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A) Buyatari, I thoroughly enjoyed your concise definition.

B) Daria - Excellent article! Just about this entire thread, especially your original post, read like a thorough, intelligent academic discussion. I like it.

C) Not to nitpick, but in the original post you mention that Dragon Warrior was the first console RPG. I'd have thought there were many RPG-type games much earlier than Dragon Warrior. One in particular is Temple of Apshai. I don't remember the details of the game, so maybe it should be excluded, but I'd have thought it, or something like it. would have qualified.
The Apshai trilogy laid some of the groundwork for the early rogue-like games and, thus, are definately part of the RPG canon. However, Apshai only came out on computer platforms thus Daria's original declaraction still stands valid.

Though one could argue that AD&D: Treasures of Tarmin, released on the Intellivision was the first console RPG (Cloudy Mountain is much more action driven); though it is somewhat debatable.