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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 20, 2015
A W E S O M E N A T I O N ! ! !
Posted August 20, 2015
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CarrionCrow: Damn...I thought putting a link to a frigging Castlevania pachinko game in would confirm the absurdity of the writing beyond a shadow of a doubt. ;)
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moonshineshadow: This is the internet, nothing can be too absurd :P
This! Totally this!
Posted August 20, 2015
Woah wholly awesome~!!!! This is the sort of stuff that makes this site great. We've been wondering where these classics are, here they are!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, time for the Dark Sun games, yes? Are you going to make us wait another 6 months-year until those are released?
Posted August 20, 2015
I'm kind of surprised that this hadn't really been covered by the gaming "news".
Posted August 20, 2015
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LiquidOxygen80: *sighs* Me too, man. Me too. I guess Shadowrun: Hong Kong will have to tide me over until then.
Didn't find a newer blog post on the Cyberpunk 2077 site than January. Maybe the CDPR staff is still busy swimming through their Witcher 3 money, Scrooge McDuck style?
Posted August 20, 2015
Not to sound like a whiner, but no Dark Sun 1 & 2?
Posted August 20, 2015
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Ixamyakxim: Oh for sure that was my first guess as well. I tossed in the "if CDPR has any inclination" mostly because I assumed it'd be their time that would be the block to it happening, not the rights owner's desire (unless of course they do hate money LOL ;) ).

As much as Eye of the Beholder could be interesting, I'd MUCH rather see Cyberpunk! And whatever they (CDPR) have up their sleeve after that!
I think CDPR should acquire the devs behind the Legend of Grimrock games, rebrand them as CD Project Blue or somesuch, and have them make EOTB 4. It would be a marriage made in heaven.
Posted August 20, 2015
Hi, guys. I'm interested in getting one of these packs (namely Dungeon Hack and that other game that I can't spell). However, this laptop I'm using has a busted Enter key, so I had to remap it to another button. Does Dungeon Hack (and I guess that other game since it comes with it) use the Enter key for anything? I'd be pretty screwed if it does as the remapped button only works in Windows and not in games.

Thanks.
Posted August 20, 2015
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freelancewolf: Hi, guys. I'm interested in getting one of these packs (namely Dungeon Hack and that other game that I can't spell). However, this laptop I'm using has a busted Enter key, so I had to remap it to another button. Does Dungeon Hack (and I guess that other game since it comes with it) use the Enter key for anything? I'd be pretty screwed if it does as the remapped button only works in Windows and not in games.

Thanks.
It's DOSBox, you can remap any key you want ;)
Posted August 20, 2015
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Leroux: Depends on what you're looking for. If you like real-time combat and puzzle dungeon crawlers like Legend of Grimrock, definitley get the first one with Eye of the Beholder. The third is similar to that, with the difference that Dungeon Hack is completely random and lacks story, and Menzobberanzan has 360 degree movement, instead of grid-based one like EOB. Consequently, the 3D environment is a bit less detailed and more ugly than in EOB, like the early 90's first person shooters.

With Collection Two you get the best value for money, but of course that's only true if you manage to get into the games. The Goldbox games are the oldest of the bunch, and they are a mixture of 3D grid-based dungeon crawling exploration and 2D turn-based combat. For my taste, they are a bit grindy, too, with partially dated graphics, but they're also supposed to have epic story-lines. Btw, one thing that I remember now is that I think these games would often refer you to numbered journal entries in the manual in order to convey the story, instead of displaying all text in-game, due to memory limitations at the time, and that can be a bit off-putting too for modern players. In my personal opinion, the most accessible game of Collection Two is Unlimited Adventures, provided you're willing to learn how to apply mods (which requires installing a small shell program).
The problem is that i'm interested in both. But thanks for your explanation :)
I think i could roll a dice to get either Collection 1 or 2 ;)
Posted August 20, 2015
Hi guys.

Does Dungeon Hack (or that other game that comes with it) use Enter key at all? That key is busted on this laptop so I can't use it in games.
Posted August 20, 2015
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freelancewolf: Hi guys.

Does Dungeon Hack (or that other game that comes with it) use Enter key at all? That key is busted on this laptop so I can't use it in games.
You should be able to get along just fine with a mouse as it uses the same engine as the Eye of the Beholder games IIRC or you can just remap your keys since it's a DOSBox game and all :)
Post edited August 20, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted August 20, 2015
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IAmSinistar: I think CDPR should acquire the devs behind the Legend of Grimrock games, rebrand them as CD Project Blue or somesuch, and have them make EOTB 4. It would be a marriage made in heaven.
LOL *head... asplodes* I'm on board!
Posted August 20, 2015
YIHAAAAAAAAAA

thanks GOG for good old stuff we been waiting for


i got them at once


Forgotten realms - the archives - collection one Eur
Forgotten realms: the archives - collection two Eur
Forgotten realms: the archives - collection three Eur


Order total: € 23.67
Posted August 20, 2015
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Bmoyn715: Not to sound like a whiner, but no Dark Sun 1 & 2?
I'm with you, definitely not whining. This is awesome, one of the things that makes GOG a great site. But it is the Dark Sun games I'm wanting hard. All these are eventual-buys that interest me a bit (I never played them back in the day), but Dark Sun games are games I'd go a bit hungry to get sooner rather than later. I never played them either, but have a huge interest.
Post edited August 20, 2015 by drealmer7
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