showing 4 games
| name arrow_downward | publisher(developer) | year | tags | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Human Relations Media Software (Golden Software) | 1985 | castle cattle currency earlyending fairytalebasis geese giants keyboard magic menus uvl-confusable | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Pool of Radiance | SSI (Westwood Associates;SSI Special Projects Group) | 1988 | 5.25disk adnd apple2e assemblylang basilisks bootloader centaurs combatmode display-280x192 dnd encounters-timed forgottenrealms frog ghouls giants gnolls goblins goldboxengine keyboard kobolds medieval minotaurs mummies ogres orcs originsawardbestfantasyscifi poolofradiance sauroids scorpions skeletons spiders tigers trolls undead vampires wildboars zombies | The first chapter in The Forgotten Realms Epic. Play Ruins of Adventure, a Forgotten Realms AD&D game module based on this game. A few defiant humans are trying to reclaim the war torn city of Phlan from bands of monsters. They plan to build a new city on the ruins of the old. It seems as though the monsters are organized under someone's command to prevent the rebuilding. The player commands a group of hired adventures to clear monsters from the city, from the city's surrounding defenses, and to investigate the source of the attacks. The Apple and Commodore versions were simultaneously developed according to the article "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" by Croftward in "G.M. the Independent Fantasy Roleplaying Magazine", September 1988. Other versions originate from ports of one of these. These were the first of the Gold Box engine games. | labelimagesubject |
| Sylvan Idyll | Softdisk | 1992 | attractmode commercial forest giants indoors joystick keyboard keys license-proprietary monsters ogres outdoors score | labelminimizeminimize | |
| The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown | Electronic Arts (Interplay) | 1985 | 3.5disk 5.25disk bardstale bardstaleengine combatmode demons dragons dungeoncrawler feelies ghosts giants gridmove group halflings hydrae magic monsters shopping skeletons undead vampires weefolk xp-kills zombies | [48]***Apparently influenced by D&D and the Wizardry series.***Tags: To cast one of the 85 available spells, the player needs to consult the game's manual to find the corresponding four letter code. [Zerothis]***Long ago, when magic still prevailed, the evil wizard Mangar the Dark threatened a small but harmonious country town called Skara Brae. Evil creatures oozed into Skara Brae and joined his shadow domain. Mangar froze the surrounding lands with a spell of Eternal Winter, totally isolating Skara Brae from any possible help. Then, one night the town militiamen all disappeared. The future of Skara Brae hung in the balance. And who was left to resist? Only a handful of unproven young Warriors, junior Magic Users, a couple of Bards barely old enough to drink, and some out of work Rogues. You are there. You are the leader of this ragtag group of freedom fighters. Luckily you have a Bard with you to sing your glories, if you survive. For this is the stuff of legends. And so the story begins... [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
