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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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KainXVIII: No Ravenloft - no buy from me.
Ravenloft (and Dark Sun) isn't Forgotten Realms though. Different planes and all.
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KainXVIII: No Ravenloft - no buy from me.
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Venita: Now, now, there's no need to be hasty. :)
Does the same hold true for Dark Sun?
Post edited August 20, 2015 by JMich
Posted August 20, 2015
Thank you GOG! Great, I've been looking forward to those for years.

Collection 2 seems like, well, lock yourself away for 2 years.
Posted August 20, 2015
Thanks GOG. :)
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Grargar: @Viperfdl, you can now stop being disappointed at GOG. Your beloved Eye of the Beholder Trilogy is finally here.
Yeah. Now I can finally play the complete trilogy which means that I can play the third part for the first time. The only downside is the price. Haven't expected it to be that high.
Posted August 20, 2015
Eye Of The Beholder 2 is finally here, I am sooo excited for this! Thanks GOG!
Posted August 20, 2015
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nemesismartyn: Hey Guys!
Nice to see these old games here. Honestly i never played one of this, my childhood RPG gaming experience started with Might and Magic 6. Which of these 3 Bundles would you recommend? Maybe someone familiar with these can sum up the 3 bundles with like 1-2 sentences :)

Best Regards!
If you're familiar with Might & Magic you may have some luck getting used to the Eye of the Beholder games since they too have a first person perspective :) The only caveat is that they are in real-time like Legend of Grimrock unlike the turn-based Might & Magic series :)
Posted August 20, 2015
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Elmofongo: So these are the SSI Gold Box games?
Most of the forgotten realms ones (and thanks to GOG for a reasonable price on most of these as well).

There are still the DragonLance and Dark Sun series (anyone know if those have IP problems?).

My personal favorite of the gold box games is Dark Queen of Krynn (DragonLance).
Posted August 20, 2015
Wow, finally the first Gold Box games are here. Hope future releases includes the non-D&D titles too (the Buck Rogers ones)
Posted August 20, 2015
Nice, this has to be the single best day on GOG for RPG's, even better than I assume Might & Magic 1-6 was (before I found this site though).
Post edited August 20, 2015 by Crosmando
Posted August 20, 2015
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benmar: *snip*
Thank you very much. :D
Post edited August 20, 2015 by viperfdl
Posted August 20, 2015
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MetalPlateMage: There are still the DragonLance and Dark Sun series (anyone know if those have IP problems?).
My guess (especially after Venita's tease) is that they are not released today because they are not Forgotten Realms, but different setting. There may still be hope.
Posted August 20, 2015
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KainXVIII: No Ravenloft - no buy from me.
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Venita: Now, now, there's no need to be hasty. :)
Now, that sounds like a nice, reassuring comment -- guess our wallets will get hit again sometime! :-)
Posted August 20, 2015
Your post is late GOG. I already purchased two of these from your site before you posted this. It was like I sensed Eye of the Beholder was finally here.
Posted August 20, 2015
Something i noticed straight away is that the artwork for Pool of Radiance is from the wrong game, that's the box for "Pool of Radiance Ruins of Myth Drannor" which is a much later game from Ubisoft. No big deal though.
Posted August 20, 2015
Thank you gog.
Can someone tell me why Forgotten Realm Digital Archives 1 is dated 1991 but digital archives 2 is dated 1988? Did I miss something?
Posted August 20, 2015
Congrats to the people who wanted these games for so long. Not my predilection, though.

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