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Alternate Title:	Heroes of the Lance
Console:	Commodore 64
Region:	United Kingdom
Year:	1989
RFG ID #:	E-018-S-03720-A
Part #:
UPC:	5013442541678
Developer:	U.S. Gold
Publisher:	U.S. Gold / SSI
Rating:
Genre:	RPG
Sub-genre:	Action RPG
Players:	1
Controller:	Joystick + Keyboard
Media Format:	Cassette

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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.

There are several differences to this variation of the game due to the space limitations of the tape medium (from the cassette adendum):

• High scores cannot be saved and the save and restore feature is not included
• The maze route is omitted
• There is no waterfall picture
• You cannot return from one zone to another
• The same character graphics are used for all 8 characters

Console	Reg.	Type	Title	Publisher	Year	Genre
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance [Disk Version]	U.S. Gold / SSI	1989	RPG
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance [Rerelease]	Kixx	1991	RPG
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance	Erbe Software	1989	RPG
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance	U.S. Gold / SSI	1989	RPG
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance	Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI)	1989	Action/Adventure

Console	Reg.	Type	Title	Publisher	Year	Genre
Commodore 64		S	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragons of Flame	U.S. Gold / SSI	1990	RPG

The game was found on the following compilation:

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Limited Edition Collector's Set

• Commodore User #69 Review
• Your Commodore #61 Review

• Written by: Greg Duddle
• Graphics by: James McDermott
• Programming Team: Rob Nicholson, Jason Heggie, Jez Nelson, Ben Daglish, Simon Dunston, Mr Micro Ltd
• UK Project Manager: Mike Wilding
• US Project Manager: Bret Berry
• Based on the module DL1 Dragons of Despair