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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
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Alternate Title:Pool of Radiance
Console: Commodore 64
Region:U
Year: 1988
RFG ID #: U-018-S-05150-A
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UPC: 016685051138
Developer: SSI Special Projects
Publisher: Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI)
Rating:
Genre: RPG
Sub-genre: Turn Based
Players: 1
Controller: Joystick + Keyboard
Media Format: 5.25" Floppy Disk x4
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  • 13 of 7620 collectors (0.1%) have this game in their collection
  • 0 of 7620 collectors (0%) have this game in their wishlist.
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Overview:

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance is the first game in the venerable "Gold Box" series of computer role playing game (CRPG). It set many standards for other CRPGs at the time, as well as for other games in the series.

You play a set of adventurers who are hired by the city council of the city of Phlan to clean out the monster-infested sections of the old parts of the city. There are a number of side-quests to tackle, as well as mysteries and puzzles to solve.

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance features first-person, tile-based movement, while battle are turn-based and played out on a separate screen, which features strategic attacking and defensive maneuvers.

The story is told partially through static cut scenes but primarily through the included Adventurer's Journal. When the game comes to a story point, it will often reference a page and paragraph number in the Journal that goes with the scene.

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance uses a code wheel for copy protection, which requires the player to match up properly or the game will no longer be playable and require a restart.

Variations:

Console Reg. Type Title Publisher Year Genre
Commodore 64 United Kingdom S Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance U.S. Gold / SSI 1988 RPG
Commodore 64 Germany S Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance U.S. Gold / SSI 1988 RPG
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Commodore 64 U S Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Curse of the Azure Bonds Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI) 1989 RPG
Commodore 64 U S Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Gateway to the Savage Frontier Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI) 1991 RPG
Commodore 64 U S Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI) 1990 RPG
Game Trivia:

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Game Credits:

  • Scenario Created by: Jim Ward, David Cook, Steve Winter, Mike Breault (TSR)
  • Programmers: Keith Brors, Brad Myers
  • Artists: Tom Wahl, Darla Marasco, Susan Halbleib, Fred Butts, Maurice Molyneaux, Vince Reynolds
  • Developers: George MacDonald, Victor Penman, Paul Murray, Russ Brown, Dave Shelley
  • Project Manager: Chuck Kroegel
  • Testers: Joel Billings, Steve Salyer, James Kucera, Robert Daly, John Bruning
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