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Pool Of Radiance

ECS/OCS

Pool Of Radiance - Double Barrel Screenshot

Information

Year of the first release

1990

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

SSI - Rest of the World
U.S. Gold - Europe

Number max of players

Budget publisher

ECP - Australasia

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Ubi Soft

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Jean-Claude Lhote
Coder : Nicolas Eypert
Coder : Philippe Derencourt
Graphician : Francois Déon
Graphician : Jean-Claude Lhote
Graphician : Nicolas Eypert
Graphician : Philippe Derencourt
Graphician : Pierre Boutavant
Musician : Wally Beben (Wal Beban/Hagar)
Misc : David Cook
Misc : George MacDonald
Misc : Jim Ward
Misc : Mike Breault
Misc : Steve Winter

Language in manual

Hardware

ECS
OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

yes

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Author	Psygore
Updated	2016-09-11 21:16:12

HD install

yes

HD notes

- HD installer is contained on disk 1. - Installation requires approx. 2Mb HD space. - HD gameplay requires at least 1Mb ram.

Genre
Category	RPG
Subcategory	RPG - Dungeon Crawler
Dimension	2D
Quickmatch	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D)
Quickmatch	Enhanced Features - Savegames (Saved Games) [Floppy]
Quickmatch	Seperate Save Disk
Scrolltype	None
Theme	Fantasy - Swords & Sorcery
Viewpoint	Angle
Viewpoint	First Person

Conversion hardware

Apple II/IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Commodore C64/128
NEC PC-98
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

Conversion notes

Based on 1988 SSI Special Projects Group/SSI 8-bit (C64/128, Apple II) and PC/Tandy releases. PC versions: CGA, EGA, Tandy

Classic compilation

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Limited Edition Collector's Set

Relationship

is a precursor to Curse Of The Azure Bonds
is a precursor to Pools Of Darkness
is a precursor to Secret Of The Silver Blades

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] POOL OF RADIANCE was the first licensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing computer game. Additionally, it's the first of four games in the Forgotten Realms fantasy world series, and was followed by CURSE OF THE AZURE BONDS, SECRET OF THE SILVER BLADES and POOLS OF DARKNESS. [2] Original game development by George MacDonald; scenario created by David Cook, Jim Ward, Mike Breault and Steve Winter at TSR. Amiga coding & extra graphics by Jean-Claude Lhote, Nicolas Eypert & Philippe Derencourt. Main graphics by Francois Déon and Pierre Boutavant. Music & sound FX by Wally Beben. [3] Game allows players to export characters to AD&D computer RPG HILLSFAR. Additionally, the game supports savegames (floppy and HD) and a quit back to WB option. Last known release: V1.0 (20-Sep-89)