Seven games were obtained by 'cross-breeding' the Forgotten Realms with four different series: Dungeon Master, NetHack, Doom and Descent. It is completely unrelated to the Eye of the Beholder series. It was another tribute to the Gold Box games that came too late, and the very last turn-based Forgotten Realms game. Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder for the Game Boy Advance was developed by Pronto Games.It was supposed to be a tribute to Pool of Radiance, but by then the turn-based combat was getting obsolete. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor was released several years later and it used a more modern engine.Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace, a game set in the space (the Realmspace) around the planet of the Forgotten Realms.Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures, a software that allows any user to create and share their own Gold Box games.Įventually, a few more games were released, using a combat engine inspired by the Gold Box:.

Treasures of the Savage Frontier, the direct sequel of Gateway.It reused the city of Neverwinter and surrounding lands from Gateway to the Savage Frontier for a completely different experience. Neverwinter Nights (AOL) was the very first massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in history.Strategic Simulations produced further Gold Box games, most of them developed by Stormfront Studios. Hillsfar, an 'intermission game' developed by Westwood Studios exporting a character to the next title unlocks extra content.The original Gold Box series by Strategic Simulations includes: It was used for thirteen video games in just five years.

The Gold Box engine was developed by Strategic Simulations (SSI) in 1988 specifically to create Dungeons & Dragons video games as close as possible to the pen & paper game. In fact, earlier video games labeled as ' Dungeons & Dragons' were actually action games. Pool of radiance is the very first Dungeons & Dragons role-playing video game ever released. Games, sub-series and groups The Gold Box engine

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