RPG/Platformer	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons : Dragonlance franchise	US
1988 (NA/UK)	Alternate Reality: The City	Datasoft	Datasoft Grandslam	Sci-Fi	AMI (Port) DOS (Port)	WRPG	Alternate Reality: The City	US
1988 (NA/UK)	Bards Tale, The	Interplay	EA	Fantasy	CPC (Port) ZX (Port)	WRPG	The Bards Tale	US
1988 (NA)	Bard's Tale II, The: The Destiny Knight	Interplay	EA	Fantasy	AMI (Port) APPGS (Port) DOS (Port)	WRPG	The Bard's Tale	US
1988 (NA)	Bard's Tale III, The: Thief of Fate	Interplay	EA	Fantasy	APPII C64	WRPG	The Bard's Tale	US
1988 (NA)	BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception	Westwood	Infocom	Sci-Fi	APPII AMI C64 DOS ST	Tactical RPG	Based on the BattleTech franchise by FASA.	US
1988 (JP)	Deep Dungeon: Madō Senki  (JP) ディープダンジョン 魔洞戦記 (JP)	Scaptrust	Scaptrust	Fantasy	MSX (Port) [1]	Dungeon crawl	Deep Dungeon	JP
1988 (JP)	Deep Dungeon III: Yūshi heno Tabi  (JP) ディープダンジョンIII 勇士への旅 (JP)	HummingBird	Square	Fantasy	NES [2]	Dungeon crawl	Deep Dungeon	JP
1988 (NA)	Demon's Winter	SSI Novotrade	SSI	Fantasy	APPII C64 DOS ST	Tactical RPG	Shard of Spring	US
1988 (JP)	Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu  (JP) ドラゴンボール大魔王復活 (JP)	TOSE	Bandai	Fantasy	NES [2]	Board game/RPG hybrid [3]	Based on the manga Dragon Ball	JP
1988 (JP)	Dragon Quest II Akuryo no Kamigami  (JP) ドラゴンクエストII 悪霊の神々 (JP)	Enix	Enix	Fantasy	MSX [1] (Port)	JRPG [4]	Dragon Quest	JP
1988 (JP)	Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family  (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤーIVドラスレファミリー (JP)	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	Dungeon crawl Platformer [5]	Dragon Slayer	JP
1988 (JP) 1992 (NA)	Dragon Warrior III  (NA) Dragon Quest III Soshite Densetsu e… (JP) ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ… (JP)	Chunsoft	Enix	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG [4]	Dragon Quest	JP
1988 (NA/UK)	Dungeon Master	FTL	FTL	Fantasy	AMI (Port)	Dungeon crawler	Dungeon Master	US
1988 (NA)	Eternal Dagger, The	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	C64 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Wizard's Crown	US
1988 (JP)	Final Fantasy II  (JP) ファイナルファンタジーII (JP)	Square	Square	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG [6]	Final Fantasy	JP
1988 (JP)	Gandhara  (JP) ガンダーラ仏陀の聖戦 (JP)	Enix	Enix	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	Action RPG		JP
1988 (JP/NA/PAL)	Golvellius: Valley of Doom  (NA/PAL) Shin Maou Golvellius (JP) 真・魔王ゴルベリアス (JP)	Compile	Compile	Fantasy	MSX2 [1] SMS [7]	Action RPG [8]	Golvellius	JP
1988 (JP)	Jaseiken Necromancer  (JP) 邪聖剣ネクロマンサー (JP)	Hudson Soft	Hudson Soft	Fantasy	PCE [9]	JRPG [10]		JP
1988 (JP)	Kaijuu Monogatari  (JP) 貝獣物語 (JP)	Birthday	Namco	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG/WRPG hybrid [11]	Kaijuu Monogatari	JP
1988 (JP)	King of Kings  (JP) キング オブ キングス (JP)	Namcot	Namcot	Fantasy	NES [2]	Tactical RPG/Wargame		JP
1988 (JP)	Last Armageddon  (JP) ラストハルマゲドン (JP)	Braingrey Mind	Braingrey Mind	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	JRPG [12]		JP
1988 (JP)	Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum  (JP) マイトアンドマジック (JP)	New World	New World	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	WRPG	Might and Magic	US
1988 (NA)	Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World	New World	New World	Fantasy	APPII DOS	WRPG	Might and Magic	US
1988 (JP)	Phantasie: Jelnoa's Chapter  (JP) ファンタジージェルノアの章 (JP)	SSI	Bothtec	Fantasy	MSX2 [1] (Port)	WRPG	Phantasie	US
1988 (JP)	Phantasie II: Story of Ferronrah  (JP) ファンタジーIIフェロンラの章 (JP)	SSI	Bothtec	Fantasy	MSX2 [1] (Port)	WRPG	Phantasie	US
