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Gold Box

Gold Box is a series of role-playing video games produced by Strategic Simulations from 1988 to 1992. The company acquired a license to produce games based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR, Inc. These games share a common game engine that came to be known as the "Gold Box Engine" after the gold-colored boxes in which most…

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Developers
Strategic Simulations Westwood Associates Stormfront Studios MicroMagic Cybertech Marionette
First release
Pool of Radiance June 1988
Latest release
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures March 17 1993
Platforms
Amiga, Apple II, Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, PC-98, NES, Genesis

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Gold Box

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Collections · 44
Gold Box → AD, Advanced Dungeons, Amiga, Azure Bonds, C64, CD ROM, Champions, Collectors Edition, Collectors Edition Vol, Curse, Darkness, Death Knights, DOS, DOS/WIN, Dragonlance Gold Box, Dragonlance Limited Collector's Edition, Dragons, Dragons Collector's Edition, Dragons Ultimate Fantasy, Dungeons
related to The series · 33
Gold Box → Azure Bonds, Champions, Chronologically, Cormanthyr, Cormyr, Curse, Dalelands, Darkness, Death Knights, Dragonlance, Krynn, Margaret Weis, Moonsea Reaches, Myth Drannor, Phlan, Pool, Pools, Radiance, Raistlin Majere, Released
related to Licensing and development · 25
Gold Box → AD, Advanced Dungeons, After, Although, CRPGs, Dragons, Electronic Arts, George MacDonald, In, Inc, Joel Billings, Ken Humphries, Later, Origin Systems, Sierra Entertainment, SSI, SSI's, SSI's Chuck Kroegel, Strategic Simulations, Ten
related to On modern systems · 22
Gold Box → Also, August, Collection Two, DOSBox, Dragonlance, Dragons, Dungeons, Forgotten Realms, GOG, Gold Box Companion, Krynn Series, Later, October, Pool, Quick Fight, Radiance, Savage Frontier Gold Box, Some, Steam, The
related to Reception · 21
Gold Box → Azure Bonds, Bard's Tale III, Commodore User, CRPGs, CU Amiga-64, Curse, Dave Arneson, Dragons, Dungeons, It, North America, Pool, Questron, Radiance, SSI's, The, The Games Machine, Tony Dillon, Ultima, With
related to Spin-off to MMO · 20
Gold Box → Adventure, All, America On-Line, AOL, AOL's, EverQuest, It, MMORPG, MUDs, Neverwinter Nights, NWN, Rogue, RPGs, SSI, Stormfront, Stormfront's Don Daglow, TSR, Ultima Online, US, Will Crowther's
related to Interface · 13
Gold Box → All, Azure Bonds, Curse, Gold Box Engine, Hillsfar, In, Outside, Pool, Radiance, The, The Gold Box, When, Wizard's Crown
related to Closure and legacy · 11
Gold Box → AD, Although, Baldur's Gate, Mindscape, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape, SSI, Torment, TSR, When SSI, With
related to Related games · 9
Gold Box → Azure Bonds, Curse, Griffon, Hillsfar, Myth Drannor, Order, Pool, Radiance, Ruins
related to External links · 6
Gold Box → Gamasutra, Game Design Essentials, Gold Box Engine, John, Retrieved, RPGs

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games gold box game series ssi engine dungeons dragons 1992 advanced pool radiance compilation tsr first dos ad including krynn

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Gold BoxDevelopersStrategic Simulations Westwood Associates Stormfront Studios MicroMagic Cybertech Marionette1.00infobox
Gold BoxFirst releasePool of Radiance June 19881.00infobox
Gold BoxLatest releaseForgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures March 17 19931.00infobox
Gold BoxPlatformsAmiga, Apple II, Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, PC-98, NES, Genesis1.00infobox
Gold Boxis aseries of role-playing video games produced by Strategic Simulations from 1988 to 19920.90text
Ultima Onlineinstance ofIt paved the way for later hits0.80text
Baldur's Gateinstance ofthe mantle of this genre was later assumed by more recent role-playing games0.80text
Planescapeinstance ofthe mantle of this genre was later assumed by more recent role-playing games0.80text
Gold Boxrelated to Closure and legacyWhen SSI0.60section
Gold Boxrelated to Closure and legacyTSR0.60section
Gold Boxrelated to Closure and legacyAD0.60section
Gold Boxrelated to Closure and legacySSI0.60section

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