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The Realm

The Realm was designed to combine the animated visual environments and inventories of Sierra's point-and-click adventure games with the role-playing mechanisms of MUDs. The game features a high fantasy setting…

1 December 1996

The Realm is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Sierra Online, released 1 December 1996 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Realm is

The Realm is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Sierra Online and released in 1996. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Realm was designed to combine the animated visual environments and inventories of Sierra's point-and-click adventure games with the role-playing mechanisms of MUDs. The game features a high fantasy setting inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and The Lord of the Rings. Gameplay takes place in discrete rooms, which are organized into dungeons, forests and towns.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy.

What it launched against

The Realm launched on 1 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms and PaRappa the Rapper.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper.

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When did The Realm come out?
The Realm was released on 1 December 1996 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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