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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&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 21, 2015
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These games suck so much dick.
Posted August 21, 2015
Thanks GOG! I'm ear to ear smiles just looking at the pictures.
Posted August 21, 2015
Btw, are the pack 2 & 3 good as the first one?
I've only heard about Pool of Radiance basically, lol.
Posted August 21, 2015
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BadDecissions: Thank you for your recommendation. I have a question, and it sounds like maybe you're the one to ask. Several of the modules you recommend say in their documentation that they require something called UA-Shell. I've found that program, but if I run it ask instructed, I get a message that (filepath) cannot start or run due to incompatibility with this version of Windows (Win7 64bits). Do you have any idea how to use this thing with the GOG version, if it needs to be used?
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Leroux: You don't need UAShell for every community module, but for most of the better ones. That issue is due to UAShell being a DOS program that needs to be run through Dosbox. I wish it was a little easier but Windows not supporting DOS anymore has complicated things a bit. I've found the easiest way to deal with this is to use D-Fend Reloaded, a Windows frontend for Dosbox emulation that allows you to quickly set up working instances of Dosbox for the DOS programs you wish to run.

I'm in the process of writing a (hopefully) helpful "UA for Dummies" post for the Forgotten Realms Archive forum that will explain how to deal with all of this. It's not quite ready yet and I wanted to wait for feedback from the UA community first, but you can already sneak a peek here. ;)

EDIT: If you decide to try and set up UAShell based on these instructions, let me know it everything worked and if they were easy to understand. They might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but actually the process only takes about 5 minutes at max and should not be hard at all for someone who's able to use Windows Explorer. And it's really worth it.
I followed these instructions. They were easy to understand, and, as far as I can tell, worked perfectly. I haven't had a chance to play anything yet, but the module I tried (Dead Gods) at least loaded up without trouble following your instructions. Thanks for the explanation (and for the module recommendations)
Posted August 21, 2015
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phaolo: Btw, are the pack 2 & 3 good as the first one?
I've only heard about Pool of Radiance basically, lol.
In Collection 2 Pool of Radiance and Pools of Darkness are worth the price alone - IF you happen to like the Gold Box engine. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures promises nearly infinte playtime as there're many many fanmade scenarios available.
Collection 3 is a bit weak (well, it's also cheaper). Dungeon Hack is an Eye of the Beholder-like randomly-generated single-person dungeon crawler. It's nice if you like EOB und don't care for story or plot. Menzoberranzan was never my cup of tea so I'd rather not judge it.
Post edited August 21, 2015 by DoctorPirx
Posted August 21, 2015
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Venita: Now, now, there's no need to be hasty. :)
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Dalthnock: You beautiful motherfucker, give me a goddamn kiss!

No tongue, though. Well, just for a few seconds. Longer than that would be awkward.

Now, you just tell me that the rest of the games - DragonLance, Dark Sun, Buck Rogers, etc. - will get a release & I'll make sure you get a special visit consisting of at least four professional purveyors of exotic pleasures.
Make it three and a milkshake and I might consider looking at Dragonlance.
Posted August 21, 2015
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stryx: I'm afraid that would result in EOB4 having too many annoying teleporter riddles and pressure plate puzzles.
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IAmSinistar: If I recall, Dungeon Master had a number of the latter as well. Possibly that's where the LoG folks got the inspiration.
That's true. Legend of Grimrock was more a spiritual successor to Dungeon Master than to EOB.
Posted August 21, 2015
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phaolo: Btw, are the pack 2 & 3 good as the first one?
I've only heard about Pool of Radiance basically, lol.
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DoctorPirx: In Collection 2 Pool of Radiance and Pools of Darkness are worth the price alone - IF you happen to like the Gold Box engine. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures promises nearly infinte playtime as there're many many fanmade scenarios available.
Collection 3 is a bit weak (well, it's also cheaper). Dungeon Hack is an Eye of the Beholder-like randomly-generated single-person dungeon crawler. It's nice if you like EOB und don't care for story or plot. Menzoberranzan was never my cup of tea so I'd rather not judge it.
Thanks! Pack2 wishlisted :)
Posted August 21, 2015
Also and on a side note: This is not a digital premiere. When the games were released back in the day on floppy disks, they did exist on said disks in digital form as well. Computer games were always digital. This is a digital distribution premiere. ;-)
Post edited August 21, 2015 by stryx
Posted August 21, 2015
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stryx: Also and on a side note: This is not a digital premiere. When the games were released back in the day on floppy disks, they did exist on said disks in digital form as well. Computer games were always digital. This is a digital distribution premiere. ;-)
Yeah. Similar remarks were made when GOG started using the term when they released the second wave of LucasArts games back in January. Suffice to say, that they haven't stopped using it.
Post edited August 22, 2015 by Grargar
Posted August 22, 2015
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stryx: Also and on a side note: This is not a digital premiere. When the games were released back in the day on floppy disks, they did exist on said disks in digital form as well. Computer games were always digital. This is a digital distribution premiere. ;-)
Actually, if you're going to be pedantic like that, GOG did not cast True Resurrection because that spell did not exist in 2nd edition or any of the games based on it.
Posted August 22, 2015
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stryx: Also and on a side note: This is not a digital premiere. When the games were released back in the day on floppy disks, they did exist on said disks in digital form as well. Computer games were always digital. This is a digital distribution premiere. ;-)
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dtgreene: Actually, if you're going to be pedantic like that, GOG did not cast True Resurrection because that spell did not exist in 2nd edition or any of the games based on it.
And to be even more pedantic, the Gold Box games are based on the 1st edition rules not the 2nd. ;)
Posted August 22, 2015
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BadDecissions: I followed these instructions. They were easy to understand, and, as far as I can tell, worked perfectly. I haven't had a chance to play anything yet, but the module I tried (Dead Gods) at least loaded up without trouble following your instructions. Thanks for the explanation (and for the module recommendations)
Thanks for the feedback!
Posted August 22, 2015
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BadDecissions: I followed these instructions. They were easy to understand, and, as far as I can tell, worked perfectly. I haven't had a chance to play anything yet, but the module I tried (Dead Gods) at least loaded up without trouble following your instructions. Thanks for the explanation (and for the module recommendations)
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Leroux: Thanks for the feedback!
btw Leroux, thanks for the link to endless hours of rpg gaming.
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dtgreene: Actually, if you're going to be pedantic like that, GOG did not cast True Resurrection because that spell did not exist in 2nd edition or any of the games based on it.
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DoctorPirx: And to be even more pedantic, the Gold Box games are based on the 1st edition rules not the 2nd. ;)
I think the 2nd edition rules are the Baldur's Gate, Plansecape, Icewind Dale games.

Hmm is Dark Sun based on the first ruleset as well? It was released with the reprint of the 2nd edition if I remember it right?
Post edited August 22, 2015 by MaGo72
Posted August 22, 2015
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Venita: Make it three and a milkshake and I might consider looking at Dragonlance.
I make a mean Milkshake. Just ask the kids that won't get away from the pool bar I work at.

You just said what I think you just said, didn't you? Dragonlance confirmed!!!

Now, could you or anyone else have a look at this topic I just created?

http://www.gog.com/forum/forgotten_realms_collection/wanna_play_menzoberranzan_using_wasd_click_hear

It's a file so you can play Menzo & both Ravenloft games using WASD. Q & E strafe.

I also have fine quality .jpgs that I made myself of all the books in both games, if you guys want to add them to the files. Very useful for anyone who might accidentally miss or drop one that has a clue or something.

Cheers!
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