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* UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}: A lot, most famously ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial'', 1982

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* UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}: A lot, most famously ~~''VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial'',~~ ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', 1982

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By definition, a text adventure can't be an example of an ENG.

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* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: ''VideoGame/AMindForeverVoyaging'', August 1985

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* IntoxicationMechanic: ''VideoGame/CastleWolfenstein'', 1981

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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: ''UltimaI'' (1981), which suddenly switches from a RolePlayingGame to a ''VideoGame/StarRaiders''-style first-person space shooter near the end.

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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: ~~''UltimaI''~~ ''VideoGame/UltimaI'' (1981), which suddenly switches from a RolePlayingGame to a ''VideoGame/StarRaiders''-style first-person space shooter near the end.

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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: ''UltimaI'' (1981), which suddenly switches from a RolePlayingGame to a ''VideoGame/StarRaiders''-style first-person space shooter near the end.

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Even if you don't count earlier MultiUserDungeons, there's still ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]]'' (1985).

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Even if you don't count earlier ~~MultiUserDungeons,~~ [[MultiUserDungeon Multi-User Dungeons]], there's still ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]]'' (1985).

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Even if you don't count earlier MultiUserDungeonss, there's still ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]]'' (1985).

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Even if you don't count earlier ~~MultiUserDungeonss,~~ MultiUserDungeons, there's still ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]]'' (1985).

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]], 1985

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: ~~[[https://en.~~Even if you don't count earlier MultiUserDungeonss, there's still ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of ~~Kesmai]], 1985~~Kesmai]]'' (1985).

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* {{Metroidvania}}: Depends on definition, but most elements are present in ''Aztec'' (Apple II, 1982).

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* {{Metroidvania}}: Depends on definition, but most elements are present in ~~''Aztec''~~ ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_(video_game) Aztec]]'' (Apple II, 1982).

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* ObviousBeta: A good number of games, really, but the most well known is ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', 1982

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* ObviousBeta: ~~A good number of games, really, but~~ Too many to list, especially on home computers; the most well known is ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', 1982

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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai Island of Kesmai]], 1985

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* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: ''VideoGame/AMindForeverVoyaging'', August 1985

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* {{Tilesweeper}}: ''Mined Out'', 1983

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* LicensedGame: ''Fonz'', 1976, based on ''Series/HappyDays'' (a [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded version]] of the earlier game ''Moto-Cross''); Licensed board games go back to at least 1890, with Parker Brothers releasing a game based on MarkTwain's (1869) {{Literature}}/InnocentsAbroad.

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* LicensedGame: ''Fonz'', 1976, based on ''Series/HappyDays'' (a [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded version]] of the earlier game ''Moto-Cross'')

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* LicensedGame: ''Fonz'', 1976, based on ''Series/HappyDays'' (a [[DolledUpInstallment rebranded version]] of the earlier game ~~''Moto-Cross'')~~''Moto-Cross''); Licensed board games go back to at least 1890, with Parker Brothers releasing a game based on MarkTwain's (1869) {{Literature}}/InnocentsAbroad.

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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: ''[[VideoGame/Atari2600Indy500 Indy 500]]'', 1977

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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: ~~''[[VideoGame/Atari2600Indy500 Indy 500]]'',~~ ''VideoGame/{{Indy 500|Atari 2600}}'', 1977

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A good number of the RPG tropes can be found here, since these games trace their roots pretty much directly back to {{Tabletop RPG}}s such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', which were among the first commercial games to be adapted for a video game ~~system.~~
system. And to be clear: As long as it was an actual game, it counts for the purposes of this index, video or not; that being said, if a pre-1986 video game example exists, it should also be listed here.

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%% * ArmorAndMagicDontMix: The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Holmes Basic Set (1977) provides the earliest straight example, while ''TabletopGame/TheFantasyTrip'' (also 1977) gives the earliest {{justified|Trope}} example.

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%% * StatDeath: ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 1974

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%% * StatDeath: ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 1974

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%% * UnknownItemIdentification: Roots in {{Tabletop RPG}}s where items may have hidden properties known only to the Game Master unless/until discovered by the players.

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%% * UnknownItemIdentification: Roots in {{Tabletop RPG}}s where items may have hidden properties known only to the Game Master unless/until discovered by the players. For full video games, ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}''.

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%% * UnwinnableJokeGame: ''El Ajedrecista'', '''''1912'''''[[note]]OlderThanTelevision[[/note]] (A TabletopGame/{{Chess}} endgame where the computer played a rook and king and the human only had a king.)

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No "trope slashing", please—one trope per bulletpoint only. Just mentioning that neither Scripted Event nor Video Game Setpiece list Superman Atari 2600 as an example.

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* ScriptedEvent[=/=]VideoGameSetpiece: ''VideoGame/SupermanAtari2600'', 1979 (Lex Luthor's henchmen blowing up the bridge)

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* ~~ScriptedEvent[=/=]VideoGameSetpiece:~~ ScriptedEvent: ''VideoGame/SupermanAtari2600'', 1979 (Lex Luthor's henchmen blowing up the bridge)

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Page had disambiguation moved to the end to make alphabetisation clearer per this discussion

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* FlipScreenScrolling: ''VideoGame/Atari2600Superman'', 1979

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* FlipScreenScrolling: ~~''VideoGame/Atari2600Superman'',~~ ''VideoGame/SupermanAtari2600'', 1979

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* ScriptedEvent[=/=]VideoGameSetpiece: ''VideoGame/Atari2600Superman'', 1979 (Lex Luthor's henchmen blowing up the bridge)

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* ScriptedEvent[=/=]VideoGameSetpiece: ~~''VideoGame/Atari2600Superman'',~~ ''VideoGame/SupermanAtari2600'', 1979 (Lex Luthor's henchmen blowing up the bridge)

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