That being the case, I'd say you fouled up the dev/pub info on the store pages again.

Apparently it seems Forthright E. has copyrighted the "SSI" brand, so that could explain why the games here are being published under that name, instead of "Strategic Simulations".

But they're apparently not operating as "SSI", or GOG wouldn't have credited Forthright in the news post.
Anyway, Questron II was apparently not developed by SSI, so that one's wrong regardless.
(I really hate it when the original dev studio doesn't get credited in the dev/pub section of the store page for the digital re-release of an old game -- see all the Beamdog "remasters" for another [collective] example.)

Can anyone confirm if Wizard's Crown comes with its manual on GOG?

I'm honestly surprised that I hadn't heard of any of these, but my time with SSI games did pretty much start with Pool of Radiance so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised!

Legacy of the Ancients is one I played, but was never able to finish for varying reasons. It was a beautiful game on the Apple IIe, and I could spend hours just playing the various minigames in it. Hopefully it can be pulled from the EA archives at some point and republished here, along with Escape From Hell.

• $4.79 • -20% • Questron II
• $4.79 • -20% • Wizard's Crown
• $5.59 • -20% • Sword of Aragon

Is healing your party as annoying as it is in Pool of Radiance?

I you mean the lack of proper "fix" command, yes, it is the same but I don't know why the system is more straighfrward being even more complex. Anyway it has a button for eal everything or something like that, so i'd say it is a fix of some kind with the difference that it does spend energy used to cast spells, combat etc... It is not free.

Now you need to cure bleeding and wounds as different entities, not counting the classic poison. and every one has low, medium and hard levels. So in the last notes of the manual (manal not available in the GOG version, please OOG fix this) the developers encourage you to maintain in your eight people party at least two priests, healers and double classes everywhere. With priests the healing options in the camp menu are expansive, giving you more flexibility than in Pool of Radiance.

But basically the micromanaging, inventory, markets, trade and coins system is like a proto Pool of Radiance, but less polished. So if anybody loves that micro, will love the game the same as Pool of Radiance.

And the same with the combat system, but expanded and even more detailed. Facing Combat Based, Three or four types of attack, each one with its advantages and disadvantages depending the situation (attack, defensive attack, attack to kill, mark the target to attack later) three possitions (guard, stand, prone...) A system of a point person leading at the start of the combat to evade ambushes, to ambush or to detect the facing and the possition of the enemy.
And more. The options available in combat are very detailed.

For a 1985/86 game it was more tactically advanced than a lot of modern examples.

Greetings

As nice as it is to see the pre-Gold Box SSI CRPGs appearing here, the DOS versions of these games are the worst, graphically speaking (even C64 or Apple II looks better than CGA/EGA visual puke to me). Seriously GOG, you already have Amiga emulated games here, please try to get Amiga versions when the DOS versions are clearly worse.

The apple II version does not look better at all, maybe the Commodore 64 and Amiga do. But the PC version is much better considering that the game had to switch discs and all these shit. A pain. Probably even for the Amiga version.
Also the PC version at least comes with the more appealing CGA palette, not the horrible violet one. And the sprites are objectively more detailed in the PC version.

I think I just prefer blue to that jarring green and yellow.

You're indeed correct. I wasn't aware that Questron 2 had been created by Westwood. As for the other names maybe it's just another blunder from GOG or some sort of publishing shenanigans. I still don't understand why same games have different publishers listed, when they're sold on steam and other stores.

But I guess that the PC Questron II version was developed by Westwood, In the credits there is also other studio called Quest Sodtware involved, and obviously published by SSI.

EDIT: One link with a bit of information. But I link it just for boxed game picture. Wasn't pretty one of these in Christmas? :)

https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=57

Well, I wasn't awere of it, but knowing it the bug should be easy to evade. Like other annoying glitches in uncountable unfixed old games.