The Black Onyx
From Videogame Morgue File
The Black Onyx is an early Japanese RPG by Henk Rogers of Bullet-Proof Software. A bestseller on Japanese home computers for around two years, it was acknowledged as an influence by the creators of Hydlide and The Legend of Zelda — games which in turn were highly influential — making The Black Onyx a direct progenitor of most, if not all, JRPGs today.
Articles[edit]
- The Making Of The Black Onyx, The Game That Hooked Japan On RPGs — Henk Rogers interview by Simon Parkin
- The CRPG Addict's writeup of a playthrough of the PC88 version — Part 1, Part 2
- Ultima, Wizardry, The Black Onyx and the origin of JRPGs — a critical view of BPS's version of history by Sam Derboo