1988 (NA)	Phantasie III: Wrath of Nikademus	Westwood	SSI	Fantasy	DOS (Port)	WRPG	Phantasie	US
1988 (NA) 1990 (UK)	Pool of Radiance	SSI	SSI U.S. Gold	Fantasy	C64 DOS ST	Tactical RPG	AD&D : Forgotten Realms campaign setting. First game in the Gold Box series.	US
1988 (JP)	Psychic War: Cosmic Soldier 2  (JP) サイキックウォー (JP)	Kogado	Kogado	Sci-Fi	MSX [1] MSX2 [1]	JRPG [13]	Cosmic Soldier	JP
1988 (NA)	Questron II	Westwood	SSI	Fantasy	AMI APPII APPGS C64 DOS ST		Questron	US
1988 (JP)	Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen  (JP) 聖闘士星矢　黄金伝説　完結編 (JP)	TOSE	Shinsei	Fantasy (Mythic)	NES [2]	RPG / Fighting game hybrid [14]	Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu	JP
1988 (NA)	Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic	Spaceport Malibu	EA	Sci-Fi	DOS	WRPG		US
1988 (JP)	Star Cruiser	Arsys Software	Arsys Software	Sci-Fi	PC88	Action RPG FPS/RPG JRPG		JP
1988 (JP)	Super Black Onyx  (JP) スーパーブラックオニキス (JP)	Bullet-Proof	Bullet-Proof	Fantasy	NES [2]	Dungeon crawl [15] [16]	The Black Onyx	JP
1988 (WW)	Times of Lore	Origin Systems	Origin Systems	Fantasy	AMI, APPII, C64, DOS, NES, ZX	Action RPG		US
1988 (JP)	Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness  (JP) ウルティマI (JP)	Origin	Pony Canyon	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	WRPG [17]	Ultima	US
1988 (NA)	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	AMI (Port)	WRPG [18]	Ultima	US
1988 (NA)	Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	APPII C64 (Port) DOS (Port)	WRPG	Ultima	US
1988 (NA)	Wasteland	EA	EA	Post-apocalyptic	APPII C64 DOS	WRPG	Wasteland ; Spiritual predecessor of Fallout .	US
1988 (NA)	Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	C64 (Port)	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry	US
1988 (NA)	Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	DOS (Port)	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry	US
1988 (NA)	Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Fantasy	APPII C64	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry	US
1988 (JP)	XZR  (JP) エグザイル (JP)	Telenet Japan	Telenet Japan	Fantasy (historical)	MSX [1]	Action RPG	Exile	JP
1988 (JP)	XZR II  (JP) エグザイルII (JP)	Telenet Japan	Telenet Japan	Fantasy (historical)	MSX2 [1]	Action RPG [19]	Exile	JP
1988 (JP/NA/PAL)	Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished  (INT) イースI (JP)	Nihon Falcom	Victor Music Industries	Fantasy	PCE SMS [7] NES [2] PC88 PC98	Action RPG JRPG [20]	Ys	JP
1988 (JP)	Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter  (JP) イースII (JP)	Falcom	Falcom	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	Action RPG JRPG	Ys	JP
1988 (JP)	Yūshi no Monshō: Deep Dungeon  (JP) 勇士の紋章 ディープダンジョン (JP)	Scaptrust	Scaptrust	Fantasy	MSX (Port) [1]	Dungeon crawl	Deep Dungeon	JP
1989 (NA)	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes of the Lance	U.S. Gold	SSI	Fantasy	C64 (Port) DOS (Port)	Action RPG/Platformer	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons : Based on the Dragonlance franchise	US
1989 (NA)	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Hillsfar	Westwood	SSI	Fantasy	AMI C64 DOS ST	Action RPG	Advanced Dungeons and Dragons : Forgotten Realms campaign setting	US
1989 (JP)	Arcus II: Silent Symphony  (JP) アークスII (JP)	Wolfteam  (JP)	Wolfteam  (JP)	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	JRPG [21]	Arcus	JP
1989 (NA)	Bards Tale, The	Interplay	EA	Fantasy	MAC (Port)	WRPG	The Bards Tale	US
1989 (NA)	Centauri Alliance	Michael Cranford	Broderbund	SF	APPII C64 [22]	WRPG		US
1989 (NA) 1986 (JP)	Curse of Babylon Babylon (J)	XTALSOFT	Kyodai Broderbund	Fantasy	C64	Action RPG		JP
