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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 23, 2015
On OSX use FN + left arrow and right arrow to move in the menu of Pool Of Radiance to select the race, gender and class.

The code wheel is an additional PDF download but looks like there are online tools that make it easier to go through the selection process (such as weekendwastemonster.net/crpgs/pool/codewheel/poolwheel.html )
Posted August 23, 2015
Are there any future plans to sell Descent to Undermountain?

I hope not.
Posted August 23, 2015
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jackster79: Whew! I think I am okay then as I do not believe that is part of the compilation (though if it is, I will only install it on a virtual machine).

Appreciate you getting back to me - thank you! :-)
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NotJabba: Just to confirm this, Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter are excellent games, and I've never had any crash issues with either of them. It sounds like you have the Total Codex compilation (the first two games plus the Chimera expansion and some mods), which is also the version I have.

Edit: the version of Myth II that ships with the Codex is 1.3, which would have been well after the hard drive problem that apparently was present at initial release.
I'm pretty sure most of us were talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Radiance:_Ruins_of_Myth_Drannor which came out in 2001 , with regard to the uninstallation issues. I've searched the mists of my memory and IIRC the problem occured when you had the game installed only 1 level down (so the folder was in C:\) there was some bad tree walking code that didn't deal with not having a folder 1 level higher (Program Files) as you would in a normal default installation.
Posted August 23, 2015
Well done GOG! Kudos to you for bringing us The Archives!! Here's hoping we'll see more D&D classics, including, but not limited to:

•Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
•Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
•Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
•Ravenloft: Curse of the Prophet
•Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
•DragonStrike
•Heroes of the Lance
•SpellJammer: Pirates of Realmspace
Posted August 24, 2015
Thanks GOG for your love to classics. You'll see that they beat Indies in the end.
Posted August 24, 2015
How does Collection 2 stand against the test of time for someone who never played them? The combat and npc graphics are fine but the dungeons (mainly the walls) from some of the games look like they will get on my nerves after a while. Are these games mainly for people who played them when they were first released to re-experience them or can someone who never played any games from the late 80s just hop in and enjoy them. The reviews seem really positive but I have been hurt with them before. I love the GoG community to bits but I have learned to be wary of a review that begins with a flashback.
Posted August 24, 2015
Who is the license holder for the Eye of the Beholder Trilogy?
Would be great to know to make sure of a Let's Play permission.
Posted August 24, 2015
The Dragonlance games are going to show up on GoG :)

http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/20/gog-on-dragonlance-gold-box-games-theyre-coming/



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Kordanor: Who is the license holder for the Eye of the Beholder Trilogy?
Would be great to know to make sure of a Let's Play permission.
Ask GoG. They hold the publishing rights and at the very least could direct you to someone to ask if they can't grant that permission themselves.
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Posted August 24, 2015
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Darilon: How does Collection 2 stand against the test of time for someone who never played them? The combat and npc graphics are fine but the dungeons (mainly the walls) from some of the games look like they will get on my nerves after a while. Are these games mainly for people who played them when they were first released to re-experience them or can someone who never played any games from the late 80s just hop in and enjoy them. The reviews seem really positive but I have been hurt with them before. I love the GoG community to bits but I have learned to be wary of a review that begins with a flashback.
Have a look here how they look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djnsj2CSPlA

This is not 1920x1080 resolution, he plays them in a window. IMO they are great games and if you like oldschool rpgs you should give them a go. If you like them, with the DnD coll 2 , you will be occupied for quite some time.
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Posted August 24, 2015
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Darilon: How does Collection 2 stand against the test of time for someone who never played them? The combat and npc graphics are fine but the dungeons (mainly the walls) from some of the games look like they will get on my nerves after a while. Are these games mainly for people who played them when they were first released to re-experience them or can someone who never played any games from the late 80s just hop in and enjoy them. The reviews seem really positive but I have been hurt with them before. I love the GoG community to bits but I have learned to be wary of a review that begins with a flashback.
It depends entirely on whether you care about the graphics and whether you're into complicated rules like 1st edition D&D. The gameplay is good. It doesn't matter if you've never played them before.
Posted August 24, 2015
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Darilon: How does Collection 2 stand against the test of time for someone who never played them? The combat and npc graphics are fine but the dungeons (mainly the walls) from some of the games look like they will get on my nerves after a while. Are these games mainly for people who played them when they were first released to re-experience them or can someone who never played any games from the late 80s just hop in and enjoy them. The reviews seem really positive but I have been hurt with them before. I love the GoG community to bits but I have learned to be wary of a review that begins with a flashback.
No guarantees for the classic Goldbox games, but I think Unlimited Adventures (1993) can be enjoyed by anyone who likes turn-based D&D games, even today. It's not a classic campaign, but a campaign editor that allows you to play hundreds of high quality community modules made with the most advanced Goldbox engine. This includes remakes for Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds, as well as countless adaptations of classic pen-and-paper modules, and even Oriental, Sci-Fi and Superhero scenarios. Graphics and controls are fine enough, and especially the hacked community modules can look quite good. So even if you can't get into Pool of Radiance due to its clunky controls and crude graphics, you could play the remake in the Unlimited Adventures engine. See attached image for a screenshot of Unlimited Adventures (with default 3D walls and custom UI).
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Posted August 24, 2015
Hi, gang. I bought collection 3 and I'm having fun with Dungeon Hack. I'm confused about one thing though. From what I recall (from such games such as The Dark Spire for the DS), the lower the AC is, the better it is. The manual for Dungeon Hack though makes it sound as if the lower the AC is, the worse it is. Am I reading the manual wrong? I am not familiar with AD&D rules. Thanks!
Posted August 24, 2015
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freelancewolf: Hi, gang. I bought collection 3 and I'm having fun with Dungeon Hack. I'm confused about one thing though. From what I recall (from such games such as The Dark Spire for the DS), the lower the AC is, the better it is. The manual for Dungeon Hack though makes it sound as if the lower the AC is, the worse it is. Am I reading the manual wrong? I am not familiar with AD&D rules. Thanks!
Lower AC is better. My Figher/Cleric/Mage has much lower AC when wearing Bronze Plate than when wearing her Cloak of Protection +2, like -7 versus 0, and the difference in how often she gets hit is noticeable.
Posted August 24, 2015
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dtgreene: Lower AC is better. My Figher/Cleric/Mage has much lower AC when wearing Bronze Plate than when wearing her Cloak of Protection +2, like -7 versus 0, and the difference in how often she gets hit is noticeable.
That's what I thought but I wanted to make sure. -2 is better than 2. Thanks!
Post edited August 24, 2015 by freelancewolf
Posted August 24, 2015
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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 :)
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Skysect: curse_of_the_azure_bonds_adventure_journal and curse_of_the_azure_bonds_clue_book have a website shortcut inside to mocagh.org :S
Yes, I know. They asked us to give a link back to their site whenever we used something of theirs :)
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