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Role-playing games let you assume the role of a protagonist, customizing their abilities, equipment, and appearances. Through exploration, dialogue, and strategic combat, players navigate worlds, uncover lore, complete missions, and level up their characters.

Software produced for proprietary consoles by reverse engineers, hobbyists, and more. Often targeting retro & alternative devices.

See:

• NES Roms
• Game Boy Roms
• Commodore 64

Also known as TTRPG, tabletop role-playing games are tabletop games when you play a character within a set of rules. Typically actions are determined by speech and checked for success via dice rolls.