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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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KainXVIII: No Ravenloft - no buy from me.
Maybe it will be in Collection 4 with the 2 Ravenloft Games.
Posted August 21, 2015
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ArbitraryWater: I just realized that we might also get some of the more questionable parts of the old D&D catalog on top of the influential classics. I personally cannot wait for GOG to put out Descent to Undermountain and charge $5.99 for the privilege of playing such a... classic. Not sure if that early 2000s Pool of Radiance game is covered under whatever deal GOG has with Hasbro either, but they should get that too.
I would actually love to play Descent to Undermountain. Chris Avellone's humble beginnings! Plus, I hear the writing isn't as awful as the rest of it, but who knows.
Posted August 21, 2015
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Tarhiel: And to think some people here thought GOG has forgotten about its roots - ha!

Matt Barton will be in seventh heaven when he get´s the wind of it :)
I'd guess his inbox was flooded as soon as it came out.
Posted August 21, 2015
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Tarhiel: And to think some people here thought GOG has forgotten about its roots - ha!

Matt Barton will be in seventh heaven when he get´s the wind of it :)
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fracturedsanity: I'd guess his inbox was flooded as soon as it came out.
I´d bet that as well :)
I expect "News from the Matt Cave" with this info in the next video :D
Posted August 21, 2015
The Forgotten Realms Archive forum is broken ... It has a timestamp of "Nov. 30, -0001" and is missing the buttons for posting new threads.

Does anyone here know how you'd go about changing the soundcard for the games in Dosbox? I've tried running Unlimited Adventures and the music is a horrible cacophony. It should sound more like this. (The instruments in this aren't quite the same I remember from the Soundblaster either, but at least the melody is right.)
Posted August 21, 2015
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Leroux: The Forgotten Realms Archive forum is broken ... It has a timestamp of "Nov. 30, -0001" and is missing the buttons for posting new threads.

Does anyone here know how you'd go about changing the soundcard for the games in Dosbox? I've tried running Unlimited Adventures and the music is a horrible cacophony. It should sound more like this. (The instruments in this aren't quite the same I remember from the Soundblaster either, but at least the melody is right.)
generally you run setup.exe (same directory as main game) for gold box games to set the sound card. soundblaster, 220, dma1, irq 5 or 7. in some of them adlib worked better back in the day, ymmv.
Posted August 21, 2015
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bloodwars: generally you run setup.exe (same directory as main game) for gold box games to set the sound card. soundblaster, 220, dma1, irq 5 or 7. in some of them adlib worked better back in the day, ymmv.
I see no setup.exe, but there is a "Launch Settings" shortcut that apparantly runs the setup program. I tried that before, you can set the soundcard there, but it also asks you for an installation path, and that causes path finding issues with Dosbox (see attached images).
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Post edited August 21, 2015 by Leroux
Posted August 21, 2015
Coincidence coincidence, the Gygax vs Wizard of the Coast feud ends August 2015 ... the whole shebang of oldies gets released the same month :) just a coincidence, right? right???!!!

I wasted my teenage years on these games, I know I am old don't rub it in... now I get to waste my adulthood as well ;) Thanks you GOG! ... my wife thinks something else that I will not repeat here ... nasty words ... such negativity on a glorious day!!!!

Now get on with the programs and release the Ravenloft games and while you are at it the Dark sun ones also, even if they are buggy because SSI could not be bothered to fix the bugs I don't care.
Post edited August 21, 2015 by malevesque
Posted August 21, 2015
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DoctorPirx: Not at all: Same as my user name here. DoctorPirx. https://www.youtube.com/user/DoctorPirx
Commentaries are in German. ;)
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lostwolfe: went and had a look. awesome channel :)

and nice recommends. aulddragon is awesome :)
Thanks!
Yes, he is. One of the first Let's Players I ever wtached (and enjoyed).

(By the way: If anyone wants to cheat in their Forgotten Realms Games, google "aulddragon uge modules". He did some fantatsic work there.)
Posted August 21, 2015
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Elmofongo: Does this collection include the 1991 Neverwinter Nights?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-zQWEp_IvY
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Grargar: Of course it doesn't. Neverwinter Nights (1991) was a MMO. GOG doesn't do MMOs.
In 2012 a single-player offline conversion of Neverwinter Nights was released for Unlimited Adventures after two years of development.

http://frua.rosedragon.org/pc/modules/n/neverwin.txt
Post edited August 21, 2015 by Barry_Woodward
Posted August 21, 2015
Thanks so much for making the gold box games available.

Let me add to the pile and say that, if you can somehow bring the Krynn gold box games to GOG, not only will you have my money, I will name my first non ugly child GOG.
Posted August 21, 2015
So is anyone picking these up or have picked them up. I dont really need to as I already own them. I never could get far in any of them. Most are first person perspective and I get lost. I am eagerly waiting for Baldurs Gate Dragon Spear or whatever its called.

