Here are TheOldestOnesInTheBook for VideoGames; for various reasons[[hottip:*:Mainly because TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 has no definite start date]], the NES's US introduction in October, 1985 has been chosen as a cutoff date for TheOldestOnesInTheBook of VideoGameTropes.

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 ''DungeonsAndDragons'', which were among the first commercial games to be ported over to a video game system.

'''Examples''':

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit (RPG version, Wizardry 1, 1981)
* ArtificialStupidity (Many, many many games; in particular, Pac-Man, 1980)
* AsteroidsMonster (Asteroids (obviously), 1979)
* AttractMode (Many, many arcade games; {{Sinistar}}'s (1982) is particularly famous.)
* BossBattle ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnd_%28computer_game%29 dnd]], 1975)
* ButThouMust (Granny's Garden, 1983)
* CharacterLevel ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnd_%28computer_game%29 dnd]], 1975) or (Dungeons and Dragons, 1974)
* ColorCodedMultiplayer (MarioBros)
* CriticalExistenceFailure ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnd_%28computer_game%29 dnd]], 1975) or (Dungeons and Dragons, 1974)
* {{Cutscene}} (SpaceInvaders Part II, 1979)
* DeadlyWalls (Berzerk, 1980)
* DifficultyLevels (the [[AtariTwentySixHundred Atari 2600]] had a built-in difficulty level switch in 1978)
* EasterEgg (Adventure, 1979)
* ExtraLives (SpaceInvaders, 1979)
* EveryTenThousandPoints (Many, many arcade games)
* ExcusePlot (DonkeyKong, 1980)
* ExitGate (ManicMiner, 1983)
* GameOver (SpaceInvaders, 1978)
* GlobalCurrency (''{{Ultima}}'', 1980)
* TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 (Duh)
* GuideDangIt (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* GuessTheVerb (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* HitPoints ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnd_%28computer_game%29 dnd]], 1975) or (Dungeons and Dragons, 1974)
* InterfaceScrew (Rogue, 1983)
* InventoryManagementPuzzle (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* JumpPhysics (DonkeyKong, 1981)
* LastLousyPoint (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* LevelGrinding (Akalabeth, 1979)
* MookMaker (the oil drum in DonkeyKong, 1981)
* NintendoHard
* NumberedSequels (Space Invaders II, 1981; not to be confused with Space Invaders ''part'' II)
* ObviousBeta (ETTheExtraTerrestrial, 1982)
* OldSaveBonus (Wizardry 2, 1982)
* OneHitPointWonder
* OneBulletAtATime (At least as early as SpaceInvaders, 1978)
* OneUp
* PaletteSwap (At least as early as Pac-Man, 1980)
* PortingDisaster (Pac-Man on the Atari 2600, 1982)
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames (ETTheExtraTerrestrial, 1982)
* PuzzleBoss (DonkeyKong, 1981)
* SaveScumming (Rogue, 1980)
* ScrappyLevel (DonkeyKong, 1981. You know the level I'm talking about.)
* ScoringPoints
* SillinessSwitch (The potion of hallucination in Rogue, 1980)
* SimonSaysMiniGame
* SpaceFillingPath (DonkeyKong, 1981)
* SuperStar (Pac-Man, 1980)
* SuperTitle64Advance (Commodore 64 games)
* SoupCans (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* TrialAndErrorGameplay (Zork, 1979)
* ViolationOfCommonSense ([[spoiler:Killing the dragon]], ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* YouCantGetYeFlask (ColossalCaveAdventure, 1976)
* {{Walkthrough}} (There were guides written for ColossalCaveAdventure.)

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