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Posted August 21, 2015
We're casting True Resurrection on Eye of the Beholder and twelve more D&D GoldBox classics.

You are sitting in a tavern. The mighty Wizards of the Coast bestow upon you their greatest treasures: Forgotten Realms: The Archives - long lost relics of an RPG renaissance that changed the face of gaming forever. Today, one of the forgotten grails of gaming history is within your grasp, should you travel to a magical, DRM-free realm known as GOG.com

Eye of the Beholder, Pool of Radiance, Menzoberranzan - the list of groundbreaking RPG classics goes on. We set out on the quest for Forgotten Realms: The Archives a long time ago, and though it was a perilous journey - after years of searching, huge help from our friends at Hasbro and Wizards of The Coast, as well as months of technical work - we get to be freaking excited to sit here and say:
Forgotten Realms: The Archives are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com





The Archives are a set of thirteen D&D GoldBox classics packaged across three collections:
--<span class="bold">Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One</span> features Eye of the Beholder I, II, and III. It's the three and only, the gold-standard in classic RPG dungeon crawling.

--<span class="bold">Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two</span> features more gameplay hours and secrets than we could ever count - with Pool of Radiance, Hillsfar, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Pools of Darkness, Secret of the Silver Blades, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and D&D: Unlimited Adventures.

--<span class="bold">Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Three</span> features near-infinite replay value and and an important chunk of RPG history with Dungeon Hack and Menzoberranzan.





We are now home to precisely 20 years of digital D&D RPG history - from Pool of Radiance (1988) to Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (2008). You can also complete your personal collection with all the remaining D&D titles on sale at up to 80% off in our early D&amp;D Weekend Promo! Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights - they're all here, so head straight to the promo page, or read more about it.






Stream watch:

We'll be featuring lots of D&D classics at Twitch.tv/GOGcom - follow us to not miss 'em or read on for the full Dungeon-and-Dragon-filled schedule below!

THURSDAY, August 20th:
2pm GMT / 4pm CEST / 10am EDT / 7am PDT: Pool of Radiance with Classicor
4pm GMT / 6pm CEST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT: Eye of the Beholder II with MegapiemanPHD
6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT: Eye of the Beholder with Outstar
10pm GMT / 12am CEST / 6pm EDT / 3pm PDT: Menzoberranzan with Classicor

FRIDAY, August 21st:
6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT: Curse of the Azure Bonds with Piranjade

SUNDAY, August 23rd:
10pm GMT / 12am CEST / 6pm EDT / 3pm PDT: Dungeon Hack with Classicor
Posted August 20, 2015
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implord66: Hopefully as "Dragonlance" series boxed sets. I would also love to see the Raven loft games get this treatment!
Dark Sun 1/2 too
Posted August 20, 2015
WOOOHOOO!!! Thanks GOG!
Posted August 20, 2015
Looks like news of the release has hit the web at large. The forums are bogging down.
Posted August 20, 2015
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IAmSinistar: Since GOG is the publisher, I wonder how far their ownership rights now extend. Is it conceivable that CDPR could make Eye Of The Beholder 4, for example?
It seems that everything published by GOG so far (with the exception of Shadow of the Horned Rat) once belonged to SSI. With Judas' comments that they do actually own Fantasy and Pacific General, it wouldn't be a stretch if they did actually own the Eye of the Beholder games now. Thus, I wouldn't call the scenario inconceivable.
Posted August 20, 2015
Cool! Nice to have the Archives available again, and on GOG.

And the 5 star worthless reviews are already pouring in.
Posted August 20, 2015
No regional pricing? Let's see how long that'll last.

Otherwise these are very good releases, very very good!
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Posted August 20, 2015
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I don't have much time to beat the big drum for it right now, but I'd still like to draw some attention to the most underrated game of today's releases:

Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA)

While this might not seem like much on first look, compared to the others, it's actually the Neverwinter Nights of the 90's! This game alone is worth the asking price for Collection Two, as it gives you access to tons of free and high quality community campaigns for hundreds of hours of story-telling and turn-based combat entertainment. Just take a look at this "Hall of Fame" list that I compiled for the FRUA community (and that's only the modules that I officially approved of!). If you're a fan of the Goldbox games or the old Pen-and-Paper modules, this may very well turn out to be a real treasure trove for you. If, on the other hand, you fear these games might be dated, I urge you to reconsider and try FRUA at least. Even if you can't get into the Goldbox games (like myself), FRUA still has a lot to offer to you. It uses the most advanced engine of them all and the community modded it to be much more versatile, allowing for enhanced graphics and even different genres than standard Forgotten Realms fantasy. There are also Ravenloft and Planescape modules, for example, but even sci-fi and superhero modules. The FRUA community is still alive after 22 years, btw, it's small, but one of the most welcoming, helpful and friendly communities on the internet, possibly even more so than GOG.

Check out some random screenshots below of how modded FRUA can look like.
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Post edited August 20, 2015 by Leroux
Posted August 20, 2015
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Wow! Great releases!
Let's hope this will appease the "where-are-the-old-games" posts for some time.

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DeadlyRamon: Don't forget the two excellent Buck Rogers games that used the same engine as the other GoldBox classics!
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l0rdtr3k: Forgotten about those. I remember playing a Buck Rogers game on.my Mega Drive but I don't remember if it's the same.
Although there are some differences between the PC/Amiga versions and the Mega Drive they are the same game.
And only the first one, Countdown to Doomsday, was released for Mega Drive.
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Posted August 20, 2015
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Grargar: It seems that everything published by GOG so far (with the exception of Shadow of the Horned Rat) once belonged to SSI. With Judas' comments that they do actually own Fantasy and Pacific General, it wouldn't be a stretch if they did actually own the Eye of the Beholder games now. Thus, I wouldn't call the scenario inconceivable.
Awesome, thanks Fact Cat! Is it too soon for me to add EOTB4 to the Wishlist? ;)
Posted August 20, 2015
Meh. I`m a big fan of GOG and I love RPGs, but GOG managed it to release the only RPG series that I really don`t like: Dungeons & Dragons! Well, my wallet is safe now.
To all you people who like D&D: Don`t listen to the grumpy old man and enjoy the games. :-))

I don`t even know why I don`t like D&D. Maybe because when I played Pen and Paper RPGs, I started with games like "The Black Eye", "Traveller" and "Shadowrun". D&D was not even an option for us back then.
Posted August 20, 2015
I just peed my pants a little when I saw the front page featuring Eye of the Beholder series.

Thank you gog. You're amazing <3
Posted August 20, 2015
The best value ever! Thanks GOG!
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Posted August 20, 2015
Hmmm, so "GOG Ltd" is publishing all these, that's good news, at least it means they'll never disappear.
Posted August 20, 2015
Nice release and a good surprise. To those who recommend the Amiga versions, the PC versions were the full releases with added difficulty. An example, Gateway to the Savage Frontier and Treasures of the Savage Frontier have Vampires and Wights included unlike the Amiga versions which were cut from their release.
Posted August 20, 2015
Epic releases, now I just need to decide where to start (probably with Eye of the Beholder).

I wish GOG would label screenshots in multi-item releases; some of them look more interesting but it's hard to tell which of the 8 games it is.
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