1989 (NA/UK)	Curse of the Azure Bonds	SSI	SSI U.S. Gold	Fantasy	APPII C64 DOS	Tactical RPG	AD&D : Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Gold Box series.	US
1989 (NA/UK)	Death Bringer	Pandora	Spotlight (Cinemaware)	Fantasy	AMI C64 DOS ST	Dungeon crawl		UK
1989 (NA)	Demon's Winter	Novotrade	SSI	Fantasy	AMI (Port)	Tactical RPG	Shard of Spring	US
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Destiny of an Emperor  (NA) Tenchi o Kurau (JP) 天地を喰らう (JP)	Capcom  (NA/JP)	Capcom  (NA/JP)	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG		JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Double Dungeons  (NA/JP) ダブルダンジョン (JP)	NCS  (JP)	NCS  (JP)	Fantasy	PCE [9]	Dungeon crawl [23]		JP
1989 (JP)	Dragon Ball 3: Gokuuden  (JP) ドラゴンボール3 悟空伝 (JP)	TOSE  (JP)	Bandai  (JP)		NES [2]	Board game/RPG	Based on the manga Dragon Ball	JP
1989 (JP)	Dragon Knight ドラゴンナイト	ELF	ELF	Fantasy	DOS	JRPG Eroge	Dragon Knight	JP
1989 (JP)	Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes  (JP) ドラゴンスレイヤー英雄伝説 (JP)	Nihon Falcom  (JP)	Nihon Falcom  (JP)	Fantasy	PC88 PC98 X68K	JRPG [24]	Dragon Slayer The Legend of Heroes	JP
1989 (NA)	Dragon Wars	Interplay	Activision	Fantasy	AMI APPII APPGS C64 T1000 DOS	WRPG	Spiritual successor to The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate . [25]	US
1989 (NA/UK)	Dragons of Flame	U.S. Gold	SSI U.S. Gold	Fantasy	AMI DOS ST	Action RPG	AD&D : Dragonlance franchise	US
1989 (NA/EU)	Drakkhen	Infogrames	Data East Infogrames	Fantasy	AMI DOS ST	WRPG/Adventure game hybrid	Drakkhen	FR
1989 (JP/NA)	Dungeon Explorer  (NA/JP) ダンジョンエクスプローラー (JP)	Atlus Co.	Hudson Soft NEC	Fantasy	PCE [9]	Action RPG [26]		JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements  (NA) Dungeon & Magic: Swords of Element (JP) ダンジョン＆マジック ソード オブ エレメント (JP)	Natsume	Natsume Taito	Fantasy	NES [2]	Dungeon crawl [27]		JP
1989 (NA) 1992 (EU)	Dungeon Master	FTL	FTL	Fantasy	APPGS DOS (Port)	Dungeon crawl Action RPG [28]	Dungeon Master	US
1989 (NA/JP)	Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back	FTL	FTL	Fantasy	AMI ST FMT PC98 X68K	Dungeon crawl Action RPG [28]	Dungeon Master	US
1989 (JP)	Emerald Dragon  (JP) エメラルドドラゴン (JP)	Glodia  (JP)	Bashou House  (JP)	Fantasy	PC88	JRPG [29]		JP
1989 (JP)	Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden  (JP) ファミコンジャンプ 英雄列伝 (JP)	TOSE  (JP)	Bandai  (JP)	Sci-Fi	NES [2]	Action RPG [30]	Based on the anime and manga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure	JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger  (NA) Faria: Fuuin no Tsurugi (JP) ファリア 封印の剣 (JP)	Game Arts Hi-Score	Nexoft	Fantasy	NES [2]	Action RPG [31] [30]		JP
1989 (JP)	Final Fantasy  (JP) ファイナルファンタジー (JP)	Square  (JP)	Microcabin  (JP)	Fantasy	MSX2 (Port) [1]	JRPG [6]	Final Fantasy	JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Final Fantasy Legend, The  (NA) Makai Toushi Sa•Ga (JP) 魔界塔士 Sa・Ga (JP)	Square  (NA/JP)	Square  (NA/JP)	Fantasy	GB	JRPG [32]	SaGa	JP
1989 (JP)	Hercules no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō  (JP) ヘラクレスの栄光II タイタンの滅亡 (JP)	Data East  (JP)	Data East  (JP)	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG [33]	Hercules no Eikō	JP
1989 (NA)	Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero	Sierra	Sierra	Fantasy	DOS	WRPG/Adventure game hybrid	Quest for Glory	US
1989 (JP)	Hydlide 3: Yami Kara no Houmonsha  (JP) ハイドライド 3 (JP)	T&E  (JP)	Namco  (JP)	Fantasy	NES [2]	Action RPG [30]	Hydlide	JP
1989 (JP)	Jajamaru Ninpou Chou  (JP) じゃじゃ丸忍法帳 (JP)	NMK  (JP)	Jaleco  (JP)		NES [2]	JRPG [34]	Ninja Jajamaru-kun	JP
1989 (EU)	Kayden Garth	Mentrox Goldline	EAS Software	Sci-Fi	C64 ST	WRPG		DE?
