The Dragon & Princess

The Dragon & Princess

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Genres

Strategy, Adventure

Developer

Koei

Release Date

November 30, 1982 (43 years ago)

Publisher

Koei

Content Rating

N/A

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Summary

The Dragon & Princess is the first known RPG developed in Japan. It tasks the player with finding a king’s stolen treasure. It is a hybrid between the RPG, adventure and strategy genres, and laid the foundations for tactical RPGs.

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