Old article appeared in The Super Famicom magazine issue 22 which talks about the boom of the RPG genre in Japan, showing the annual number of RPG games released compared to the total number of titles (yellow-red: Famicom; green-dark green: PC Engine; blue light blue: Mega Drive; red-dark red: Super Famicom):
(above are depicted significant RPG games: Zelda 1, Dragon Quest 1, Final Fantasy 1, Mother, Tengai Makyou, Shining inthe Darkness, Zelda 3, Final Fantasy IV, Drakkhen (?), Dungeon Master, Dragon Quest V)
(above are depicted significant RPG games: Zelda 1, Dragon Quest 1, Final Fantasy 1, Mother, Tengai Makyou, Shining inthe Darkness, Zelda 3, Final Fantasy IV, Drakkhen (?), Dungeon Master, Dragon Quest V)
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