@NinjaDebugger@mastodon.sandwich.net
2026-09-23 14:28 UTC
@tbgosalvez@social.vivaldi.net
The answer is Dungeons & Dragons, Wizardry, and Ultima.
No, really. The first Final Fantasy is just D&D as a videogame, including the backend mechanics and the entire Monster Manual.
Wizardry was so popular that wizardry-likes are still a significant genre in Japan.
Record of Lodoss War is based on a D&D campaign's game logs, and was so popular that when Gygax told them they couldn't license an official translation, they made a clone called Sword World that's still #2 TTRPG.
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@NinjaDebugger@mastodon.sandwich.net 2026-09-23 14:29
@tbgosalvez@social.vivaldi.net The system of questions and tarot used in Dragon Quest 3 (SNES), Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, and a bunch of others? Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar.