Dont know if these are RPGs but I got started of with The Hobbit on Commodore 64
Ah the old text-based adventure games...I remember them well. Played the hobbit on the spectrum, and played the lord of the rings too. Have them on an emulator.
Gandalf goes North
> Talk to Gandalf.
I don't see a Gandalf.
> Run.
Run where?
> Run anywhere.
Sorry I don't know how to do that.
> Run North
You fall and cleve your skull
Classic gaming or what!!!