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{{GameInfobox | image = Hydlide.png | caption = Screenshot of the original [[NEC PC-8801]] version of ''Hydlide''. | developer = T&E Soft | publisher = T&E Soft,FCI | jp_rel = {{Release|1984|December|13|JP|NEC PC-8801}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hydlide (PC88)|website=[[Famitsu]]|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=28193|accessdate=2015-01-14}}</ref> <br><br> {{Release|1984|||JP|NEC PC-6001}} <br><br> {{Release|1985|May||JP|Fujitsu FM-7}} <br><br> {{Release|1985|November||JP|NEC PC-9801}} <br><br> {{Release|1985|||JP|MSX,MSX2}} <br><br> {{Release|1986|March|18|JP|Family Computer}} | na_rel = {{Release|1989|||NA|Nintendo Entertainment System}} | eu_rel = {{Release|1985|||EU|MSX2}} | genre = Action,RPG,Open-world | features = Single-player | platforms = NEC PC-6001,NEC PC-8801,MSX,MSX2,Fujitsu FM-7,NEC PC-9801,Sharp X1,Family Computer,Nintendo Entertainment System }} {{Nihongo title|Hydlide|ハイドライド|Haidoraido}} is a [[1984 in video gaming|1984]] [[Action role-playing game|action role-playing]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Technology and Entertainment Software|T&E Soft]]. It was originally released for the [[NEC PC-6001]] and [[NEC PC-8801]] computer in 1984.<ref name=Kalata>{{Cite web|author=Kurt Kalata & Robert Greene|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hydlide/hydlide.htm|title=Hydlide|publisher=Hardcore Gaming 101|accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref> ''Hydlide'' was the first fully-scaled open-world [[RPG]]. It was also the first [[open-world]] action RPG. ==Legacy== ''Hydlide'' was one of the first [[action role-playing video games]], and one of the earliest Japanese [[role-playing video game]]s.<ref name=Kalata/> The recharging health mechanic first introduced by ''Hydlide'' in 1984 would, decades later, become a common mechanic widely used in many video games,<ref name="gtm_falcom">{{Cite journal|last=Szczepaniak|first=John|title=Falcom: Legacy of Ys|journal=[[GamesTM{{!}}Games<sup>TM</sup>]]|date=7 July 2011|issue=111|pages=152–159 [153]|url=http://imageshack.us/f/32/yshistory02.jpg/|accessdate=2011-09-07}} ([[cf.]] {{cite web|last=Szczepaniak|first=John|title=History of Ys interviews|url=http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2011/07/history-of-ys-interviews-by-john.html|work=Hardcore Gaming 101|accessdate=6 September 2011|date=July 8, 2011}})</ref> particularly contemporary [[shooter game]]s.<ref>http://www.gamesradar.com/stop-drop-and-heal-history-regenerating-health/</ref><ref>http://www.gamesradar.com/top-7-games-you-didnt-know-did-it-first/</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
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