Gamasutra's History of the CRPG

[A Black Falcon]

CRPG meaning "Console RPG"? Hmm, I'm not sure if I've heard it used that way before... CRPG means Computer RPG, and it's always what the PC market has called computer RPGs as far as I know. I guess looking at Wikipedia "Console RPG" has been "CRPG" somewhere, but if so, I'm not familiar with where... "JRPG" for 'Japanese RPG' is the more common counterterm, though of course that is somewhat inaccurate since there are Western console RPGs (though very, very few are console-exclusive, except for handheld titles) and Japanese PC RPGs (yes, there are a few, if not many), but they are the traditional terms.