Pool of Radiance (PoR), released in 1990, was the first in the Gold Box series of games from Strategic Simulations', Inc. (SSI). The Gold Box line was the inaugural effort to bring TSR-licensed Dungeons & Dragons action to the personal computer. PoR was followed by Curse of the Azure Bonds and Secret of the Silver Blades, each of which used essentially the same gameplay mechanics to allow players to move a party of characters through adventures in the Forgotten Realms D&D setting. The popularity of the PoR campaign was highlighted by the 2001 release of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, an attempt to update the essential Gold Box experience with new 3D graphics and animation. Although technologically enhanced, this updated game lacked the same atmosphere as the original game, and fa
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| - Pool of Radiance (PoR), released in 1990, was the first in the Gold Box series of games from Strategic Simulations', Inc. (SSI). The Gold Box line was the inaugural effort to bring TSR-licensed Dungeons & Dragons action to the personal computer. PoR was followed by Curse of the Azure Bonds and Secret of the Silver Blades, each of which used essentially the same gameplay mechanics to allow players to move a party of characters through adventures in the Forgotten Realms D&D setting. The popularity of the PoR campaign was highlighted by the 2001 release of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, an attempt to update the essential Gold Box experience with new 3D graphics and animation. Although technologically enhanced, this updated game lacked the same atmosphere as the original game, and fa
- Pool of Radiance, released in 1988, was the first of a long series of tactical role-playing games that shared a common engine that came to be known as the "Gold Box Engine" after the gold boxes in which most games of the series were sold. It was well received with the accolade of being "the best RPG ever to grace the C64, or indeed any other computer." As the first game in the series, Pool of Radiance was to be surpassed in terms of features by later Gold Box games. Party characters could only be selected from among the classes of fighter, cleric, wizard, or thief, and the maximum class level was restricted to level 6 (9 for thieves, 8 for fighters).
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| - Pool of Radiance (PoR), released in 1990, was the first in the Gold Box series of games from Strategic Simulations', Inc. (SSI). The Gold Box line was the inaugural effort to bring TSR-licensed Dungeons & Dragons action to the personal computer. PoR was followed by Curse of the Azure Bonds and Secret of the Silver Blades, each of which used essentially the same gameplay mechanics to allow players to move a party of characters through adventures in the Forgotten Realms D&D setting. The popularity of the PoR campaign was highlighted by the 2001 release of Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, an attempt to update the essential Gold Box experience with new 3D graphics and animation. Although technologically enhanced, this updated game lacked the same atmosphere as the original game, and failed to create the same level of loyalty and nostalgia in its players.
- Pool of Radiance, released in 1988, was the first of a long series of tactical role-playing games that shared a common engine that came to be known as the "Gold Box Engine" after the gold boxes in which most games of the series were sold. It was well received with the accolade of being "the best RPG ever to grace the C64, or indeed any other computer." As the first game in the series, Pool of Radiance was to be surpassed in terms of features by later Gold Box games. Party characters could only be selected from among the classes of fighter, cleric, wizard, or thief, and the maximum class level was restricted to level 6 (9 for thieves, 8 for fighters). After the success of the original game (which won the Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1988), a book and a D&D module based on the Pool of Radiance plot were also published. It is the first in a four-part series of Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons adventure computer games published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI). In 1992, the game was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System under the name of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance.
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