Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1996

Platforms: Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation

Involved Companies: Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Square Electronic Arts, Sourcenext, Blizzard North, Climax Group

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy

Summary: Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre. Although some of the game mechanics resemble a typical RPG, all actions are done in real-time just like in an action game. The player have to kill hordes of monsters through randomized dungeon levels in order to gain experience points, gold and a variety of equipment to bolster the hero's monster-killing potency.