List 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.

Legend

Video game platforms

AMI	Amiga
AMI32	Amiga CD32
APPII	Apple II
C64	Commodore 64
CROSS	Cross-platform
DOS	MS-DOS
FM7	FM-7
FMT	FM Towns

GB	Game Boy
GEN	Genesis / Mega Drive
GG	Game Gear
MSX	MSX
MSX2	MSX2
NES	Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom
PC88	PC-8800 series
PC98	PC-9800 series

PCD	TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD
SCD	Mega-CD / Sega CD
SNES	Super NES / Super Famicom
ST	Atari ST
WIN	Microsoft Windows
X1	X1
X68K	X68000

Types of releases

Rerelease	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.
Compilation	A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
Limited	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	Series/Notes
1982 (JP)	The Dragon and Princess	Koei	Koei	Fantasy	PC-8001
1983 (JP)	Bokosuka Wars	Koji Sumii	ASCII	Fantasy	X1 MSX (Port) NES (Port)	RTS/RPG.
1983 (JP)	The Dragon and Princess	Koei	Koei	Fantasy	FM7 (Port)
1983 (NA)	Galactic Adventures	SSI	SSI	Sci-Fi	APPII
1987 (JP)	Tir-nan-og ティル・ナ・ノーグ	Alfa System		Fantasy	PC98	Series debuts.
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)	Pool of Radiance	SSI	SSI	Fantasy	APPII AMI C64 DOS NES PC98
1988 (NA)	BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception	Westwood	Infocom	Sci-Fi	APPII AMI C64 DOS ST
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 (EU)	Lords of Chaos	Mythos Games	Blade Software	Fantasy	AMI C64
1990 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken^[1]	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	NES	Series debuts.
1990 (NA)	Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday	SSI	SSI	Sci-Fi	AMI C64 DOS GEN
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
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 aka UFO: Enemy Unknown	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.

References

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[ag_srpglist-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Strategy RPG Games". allgame. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

[rpgam_whatkind-3] Cunningham, Michael. "What Kind of RPG Are You?". RPGamer. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2010-02-04. The subbranch of Tactical RPGs is not immune to diversity either. ... These were the days of Shining Force and later on Final Fantasy Tactics. ... Not only do we have what could be dubbed the traditional Tactical RPG, we now have games featuring real-time combat such as Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and the upcoming Blue Dragon Plus. ... Also newer games are trying to blend the tactical side with traditional RPG elements as seen in Archaic Sealed Heat. ... Throw in some Tactical RPGs featuring mechs such as Front Mission and Zoids Assault as well as off-the-wall titles like Operation Darkness, that stars Vampires, Werewolves, Army soldiers, and Nazis.

[rpgr_feda1-4] "FEDA: Emblem of Justice". RPGamer. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

[gamershell_pc-5] S., Dennis. "Paradise Cracked Review". GamersHell. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

[gamehelper_nw-6] Thompson, Mike (2006-06-22). "Night Watch". Game Helper Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

[rpgvault_ja2-7] "Jagged Alliance 2 Expansion Pack Announced". RPG Vault. 1999-11-27. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

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v t e Lists of role-playing video games
Role-playing video games	1975–1985 1986–1987 1988–1989 1990–1991 1992–1993 1994–1995 1996–1997 1998–1999 2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012–2013 2014–2015 2016–2017 2018–2019 2020–2021 2022–2023
Tactical role-playing games	1980s–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029
Other subgenres	Roguelikes MUDs
See also	Dungeons & Dragons video games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Tabletop role-playing games