Pool of Radiance is a role-playing video game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc ( SSI ) in 1988.

The other games in the " Gold Box " series used the game engine pioneered in Pool of Radiance, as did later D & D titles such as the Neverwinter Nights online game.

Pool of Radiance takes place in the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting, with the action centered in and around the port city of Phlan.

Generally well received by the gaming press, Pool of Radiance won the Origins Award for " Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1988 ".

Also well-regarded was the ability to export player characters from Pool of Radiance to subsequent SSI games in the series.

Pool of Radiance is based on the same game mechanics as the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rule set.

As in many role-playing games ( RPGs ), each player character in Pool of Radiance has a character race and a character class, determined at the start of the game.

Pool of Radiance takes place in the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, in and about the city of Phlan.

Pool of Radiance was the first official game based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.

The section of the Forgotten Realms world in which Pool of Radiance takes place was intended to be developed only by SSI.

Pool of Radiance was released in June 1988 ; it was initially available on the Commodore 64, Apple II series and IBM PC compatible computers.

The game was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System under the title Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance, released in April 1992.

The original Pool of Radiance game shipped with a 28-page introductory booklet, which describes secrets relating to the game and the concepts behind it.

Computer Gaming World printed a preview of Pool of Radiance in its July 1988 issue, in which the reviewer noted a sense of deja vu.

Pool of Radiance received positive reviews, with Tony Dillon from Commodore User giving it a score of 9 out of 10.

The reviewer was critical that Pool of Radiance was not original in its presentation and that the colors were a little drab, but concluded that the game is " classic Dungeons & Dragons which SSI have recreated excellently ".

In their March 1989 " The Role of Computers " column in Dragon magazine # 143, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser ( often called " The Lessers ") gave Pool of Radiance a three-page review.

The reviewers praised Pool of Radiance as " the first offering that truly follows AD & D game rules ", calling it a " great fantasy role-playing game " that " falls into the must-buy category for avid AD & D game players ".

The reviewers advised readers to " rush out to your local dealer and buy Pool Of Radiance ".

Pool of Radiance was well received by the gaming press and won the Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1988.

For the second annual " Beastie Awards " in 1989, Dragons readers voted Pool of Radiance the most popular fantasy role-playing game of the year, with Ultima V as the runner-up.

Pool of Radiance was also selected for the RPGA-sponsored Gamers ' Choice Awards for the Best Computer Game of 1989.

Alex Simmons, Doug Johns, and Andy Mitchell reviewed the Amiga version of Pool of Radiance for Amiga Action magazine in 1990, giving it a 79 % overall rating.

Mitchell preferred the game Champions of Krynn, which had been released by the time the Amiga version of Pool of Radiance became available ; he felt that Pool of Radiance was " more of the same " when compared to Champions, but was less playable and with more limited actions for players.

The 1988 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game module Ruins of Adventure was produced using the same adventure scenario as Pool of Radiance, using the same plot, background, setting, and many of the same characters as the computer game.

Ruins of Adventure contains four linked miniscenarios, which form the core of Pool of Radiance.

According to the editors of Dragon magazine, Pool of Radiance was based on Ruins of Adventure, and not vice versa.

* Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor

Ruins of Adventure is a Dungeons & Dragons module that served as the basis for the popular " Gold Box " role-playing video game Pool of Radiance, published in 1988 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ( SSI ).

According to the editors of Dragon magazine, Pool of Radiance was based on Ruins of Adventure, and not vice versa.

The Ruins of the Byzantine Church, adjacent to the site of the Bethesda Pool

The Ruins of the Byzantine Church, in the area of the Bethesda Pool

* Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor ( Forgotten Realms ) ( 2000 )

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