1989 (NA)	Knights of Legend	Todd Porter	Origin	Fantasy	APPII C64 DOS	WRPG		US
1989 (JP)	Laplace no Ma  (JP) Laplace's Evil Spirit (JP) ラプラスの魔 (JP)	HummingBird  (JP)	HummingBird  (JP)	Survival horror	MSX2 [1]		Laplace no Ma	JP
1989 (JP)	La Salle Ishii no Child's Quest  (JP) ラサール石井のチャイルズクエスト (JP)	Namco  (JP)	Namco  (JP)	Music/Comedy	NES [2]	JRPG		JP
1989 (JP) 1992 (NA)	Legend of the Ghost Lion  (NA) White Lion Densetsu: Pyramid no Kanata ni (JP) ホワイトライオン伝説 (JP)	Kemco	Kemco	Fantasy	NES [2]	JRPG [35]		JP
1989 (NA)	Legends of the Lost Realm : The Gathering of Heroes (NA)	Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games Division	Avalon Hill	Fantasy	MAC	WRPG [36]	Legends of the Lost Realm	US
1989 (NA)	Legends of the Lost Realm II: Wilderlands (NA)	Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games Division	Avalon Hill	Fantasy	MAC	WRPG [37]	Legends of the Lost Realm	US
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA) 1991 (PAL)	Little Ninja Brothers Super Chinese 2: Dragon Kid スーパーチャイニーズ2 ドラゴンキッド	Culture Brain	Culture Brain	Fantasy	NES [2]	Action-RPG [38]	Super Chinese	JP
1989 (NA)	Magic Candle, The	Mindcraft	Mindcraft	Fantasy	APPII C64 DOS		The Magic Candle	CA
1989 (JP)	Master of Monsters マスターオブモンスターズ	SystemSoft	SystemSoft	Fantasy	MSX [39]	Tactical RPG	Master of Monsters	JP
1989 (JP)	Master of Monsters Map Collection マスターオブモンスターズマップコレクション	SystemSoft	SystemSoft	Fantasy	MSX [39]	Tactical RPG	Resource pack for Master of Monsters .	JP
1989 (NA/JP)	Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World マイトアンドマジックブック２	New World	StarCraft New World	Fantasy	MSX2 [1] C64	WRPG	Might and Magic	US
1989 (JP)	Mother	Ape Nintendo	Nintendo	Modern	NES [2]	JRPG [40]	Mother	JP
1989 (JP)	Phantasie III: Wrath of Nikademus ファンタジーIIIニカデモスの怒り	SSI	Bothtec	Fantasy	MSX2 [1]	WRPG	Phantasie	US
1989 (JP)	Phantasy Star II ファンタシースター II 還らざる時の終わりに	Sega-AM7	Sega	Sci-Fi	GEN	JRPG	Phantasy Star	JP
1989 (NA) 1989 (JP)	Pool of Radiance	SSI	SSI Pony Canyons (JP port) [41]	Fantasy	APPII (Port) MAC (Port) PC88 (Port)	Tactical RPG	AD&D : Forgotten Realms campaign setting. First game in the Gold Box series.	US JP (PC88)
1989 (JP)	SD Snatcher ＳＤスナッチャー	Konami	Konami	Sci-Fi	MSX2 [1]	JRPG [42]	Snatcher	JP
1989 (NA)	Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic	Novotrade	EA	Sci-Fi	C64 (Port)			US
1989 (JP)	Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead 死霊戦線		Victor Music Industries	Fantasy Survival horror	PCE [9]	Action RPG	Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead	JP
1989 (NA)	Space Rogue	Origin	Origin	Sci-Fi	C64 DOS MAC APPII	Combination space sim and WRPG		US
1989 (JP)	Square no Tom Sawyer スクウェアのトムソーヤ	Square	Square		NES [2]	[43]		JP
