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Platform: Windows 98 / Me / 95 | ESRB Rating: Everyone

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ASIN: B00001QEP7
Media: CD-ROM

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,872 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
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The Forgotten Realms campaign setting for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons has inspired more computer games than any other. You can get 13 of them in one package with the Forgotten Realms Archives: Silver Edition. Like most collections of this size it has its share of hits and misses, but if you don't require cutting-edge graphics and modern interfaces to have fun, you'll find many hours of enjoyment in this vault of role-playing game history.

All the famous Gold Box games are included, from Pool of Radiance, the game that started it all, to the high-level adventure Pools of Darkness. It takes some doing to get them running properly, but the rewards are worth it for old-school role-playing fans that never had the chance to complete these great games. The ground-breaking Eye of the Beholder series--three terrific games--is also included. "Newer" games include the acclaimed Underdark adventure Menzoberranzan and Blood & Magic, a poor real-time strategy game that is by far the most disappointing title in this package. Even hardcore players likely won't get much satisfaction from the boring Dungeon Hack or Hillsfar, which has too much combat and too little depth.

Don't expect too much from the graphics in these games. Some are more than 10 years old, and they can be cranky on newer, faster machines running Windows 95 or 98. If you have the patience to get them running, however, this collection is one rewarding time machine. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

Plenty of classic role-playing games
All titles are set in the popular Forgotten Realms

Cons:

The uninitiated will balk at the poor graphics and outdated interfaces
Can be difficult to get these older games running properly on a modern system

Amazon.com Product Description

The Forgotten Realms Archives: Silver Edition is the most extensive Advanced Dungeons & Dragons PC game collection ever. More than a dozen of the greatest fantasy role-playing adventures ever created have been collected into a single amazing boxed set. The Silver Edition includes all the great features of the original Archives plus Blood and Magic and a fully interactive Baldur's Gate demo. Whether you're an enthusiast or a beginner, this compilation will provide months of entertainment value.

Included in the set are Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, Hillsfar, Eye of the Beholder, Eye of the Beholder II, Eye of the Beholder III, Dungeon Hack, Menzoberranzan, Blood and Magic, and the Baldur's Gate interactive demo.

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5.0 out of 5 stars These are the best of the best of the old RPGs, June 12, 2003

By	Richard Veysey (Lamoine, ME) - See all my reviews

When I was younger, first getting into RPGs, my mom got me Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen and a set of AD&D games with Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and Secret of the Silver Blades (3 of the 13 games in this set). Unfortunately I was too young to understand the complexities of all of the games, and never ended up getting very far, except in Might and Magic. A few years later I rented Eye of the Beholder (it and its two sequals are in this set) for SNES. I instantly became immersed in the enourmous environment provided, the Sewers of the city of Waterdeep provided great entertainment, and frustration, since there were no people to sell me potions, rations, or weapons. Once again I didn't make it very far, and always had to return the game before I got to the last battle.

Then, about a year ago I was in a certain store when I spoted a shelf of $10, two for one games. I looked through them while waiting for my mom to come from shopping and spotted this set in a smaller box, no instructions, only the decoder for entering some of the games included. But I instantly grabbed it, eagerly anticipating my mom's return so that I could purchase it. I bought it, brought it home, set it up on my older PC, and got right to Eye of the Beholder.

It is now one year later and I have gone through the entire Eye of the Beholder Series, completed Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure bonds, and am now working on Secret of the Silver blades. These are great games if you have an older computer (these may be the best games you can buy AND run on it), or even if you don't.

I have to admit, I wasn't happy with Blood and Magic and Hillsfar, but those are only two out of thirteen games (actually, Menzobaranzan doesn't seem to work with my computer, so that brings the total games I won't play to three out of thirteen). These games represent a wonderful range of styles. Eye of the Beholder is mostly like Baldur's gate, except first person (like the old Shadowgate games, or, I suppose, Myst) and with no shops, everything you use is found. Secret of the Silver blades is first person in the same way, untill you get into a battle. Then it goes to an overhead view with true turnbased combat. Blood and Magic is mostly like a strategy game.

If you like modern AD&D games, then this is probably a nice set of games for you. However, if you are new to the series, you should try some of the newer games, such as Baulder's gate and Icewind Dale.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Back in the day...", May 18, 2000

By	Brian Smith "criacow" (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I can actually remember playing Eye of the Beholder 2 when it first came out, and Pool of Radiance when it was released for the 8-bit Nintendo system... When I heard this was released (actually, the original Archives), I was excited to see all these games back again. As a matter of fact, my Eye of the Beholder 2 characters are camped and resting as I write this. The games are in their original condition, and just as fun to play as ever. There's definitely enough here for months of fun, and something for everyone. People who are newer to computers might have a little trouble getting used to the interface at first -- it isn't given on a silver platter, and does require some use of the keyboard -- which, personally, is how I prefer a game to be.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent games, but todays PCs are way too fast, May 7, 2000

By	"crix" (Tasmania, Australia) - See all my reviews

I have loved these games since I played some of them on a C64 years ago. As they were written for slower PC's, if you have a PC faster than a 486 I would suggest using moslow or something similar, especially in combat. If you can put up with that, there is enough here for months of happy RPGing.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No Manuals, So Good Luck Figuring out what you're doing
I bought this set several years ago, I no longer have it - but let this review explain why.

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5.0 out of 5 stars OLDIES but Goodies
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Published on April 3, 2007 by M. Beach

5.0 out of 5 stars All the classic D&D games
In 1991 I started playing the Pool of Radience and messed with the Pirates in the Bar. The computers back then could not handle the battle and always locked up. Read more

Published on January 12, 2007 by Reaper

5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Age of 1-Player RGS
For those having problems getting many of these games to work on modern computers-- Go to Google or Yahoo and do a search for two things- DosBox and D-Fend. Read more

Published on June 3, 2006 by Autrey Clelland Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excited but confounded
I somehow installed the oldest game of this collection (Pool Of Radiance) yet can not figure out how to install the rest of the games. Read more

Published on November 28, 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars price??!!!!??
ok... i have this game pack, and i bought it at a gaming boutique in the mall for 14.99, so why is it so much??? it really shouldn't cost this much!! Read more

Published on November 13, 2003 by Wayne Freelove

1.0 out of 5 stars This would be better if I could get 3 quarters of the games
to work. Okay I have four computers the first one I ever know with windows 3.5 a pentium 1 with 95 and a laptop with 98 then pentium 3 with Me the first one since it did not have... Read more

Published on July 1, 2001 by A gamer

5.0 out of 5 stars Old school baby!
I remember playing Pool of Radiance on my Tandy 1000 HX. I love these games even more than some of the new high power games of today! Read more

Published on September 28, 2000 by the_gamedx

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
This pack has it all... I remember when I played "pool of radience" on my Apple ][ e. If you like roleplaying games will not so spectacular graphics... Read more

Published on September 10, 2000

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