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  1. Rincewind

    Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) PC Floppy Disk Image Collection

    One of my DOSBox Staging comrades brought this nice collection to my attention just now. It's a work in progress, but I very much appreciate the effort of the guys to archive all floppy SSI games in all released formats for preservation purposes. They even have flux-level dumps for some, which...
  3. Rincewind

    Incline GRIDMONGER — a new free & open-source cRPG mapping tool

    Hey guys, I've just unleashed a dungeon mapping tool I've been working on for the past couple of years. It's intended to aid manual mapping via an efficient keyboard-driven (and attractive!) interface. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you "bbbbut there's Grid Cartographer bro, why did u bother...
    • Rincewind
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    • bard's tale dungeon crawler dungeon master eye of the beholder gold box gridmonger mapping might and magic tool wizardry
    • Replies: 107
    • Forum: General RPG Discussion
  4. DaveO

    Classic SSI RPG rereleases by Forthright Entertainment

    I am basing this off of looking at the gaming company I am working with for release of a novella I will be publishing soon. They have the rights to Phantasie, Questron, and Wizard's Crown/Eternal Dagger. Why would they go through the trouble to get the rights? My best guess is that the company...
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    • eye of the beholder gold box gold box games gold box series rpg games ssi
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: General RPG Discussion
  5. Bruma Hobo

    Gold Box The Dragonlance/Krynn series thread

    I'm making this thread because I believe talking about all 12 Gold Box games in a single megathread is disgusting, so this place would be about the Krynn series in particular. If you decide to move this post to that ghetto anyway, at least be consistent and also merge all discussions about...
  6. slowdive

    IceBlink Basic RELEASE Thread

    IceBlink Basic (IBbasic) is NOW RELEASED (see links below) IBbasic is a simplified version of the regular IceBlink Engine and is designed for PC, Android, and iOS. It is basically a cross between goldbox (combat and exploration) and NWN (conversation system based on NWN2 SoZ party chat). You...
  7. dmwyvern

    In Progress DM Wyvern Plays Pool of Radiance

    Hail Codexians. DM Wyvern here. I would like to invite you as I descend into the Pool of Radiance and attempt to liberate the ruined city of Phlan. About the Game: Pool of Radiance is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms campaign settings of Dungeons & Dragons...
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    • dm wyvern gold box gold box games gold box series let's play pool of radiance ssi
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Codex Playground
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  10. Advice for trying out some older RPG's

    Hello all, I've read some codex articles over the years but never posted before. I have a question I'm hoping you can help me with. I'm rather young, 27 years old, but I've never had a problem playing older video games until somewhat recently. I've been trying to get into some of the older PC...
  11. Null Null

    Gold Box Thinking about getting back into FRUA mods, what did people want to see?

    After a long time obsessed with my career (heh), I have decided I want to get back into making FRUA mods. (I made some a few while ago, no real classics like The Sect or the Realm series). As this is the largest community of old-school RPG gamers I know of, I'm curious: what was never done that...
  12. Null Null

    Completed Let's play Pool of Radiance with one character!

    Oh crap, I deleted my hard drive! ...not THAT Pool of Radiance. This is the old SSI classic, first (and some say best) of the Gold Box Series of the late eighties/early nineties. For those of you who are unawares, this was a tactical RPG that came out in 1988 and was the first serious attempt...
  13. Null Null

    Old Goldbox fan, what else should I play...

    So it may seem funny I haven't branched out more but the games came out in that sweet spot of life after I had gotten a computer and before high school got too busy with academic work. In my nostalgic middle age (I've just been named an 'oldf_g' and this is literally the case as far as being old...
  14. DRPG Book

    DRPG / Blobber List

    Been working on a DRPG list for a few months and I thought I'd share. I was inspired by aweigh's lists and the CRPG Book. As of this post it has 842 entries. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dx3UoA-bARd4hpHK9gIZqdr9xdYjrJMftk1tKIYjDxo/edit?usp=sharing I still have a lot to sort...
    • DRPG Book
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    • bard's tale blobber dprg elminage experience gold box gridder might & magic ultima wizardry
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: jRPG Weeaboo Discussion
  15. slowdive

    IceBlink Basic (Engine+Toolset)

    I have a beta version of IceBlink Basic (IBbasic) ready for beta testing. It is available for PC, iOS, and Android. I have it up on Google Play, Apple Testflight program, and the PC version from my dropbox. For updates, including current links to builds, check here often...
  16. Moonrise

    In Progress LP Gateway to the Savage Frontier

    I've been meaning to play this game and I didn't see it on the list--may as well share my adventures. Being that we're on the Codex I'm gonna assume everyone is familiar with Gold Box, and spare the context. Reading the credits, I have to wonder why there are so many tranny coders in the game...
  17. Dorateen

    Thirty Year Anniversary: Pool of Radiance

    In June of 1988, was released one of the most important and influential computer role-playing games in the history of the hobby, SSI's Pool of Radiance. While Wizardry had given us unparalleled maze-like dungeon design, and Might & Magic delivered breathtaking overworld exploration, it was Pool...
  18. Saxon1974

    Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread

    I went back and started playing "Gateway to the Savange Frontier" by SSI over the weekend. Of all the gold box games, i think this one and its sequel are the ones I have not played. As I was playing I was thinking of what the games strengths and weaknesses are. Some weakness; I think one...

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