Chronology of tactical role-playing video games: 1980s to 1994

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial tactical role-playing games for all platforms, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, platform and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.

See also: Chronology of turn-based tactics video games

Legend

Video game platforms

AMI Commodore Amiga AMI32 Commodore Amiga CD32 APPII Apple II ATR Atari 8-bit family C64 Commodore 64 CROSS Cross-platform DOS DOS / MS-DOS FMT FM Towns GB Game Boy GBC Game Boy Color GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive GG Sega Game Gear MAC Macintosh / Mac OS MSX MSX MSX2 MSX2 NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom PC88 NEC PC-8801 PC98 NEC PC-9801 PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD SAT Sega Saturn SCD Sega Mega-CD SMS Sega Master System SNES Super NES / Super Famicom ST Atari ST WIN Microsoft Windows WS WonderSwan WSC WonderSwan Color X1 Sharp X1 X68K Sharp X68000 XBOX Xbox

Types of releases

Rerel 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. Compl A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limit A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Notes
1983 (JP)	Bokosuka Wars	Koji Sumii	ASCII	Fantasy	X1 MSX (Port) NES (Port)	RTS/RPG.
1983 (JP)	Nobunaga's Ambition	Koei	Koei	Historical	PC88 MSX NES (Port)	Grand strategy. First title in the series.
1985 (JP)	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Koei	Koei	Historical	PC88 MSX NES (Port)	Grand strategy. First title in the series.
1985 (NA)	Wizard's Crown	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	DOS
1986 (NA/UK)	Wizard's Crown	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	APPII (Port) ATR (Port) C64 (Port)	Port of Wizard's Crown for DOS.
1987 (NA)	Eternal Dagger, The	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	APPII ATR	Sequel to Wizard's Crown.
1987 (JP)	Tir-nan-og ティル・ナ・ノーグ	Alfa System		Fantasy	PC98	Series debuts.
1987 (NA)	Wizard's Crown	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	ST (Port)	Port of Wizard's Crown for DOS.
1987 (INT)	Xconq	Stan Shebs, et al.	N/A	N/A	CROSS	Open source. General purpose turn-based strategy engine with several Master of Monsters-like modules created using it after 1987.
1988 (NA)	BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception	Westwood	Infocom	Sci-Fi	APPII AMI C64 DOS ST
1988 (NA)	Eternal Dagger, The	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	C64 (Port)	Port of The Eternal Dagger for APPII. Sequel to Wizard's Crown.
1988 (JP)	Silver Ghost	Kure Software Koubou	Kure Software Koubou	Fantasy	PC88
1988 (JP)	Tir-nan-og II ティル・ナ・ノーグII	SystemSoft		Fantasy	PC98	Sequel to Tir-nan-og for PC98.
1989 (JP)	Master of Monsters	SystemSoft	SystemSoft	Fantasy	MSX
1990 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken[1]	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	NES	Series debuts.
1990 (JP)	Mōryō Senki MADARA	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	NES
1990 (JP)	Tir-nan-og: The Forbidden Tower ティル・ナ・ノーグ 禁断の塔	SystemSoft		Fantasy	MSX2 (Port)	Port of Tir-nan-og for PC98.
1991 (JP)	2nd Super Robot Wars	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	NES	Sequel to Super Robot Wars.
1991 (JP)	Bahamut Senki	Sega	Sega	Fantasy	GEN
1991 (JP)	Chaos World		Natsume	Fantasy	NES
1991 (JP) 1992 (NA)	Crystal Warriors			Fantasy	GG
1991 (JP/NA)	Master of Monsters	SystemSoft	SystemSoft	Fantasy	GEN (Port) PCD (Port)	Port of Master of Monsters for MSX.
1991 (JP)	Super Robot Wars	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	GB	Series debuts.
1991 (JP/NA)	Warsong[2] Langrisser ラングリッサー	CareerSoft	NCS Treco	Fantasy	GEN	Series debuts.
1992 (JP)	Farland Story[2]	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Series debuts.