1989 (NA)	Starflight	Binary Systems MicroMagic	EA	Sci-Fi	AMI (Port) C64 (Port)	Combination space sim and WRPG	Starflight	US
1989 (NA)	Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula	Binary Systems	EA	Sci-Fi	DOS	Combination space sim and WRPG	Starflight	US
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA) 1991 (EU)	Super Hydlide スーパーハイドライド	T&E	Seismic	Fantasy	GEN	Action RPG [30]	Hydlide	JP
1989 (JP)	Sweet Home スウィートホーム	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy Survival horror [44]	NES [2]	JRPG	Spiritual precursor to Resident Evil	JP
1989 (JP) 1991 (NA/PAL)	Sword Of Hope, The Selection: Erabareshi Mono セレクション 選ばれし者	Kemco	Kemco Seika Corp.	Fantasy	GB	Action RPG		JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Sword of Vermilion Vermilion ヴァーミリオン	Sega-AM2	Sega	Fantasy	GEN	Action-RPG		JP
1989 (NA)	Swords of Twilight	Free Fall Associates	Electronic Arts, Inc.	Fantasy	AMI	Action-RPG		US
1989 (JP)	Tao 究極の世紀末ロープレ　道	Vap	Vap	Fantasy	NES [2]			JP
1989 (JP)	Tengai Makyō: Ziria 天外魔境 ZIRIA	Red Ent.	Hudson Soft	Fantasy	PCD [9]	JRPG [45]	Tengai Makyou	JP
1989 (JP)	Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru ケルナグール	Game Studio	Namco		NES [2]	Fighting/RPG hybrid		JP
1989 (JP)	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar Ultima: Seisha he no Michi ウルティマ　聖者への道	Origin	Pony Canyon	Fantasy	NES (Port) [2]	WRPG [18]	Ultima	US
1989 (NA)	Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	ST (Port)	WRPG	Ultima	US
1989 (NA)	Ultima Trilogy	Origin	Origin	Fantasy	APPII (Comp) C64 (Comp) DOS (Comp)	WRPG	Ultima compilation	US
1989 (NA)	WiBArM	Arsys Software	Broderbund	Sci-Fi	DOS (Port)	Action RPG Run-and-gun JRPG		JP
1989 (JP/NA) 1993 (PAL)	Willow ウィロー	Capcom	Capcom	Fantasy	NES [2]	Action RPG		US/JP
1989 (JP)	Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds ウィザードリィ２	Sir-Tech Software	ASCII	Fantasy	MSX2 (Port) [1]	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry	US
1989 (NA/JP)	Wizardry II: Llylgamyn no Isan ウィザードリィII　リルガミンの遺産 [46]	Sir-Tech Software	ASCII Sir-Tech	Fantasy	NES (Port) [2] C64 (Port)	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry	US
1989 (JP)	Xak: The Art of Visual Stage サーク	Microcabin	Microcabin	Fantasy	MSX2 [1] PC88 PC98 X68K	Action RPG [47]	Xak	JP
1989 (NA)	Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished	Nihon Falcom Unlimited	Kyodai Brøderbund	Fantasy	APPGS (Port) DOS (Port)	Action RPG JRPG	Ys	JP
1989 (JP) 1990 (NA)	Ys I & II イースI・II	Nihon Falcom Hudson Soft	Hudson Soft	Fantasy	PCD [9] (Comp)	Action RPG [20]	Ys	JP
1989 (JP)	Ys III: Wanderers from Ys イースIII -ワンダラーズフロムイース-	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	PC88 PC98 X68K MSX2 [1]	Action RPG Platformer [20]	Ys	JP

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