| Forgotten Realms Archives: Silver Edition |  | From: Interplay
Category: Video Games
Used (6) from $46.74
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 18,224
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Silver
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 9.5 x 1.9
Model: C95-1100-0
UPC: 040421005963
EAN: 0040421005963
ASIN: B00001QEP7
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Amazon.com Review
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Cons: - The uninitiated will balk at the poor graphics and outdated interfaces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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 No Manuals, So Good Luck Figuring out what you're doing June 16, 2009
B. L. Pope (Spokane, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this set several years ago, I no longer have it - but let this review explain why.
I got into the Gold Box series via Gateway to the Savage Frontier, which had copy protection (go to page # paragraph # line #, what is word #?), and for many of the plot points, you are told to refer to a Journal entry. Now this is important.
I bought it, brand new, and found that it came with no manuals, not even on the CDs themselves (which would do little good if it's been included like that unless you constantly alt-tab, which is risky considering how old and how finicky these games are). It did include three decoder wheels for the three games that needed those for copy protection.
I luckily still have the Gateway manual so I could play that, but for Eye of the Beholder, Blood & War etc., I was completely clueless on how you're suppose to do anything - and with Treasure of the Frontier, using the Gateway manual (since Treasure is it's sequel) - I managed to get in about 25% of the time, but I got horribly lost on what I'm suppose to do after the first twenty minutes.
Now if they had included any manuals with this collection, I would've kept it and treasure it, but instead I was disappointed and frustrated.
 OLDIES but Goodies April 3, 2007
M. Beach (Anytown, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most of these games are oldies but goodies, but anyone born past 1985 will find them umm well ya, you get the point. However, if you are someone of the present gaming generation and want to see the RPGS that your parents or older brother who now graduated from college played, well this is your chance. If anything you can later make fun of them for how old your parents or brother who graduated from college really are. As a matter of fact these games are so old that you can find them floating around the internet for free (there being no Interplay anymore and all). So I encourage anyone to look there first. I know, because thats how I got all of mine originally, then I did a system restore and bought this instead because I didn't want to take the time I find them all again.
All the classic D&D games January 12, 2007
Reaper
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. I wanted to finish this game and so I bought the package.
The Golden Age of 1-Player RGS June 3, 2006
Autrey Clelland Jr. (USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
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. They're both freeware.
Many of these games won't run properly on modern computers but that's where DosBox comes into play. It's a program that pretends it's an old DOS machine and exists only to run other programs (old games like these). It even simulates old sound cards and video modes almost perfeclty. I could go on and on. D-Fend is an excellent front-end for DosBox. If you're going to try DosBox, you'll want D-Fend. Trust me. D-Fend is easy to learn and simlifies things tremendously.
On to the main subject, these old RPGs. Before the days of the massive multiplayer RPGs we had RPGs that were centered around the sole experience of one player.. you. You would create your character or party of characters and off you'd go unto the dark unknown. No petty flame war going on in a general chat or someone discussing the latest movie while you're off in some supposed dark wilderness. It's just you, danger, strange things and nobody else. Although I do play and do like massive multiplayer RPGs, sometimes one just gets more of a feeling of adventure and mystery from some of the RPGs that were intended for the individual rather than a massive audience. If you've played Eye Of The Beholder for any length of time, then you know what I'm talking about. After all these years they're all right here. DosBox and D-Fend makes them all work. The price is worth it for the Eye of The Beholder series alone, but they're certainly not the only goodies in the package.
Excited but confounded November 28, 2003
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
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. Judging from some of the other reviews I've read I'm not the only one who has had this problem. I can't believe that the oldest one would work but not the 11 more recent games. Can't anybody provide some advice? I'm on Windows XP.
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