History of AD&D PC Games

Computer Games Online has posted yet another excellent AD&D article entitled “Rock of Ages”, this time focusing upon the history of every AD&D game to hit the PC. Starting with the original Pool of Radiance by SSI, the article features an impressive number of games. Here’s an excerpt from PoR to get you going:

1988
Pool of Radiance
The one that started it all—the first of the “Gold Box” games. SSI’s Pool of Radiance was the first full-fledged AD&D game for the personal computer. Originally available for 8-bit machines such as the Commodore 64, the PC version ran under DOS 3 and required 384 KB of RAM. You controlled a party of six characters created using the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules, and adventuring was a mix of first-person stepped 3D movement on grid-based maps, and top-down third-person 2D tactical combat reminiscent of a miniatures wargame. A genuine classic.