1992 (JP)	Fire Emblem Gaiden	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	NES
1992 (JP)	Just Breed ジャストブリード	Enix	Enix	Fantasy	NES
1992 (JP)	Little Master 2[2] リトルマスター2 雷光の騎士	Zener Works	Tokuma Shoten	Fantasy	GB	Sequel to Little Master.
1992 (JP)	Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible 女神転生外伝 ラストバイブルシリーズ	MIT	Atlus	Fantasy	GG	Series debuts.
1992 (JP)	Shining Force Gaiden	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	GG
1992 (JP) 1993 (NA/EU)	Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention[2][3] Shining Force シャイニング・フォース 神々の遺産	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	GEN	Series debuts.
1993 (JP)	3rd Super Robot Wars	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SNES	Sequel to 2nd Super Robot Wars.
1993 (JP)	Albert Odyssey	Sunsoft	Sunsoft	Fantasy	SNES	Series debuts.
1993 (JP) 1994 (NA)	Dark Wizard	Sega	Sega	Fantasy	SCD
1993 (JP)	Farland Story Denki: Arc Ou no Ensei[2] Farland Story 2	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Farland Story.
1993 (JP)	Little Master[2]		Tokuma Shoten	Fantasy	GB
1993 (JP) 1995 (NA)	Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen[2]	Quest	Quest Enix	Fantasy	SNES
1993 (JP) 1994 (EU/NA)	Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing[2] Shining Force II シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	GEN	Sequel to Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict.
1993 (JP) 1994 (NA)	Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya[2]	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	GG	Sequel to Shining Force Gaiden.
1993 (JP)	Super Barcode Wars バーコードバトラー戦記 スーパー戦士出撃せよ!	Epoch	Epoch	Sci-Fi	SNES and BBARII
1993 (JP)	Langrisser: The Descendants of Light ラングリッサー ～光輝の末裔～			Fantasy	PCD (Port)	Port of Warsong for GEN. Series debuts.
1994 (JP)	Albert Odyssey 2: Jashin no Taidou	Sunsoft	Sunsoft	Fantasy	SNES	Sequel to Albert Odyssey.
1994 (JP)	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4	ELF	ELF	Fantasy	DOS (Port)	Eroge. Port of Dragon Knight IV for PC98. Sequel to Dragon Knight III.
1994 (JP)	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4	ELF	ELF	Fantasy	FMT (Port) PC98 X68K (Port)	Eroge. Port of Dragon Knight IV for PC98. Sequel to Dragon Knight III.
1994 (JP)	Farland Story: Shirogane no Tsubasa Farland Story 4	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Farland Story: Tenshi no Namida.
1994 (JP)	Farland Story: Tenshi no Namida Farland Story 3	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Farland Story Denki: Arc Ou no Ensei.
1994 (JP)	FEDA: Emblem of Justice[4]	Yanoman		Fantasy	SNES
1994 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo[2]	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	SNES
1994 (NA)	Jagged Alliance[2][5][6][7]	Madlab	Sir-Tech	Modern	DOS	Series debuts.
1994 (JP)	Langrisser II[2] Der Langrisser デア ラングリッサー	CareerSoft	NCS	Fantasy	GEN	Sequel to Warsong.
1994 (JP)	Little Master: Niji Iro no Maseki[2]		Tokuma Shoten	Fantasy	SNES
1994 (JP)	Majin Tensei 魔神転生	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	SNES
1994 (??)	Power of the Hired[2]			Fantasy	WIN (Port)	Port of Power of the Hired for SNES.
1994 (??)	Red Crystal[2]	QQP		Fantasy	DOS
1994 (JP) 1995 (NA/EU)	Shining Force CD[2]	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	SCD (Remake)	Remake of Shining Force Gaiden and Shining Force Gaiden 2: Sword of Hajya for GG.
1994 (JP)	Super Robot Wars EX	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SNES
1994 (NA/EU)	X-COM: UFO Defense	MicroProse	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	DOS	Series debuts.
1994 (EU) 1995 (NA)	X-COM: UFO Defense[2][5][8]	Mythos	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	AMI (Port) AMI32 (Port)	Port of X-COM: UFO Defense for DOS. Series debuts.

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