Gamasutra presents part three in contributor Matt Barton's extensive look at the history of computer role-playing games, this time exploring the years from 1994 to 2004. Part one, covering 1980-1983, and part two, covering 1985-1993, are also available.
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Anyone ever notice that almost all PC games look the same.....
Take a bunch of dark colors with prerendered jaggy edged sprites and then have splotches of colors like neon green and red for the HUD.
Once again Japan wins for looks.