D&D Classic Gold Box games come to GOG

[Barrister]

I never played these back in the day (you think I was kidding about being an Apple fanboy- these games never came out in Apple II or Mac versions).

I have trouble imagining I could manage the graphics today.  But can anyone convince me otherwise?  Because I am generally a huge D&D nerd.

[Valmy]

I never played these back in the day (you think I was kidding about being an Apple fanboy- these games never came out in Apple II or Mac versions).

Yes they did. I played them on an Apple II. Or at least I did the first couple.

I have trouble imagining I could manage the graphics today.  But can anyone convince me otherwise?  Because I am generally a huge D&D nerd.

The graphics are alright because it is the old icon based gaming where the graphics don't matter. It is only the games that tried to have graphics that it is a problem.

Having said that the IE games are much better. This is 1st Ed AD&D man. Every silly thing about the old versions looms large. 'What do you mean my elf wizard can only get to level 8?'

[Valmy]

That and the fight against the ogres and trolls in the Rope Guild.

Took a lot of sleep spells in both battles.

Hold the line! Toss burning oil!

You could only sleep one of those biguns at a time and it did not always work

Stupid trolls would get back up and you couldn't burn their corpses like in Bioware games. You had to kill them with oil.

[Valmy]

I am curious about the Savage Frontier Games. They just came out a tough time for me personally. I never played them but generally they are an interesting bridge between the old school AD&D games and the ones from the late 90s.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I liked them.  Slicker video, slicker rules. Didn't have the 'epic' feel I got from the mass of plot and world building stuff that came with the original trilogy though.  But fun.

[Valmy]

The original 'trilogy' was actually four games

I never completed Pools of Darkness sadly.

[Solmyr]

Pools of Darkness was hard as hell. I remember dying horribly many times in the demon lord fights (particularly Tanetal... and navigating the body of Moander to get to him was nasty too).

[Valmy]

Pools of Darkness was hard as hell. I remember dying horribly many times in the demon lord fights (particularly Tanetal... and navigating the body of Moander to get to him was nasty too).

Yeah that was when I quit. The Body of Moander.

[Syt]

The Krynn, Ravenloft, and Dark Sun games are now also available:

http://www.gog.com/game/dungeons_dragons_ravenloft_series
http://www.gog.com/game/dungeons_dragons_dark_sun_series
http://www.gog.com/game/dungeons_dragons_krynn_series

$9,99 each pack.

[Martinus]

I am scared to try. I loved these games when I was 12.

[Valmy]

I am scared to try. I loved these games when I was 12.

They have not aged well.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Tried to play them awhile back.  Just couldn't do it.  They are old enough and clunky, though awesome in their day. So instead I watched a few hundred hours of Let's Play .