http://bitmob.com/articles/forgotten-ruins-the-roots-of-computer-role-playing-games-strategic-simulations-inc

Nostalgia overload! Must breask out my emulators one of these days...

What a great article. Cheers for the link.

I missed a sizable chunk of those SSI titles when I was younger. Pool of Radiance, Hillsfar, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday, and Heroes of the Lance were the only ones I played. It would be super sweet if GOG could put out some collections from SSI. It would make me very happy.

And more input about the roots of crpgs.

http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/1081

have a nice day

Someone on GOG (thank you, btw!) posted the link to this blog a while ago:

http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/

It's essentially a guy trying to play through every single PC RPG ever made, from the beginning to.. well, the future, I guess. Of course he'll fail, and he knows it, but so far it's provided tons of great reading material.

Going to have a look at the Bitmob article. I love stuff like this, so thank you too Alias. :-)

Or just buy his book: http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-playing/dp/1568814119/ - it's absolutely fantastic.

As a younger gamer who likes RPGs, this book taught me more about the history of the genre I've chosen to embrace. Wonderful book.

Thanks for the book mark. Will try it some time.