This is an old version of my list that was affected by a 100-limit bug on ordered lists, forcing me to create a new ordered list here:
Top 100 most well-written game storylines of their time (best of 1975-2015)
Showing 1-10 of 101 items
1983 NEC PC-6001 Adventure / visual novel Yuji Horii (Enix)
1983 Fujitsu FM-7 & NEC PC-8801 Adventure / visual novel T. Sugie (Enix)
1985 Fujitsu FM-7 & NEC PC-8801 Adventure / visual novel Hironobu Sakaguchi (Squaresoft)
1986 NEC PC-8801 & NEC PC-9801 Adventure / RPG Arrow Soft
1987 Fujitsu FM-7, MSX2, NEC PC-8801 Adventure / visual novel Koji Miya (Enix)
1988 MSX2 & NEC PC-8801 Adventure / visual novel Hideo Kojima (Konami)
1989 Sega Mega Drive RPG Chieko Aoki & Chiemshi (Sega)
1990 MSX2 Stealth Hideo Kojima (Konami)
1991 SNES RPG Takashi Tokita & Hironobu Sakaguchi (Squaresoft)
1992 SNES RPG Yuji Horii (Chunsoft)