Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread

[Invictus]

Rest in peace
The Savage Frontier games where my first Goldbox games and from there the maddness began..,

 

[dragonbait]

One of the Savage Frontier dudes died: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/112959-stormfront-studios-co-founder-david-bunnett-passes-away.html

Darn. I really liked the artwork from Gateway and the AOL Neverwinter Nights. It was just fantastic.

 

[mondblut]

Darn. I really liked the artwork from Gateway and the AOL Neverwinter Nights. It was just fantastic.

This particular art is Clyde Caldwell, FYI.

But TSF indeed was prettiest among the GB games, as shown in our very own avatar gallery.

 

[Lady_Error]

But TSF indeed was prettiest among the GB games, as shown in our very own avatar gallery.

 

[Excidium]

I love that bread there.

 

[Lady_Error]

I love that bread there.

Didn't know that about you, Excidium. Do you, ahem, eat bread a lot?

 

[Excidium]

No, I just wonder if it was intentional of course.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Must be.

 

[octavius]

But TSF indeed was prettiest among the GB games, as shown in our very own avatar gallery.

Looks like something a tranny would use as avatar.

 

[TigerKnee]

That's the joke.

 

[Lady_Error]

Someone was actually using it. I forgot who.

 

[Jim Cojones]

SMA :D

 

[Infinitron]

New GameBanshee walkthrough for Secret of the Silver Blades: http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/112979-gb-feature-secret-of-the-silver-blades-content-overload.html

How odd (and awesome) that they're writing content for such an old game.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

It's the worst of the Pool series, mostly because of its extra long dungeons towards the end filled with little else but random encounters. Still, it's a good game and I liked a few of the NPCs, like a certain dwarven quest giver and the chainmail bikini fighter you can pick up in a side quest.

 

[SlowTurns]

Hah, came across a cursed item which messed things up pretty good in Champions of Krynn. Turns out that Two-Handed sword I picked up was cursed with Berserker. Kinda funny watching my knight go all crazy. I was a bit baffled why he was still acting on his own battle after battle (thought he was just charmed). The strange thing was that while he was cursed, he was also invisible. Maybe the invisibility was a result of some other strange bug. I had to remove curse on him, then remove him from my party and add him back in. Finally back under my control, and visible again. I love it though, back when cursed items had consequences...

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The invisibility sounds odd. I almost fell for that same trap you did as I was tempted to use it when I found I had a magical item out of the loot and having a hard time in the area I located it in. But I'm used to identifying everything before using it in D&D games and rogue-likes, because of the large amount of cursed equipment, so I dodged that bullet. Interesting to hear what would have happened had I given in to my initial impulse.

 

[SlowTurns]

I'm used to identifying everything before using it in D&D games

Me as well, normally... They got me though I had run out of detect magic spells, and thought it was just a harmless two-handed sword like the others. Kudos to the game designers.

 

[octavius]

I guess there was a reason why those wily draconians left it behind...

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Now here's an auction you don't see every day:

All 11 SSI Gold Box games, for the PC, STILL SEALED.

"Only" $2000.

 

[Jaesun]

That is AWESOME!

 

[Servo]

Had some remaining gift card balance on Amazon so I picked up The Forgotten Realms Archives used for cheap.

I am excite :D

What would you prestigious peoples say I should play first: PoR or Ultima 4?

Also are the Gold Box games similar to U4 where you have to write down everything?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Oh man... that's a hard choice. I'd say play Pool of Radiance first, since you have the entire Forgotten Realms archives and can play that through now. Because there is a journal with numbered entries inside the documentation you really don't need to take notes, but you will want to record which entries you have already read so you can reference them later.

Ultima 4 is still a great game, too, but don't start it until you have U5, U6 and U7 so you can play through the best of that series.

 

[Servo]

Ultima 4 is still a great game, too, but don't start it until you have U5, U6 and U7 so you can play through the best of that series.

I got those too a while back on sale at GOG. I tend to buy games in bulk and play them years later

 

[Excidium]

Stop wasting time and go play the games then.

 

[Drew]

So, is Pools of Darkness a decent enough starting point to get into the Gold Box games?