Eamon (1988)

Eamon, (AKA The Wonderful World of Eamon) was one of the earliest role-playing games available for the Apple II. It was also perhaps the first ever adventure game construction set.

The game was public domain, so it was mainly distributed in Apple user groups and by trading with friends. The main game consisted of the Eamon Master disk, which had the Main Hall and a short adventure called the Beginner's Cave.

You started the game in the Main Hall, where you created a new character or selected an old character. Then you could buy weapons, spells, and armor and go on your adventure. Weapons came in five different types: Axe, Bow, Mace, Spear, and Sword. There were three types of armor: Leather, Chain, and Plate. There were several spells: Blast, a damage spell, Power, which had random effects, Heal, which healed you, and Speed, which increased your chance to hit.