Of the games that were listed the only one I would play maybe is dungeon hack. Its alot of fun. Otherwise they tricked me with Pool of Radiance Ruins of Myth Drannor. I thought that would be included since they added the pic.
Posted August 21, 2015
Thank you GOG
Posted August 21, 2015
Vote for more SSI games:

50 Mission Crush
Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse
Allied General
Archon Ultra
B-24
Battle Cruiser
Battle For Normandy
Battle Of Antietam
The Battle Of The Bulge: Tigers In The Snow
Battles Of Napoleon
Blood Bowl
Bomb Alley
Buccaneer
Buck Rogers: Countdown To Doomsday
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
Carrier Strike: South Pacific
Cartels And Cutthroat$
Champions Of Krynn
Clash Of Steel: Future Edition
Clash Of Steel: World War II, Europe 1939-45
Close Combat IV: Battle Of The Bulge
Colonial Conquest
Combat Leader
Computer Ambush
Computer Baseball
Computer Bismarck
Computer Conflict
Computer Quarterback
Conflict: Korea The First Year 1950-51
Conflict: Middle East
The Cosmic Balance
Cosmic Balance II
Cyber Empires
CyClones
Cytron Masters
Dark Colony
Dark Legions
The Dark Queen Of Krynn
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Dark Sun: Wake Of The Ravager
DarkSpyre
Death Knights Of Krynn
Demon's Winter
Dragons Of Flame
DragonStrike
Dungeon Masters Assistant: Volume I: Encounters
Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume II: Characters & Treasures
Eagles
Epidemic!
The Eternal Dagger
Fantasy Empires
Field Of Fire
Fighting Steel
First Over Germany
Flanker 2.0
Galactic Gladiators
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
Gary Grigsby's War In Russia
Gemstone Healer
Gemstone Warrior
Geopolitique 1990
Gettysburg: The Turning Point
Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic, 1939-43
Great Naval Battles II: Guadalcanal, 1942-43
Great Naval Battles III: Fury In The Pacific, 1941-44
Great Naval Battles IV: Burning Steel, 1939-42
Great Naval Battles V: Demise Of The Dreadnoughts, 1914-18
Heroes Of The Lance
History Line: 1914-1918 (a.k.a. The Great War: 1914-1918)
Imperium Galactum
Kampfgruppe
Knights Of The Desert: The North African Campaign Of 1941-43
A Line In The Sand
Luftwaffe Commander: WWII Combat Flight Simulator
Mech Brigade
Medieval Lords: Soldier Kings Of Europe
Nam
Napoleon's Campaigns: 1813 & 1815
Necrodome
Neverwinter Nights (1991)
No Greater Glory: The American Civil War
North Atlantic '86
Operation Apocalypse
Operation Market Garden: Drive On Arnhem, September 1944
Panzer Commander
Panzer General
Panzer General III: Scorched Earth
Panzer Grenadier
Panzer Strike
People's General (a.k.a. Dynasty General)
Phantasie
Phantasie II
Phantasie III: Wrath Of Nikademus
Pool Of Radiance: Ruins Of Myth Drannor
President Elect
President Elect: 1988 Edition
Prophecy Of The Shadow
Queen Of Hearts
Questron
Questron II
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
Reach For The Stars
Reach For The Stars: The Conquest Of The Galaxy
Realms Of Darkness
Rebel Charge At Chickamauga
Red Lightning
Reforger '88
Renegade Legion: Interceptor
Renegade: The Battle For Jacob's Star
Rings Of Zilfin
Roadwar 2000
Roadwar Europa
Posted August 21, 2015
Second Front: Germany Turns East
Shadow Sorcerer
Shard Of Spring
Shiloh: Grant's Trial In The West
Silent Hunter
Six-Gun Shootout
Skyrealms Of Jorune: Alien Logic
Soldiers At War
Sons Of Liberty
Southern Command
Spelljammer: Pirates Of Realmspace
SSI AD&D Gold Box Series
Star Command
Star General
Steel Panthers
Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles
Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command (1939-1999)
Stellar Crusade
Storm Across Europe
Stronghold (Dungeons & Dragons)
Su-27 Flanker
The Summoning
Sword Of Aragon
Tony La Russa Baseball II
Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball
Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball: Ultimate Expansion Disk - Great Teams 1901-1968 Disk
Typhoon Of Steel
Veil Of Darkness
War Of The Lance
War Wind
War Wind II: Human Onslaught
Wargame Construction Set
Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks!
Wargame Construction Set III: Age Of Rifles 1846-1905
Warhammer 40,000: Rites Of War
The Warp Factor
Warship
Waterloo
Western Front: The Liberation Of Europe 1944-1945
When Superpowers Collide: Baltic 1985: Corridor To Berlin
When Superpowers Collide: Germany 1985
When Superpowers Collide: Norway 1985
When Superpowers Collide: RDF 1985
Wizard's Crown
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