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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 22, 2015
I can't remember the last time I've even seen the boxes for these.

I'd be real interested in Ravenloft. I'd heard about those ones but never played them.
Posted August 22, 2015
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SkeleTony: When I want to play a real time game I will load up Duke Nuken 3D or Shadow Warrior or an older arcade game. I don't want that crap ruining my RPGs though.
There are lots of classic real-time CRPGs, from Ultima 7 and Ultima Underworld through Elder Scrolls and Eye of the Beholder. Ceteris paribus, I do prefer turn-based over real-time games, but overall I would rather play a high quality game regardless of its engine or mechanics over a poorly designed one.
Posted August 22, 2015
Just got reminded of how tedious Menzo's chargen is, having to listen to that drow witch with the horrid voice just to create a character.
Post edited August 22, 2015 by Crosmando
Posted August 22, 2015
Thanks for bringing these classic games to GOG!
Can we now please get Dark Sun 1+2 too? Pretty please....
And Black Crypt, Bloodwych + addon, Abandoned Places... So many good titles still out there to bring to GOG! :)
Post edited August 22, 2015 by NewParadigm2012
Posted August 22, 2015
Fantastic new releases. I hope we see the Dragonlance Gold Box games and the Buck Rogers Gold Box games at some point.
Posted August 22, 2015
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NewParadigm2012: Thanks for bringing these classic games to GOG!
Can we now please get Dark Sun 1+2 too? Pretty please....
And Black Crypt, Bloodwych + addon, Abandoned Places... So many good titles still out there to bring to GOG! :)
I still have the manual and map to Abandoned Places from the Amiga. I would love to see it on GOG!
Posted August 22, 2015
so collections 3 and 1 have first person perspective games, while collection 2 has no first person perspective games?
Posted August 22, 2015
This is out of left field, but I need to ask, is there any plans by CD Projekt to give the Forgotten realms RPG games (por, cab, ssb & pod) the baldur's gate enhanced edition treatment? You know, 1st edition AD&D/forgotten realms with modern 3D graphics and GUI. Any kind of answer (a wink would do) would be appreciated :D
Posted August 22, 2015
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apehater: so collections 3 and 1 have first person perspective games, while collection 2 has no first person perspective games?
Not really. Collection two has plenty of games with a first-person perspective. The main difference is that collection two is entirely composed of turn-based games, while collection 1 and 3 are composed of real-time games.
Posted August 22, 2015
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Kirben: Is there any hope of the lack of music in Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds been fixed? there has been no response so far.

GOG just needs to use an earlier version of each game, to restore the original introduction music.
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JudasIscariot: Tell me all about it via PM?

We're more than happy to get the MIDI music going and all that :)
curse_of_the_azure_bonds_adventure_journal and curse_of_the_azure_bonds_clue_book have a website shortcut inside to mocagh.org :S
Posted August 22, 2015
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apehater: so collections 3 and 1 have first person perspective games, while collection 2 has no first person perspective games?
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Grargar: Not really. Collection two has plenty of games with a first-person perspective. The main difference is that collection two is entirely composed of turn-based games, while collection 1 and 3 are composed of real-time games.
do you know which games of col 2 have fpp?
Posted August 22, 2015
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apehater: do you know which games of col 2 have fpp?
It seems that all of them do, but they are not exclusively FPP, unlike collections one and three, which are.
Posted August 23, 2015
Well this is the best weekend ever
Posted August 23, 2015
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Grargar: Not really. Collection two has plenty of games with a first-person perspective. The main difference is that collection two is entirely composed of turn-based games, while collection 1 and 3 are composed of real-time games.
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apehater: do you know which games of col 2 have fpp?
I don't know about Hillsfar, but all other games in Collection Two have a fake 3D viewport with FPP. The difference is that it's only for exploration, not combat. You navigate step by step through a grid-based dungeon with 90 degree movement, but you won't see any NPC or monsters moving around in FPP. Instead, certain spots in the dungeons trigger text events with pictures or turn-based combat that takes place on a 2D battlefield with character icons. In the games from Collection One and Three, monsters can be seen in the FPP view and they move around and attack in real-time. EOB and Dungeon Hack are grid-based, too, Menzoberranzan has free (but clunky) movement in a real 3D environment, like the old FPS games.
Post edited August 23, 2015 by Leroux
Posted August 23, 2015
Bought all 3 packs and would gladly pay for the rest of the games. Please give us the Krynn trilogy and Dark Sun games.
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