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Here are [[The Oldest Ones in the Book]] for [[Video Games]]. The [[NES]]'s US introduction in October 1985 marked the beginning of the end of [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]], and we have chosen it as a cutoff date for [[The Oldest Ones in the Book]] of [[Video Game Tropes]].
Here are [[The Oldest Ones in the Book]] for [[Video Games]]. The [[NES]]'s US introduction in October 1985 marked the beginning of the end of [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]], and we have chosen it as a cutoff date for [[The Oldest Ones in the Book]] of [[Video Game Tropes]].


A good number of the RPG tropes can be found here, since these games trace their roots pretty much directly back to [[Tabletop RPG|Tabletop RPGs]] such as ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', which were among the first commercial games to be ported over to a video game system.
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 ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', which were among the first commercial games to be ported over to a video game system.


'''Examples''':
'''Examples''':
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* [[Level Scaling]]: ''Beneath Apple Manor'', 1978
* [[Level Scaling]]: ''Beneath Apple Manor'', 1978
* [[Light Gun Game]]: ''Ray-O-Lite'', 1936
* [[Light Gun Game]]: ''Ray-O-Lite'', 1936
* [[Match Three Game]]: ''[[OXO]]'', 1952 -- You '''do''' have to match three to win.
* [[Match Three Game]]: ''[[OXO]]'', 1952—You '''do''' have to match three to win.
* [[Mini Boss]]: ''[[Dnd]]'', 1975
* [[Mini Boss]]: ''[[Dnd]]'', 1975
* [[Mini Game]]: ''[[Escape From the Mindmaster]]'', 1982
* [[Mini Game]]: ''[[Escape From the Mindmaster]]'', 1982
* [[Mook Maker]]: The oil drum in ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', 1981.
* [[Mook Maker]]: The oil drum in ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', 1981.
* [[Multi User Dungeon]]: ''[[Multi-User Dungeon]]'', 1979
* [[Multi User Dungeon]]: ''[[Multi-User Dungeon]]'', 1979
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Of course -- if you're ignorant of anything Nintendo preNES -- the title may now break your mind.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Of course—if you're ignorant of anything Nintendo preNES—the title may now break your mind.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: ''[[Star Trek Text Game]]'', 1971, running out of fuel.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: ''[[Star Trek Text Game]]'', 1971, running out of fuel.
* [[No Plot, No Problem]]: Sports and board games in general are [[Older Than Dirt]].
* [[No Plot, No Problem]]: Sports and board games in general are [[Older Than Dirt]].
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Here are The Oldest Ones in the Book for Video Games. The NES's US introduction in October 1985 marked the beginning of the end of The Great Video Game Crash of 1983, and we have chosen it as a cutoff date for The Oldest Ones in the Book of Video Game Tropes.

A good number of the RPG tropes can be found here, since these games trace their roots pretty much directly back to Tabletop RPGs such as Dungeons and Dragons, which were among the first commercial games to be ported over to a video game system.

Examples:

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