 Additionally , The Adventure of Link was one of the first games to combine role @-@ playing video game and platforming elements to a considerable degree . Over the next few years , a number of Japanese @-@ made games appeared with a similar format ; major titles such as <unk> ( 1989 ) closely resemble The Adventure of Link , with side @-@ scrolling platform stages supplemented by RPG @-@ like statistical systems , weapons , armor , magic spells , and so forth . 
