Pool of Radiance

Pool of Radiance
Developer(s)	Strategic Simulations
Publisher(s)	Strategic Simulations
Year released	1988
System(s)	DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64/128, macOS, Commodore Amiga, NEC PC-9801, NES
Followed by	Hillsfar
Series	Forgotten Realms

Genre(s)	RPG
Modes	Single player

Pool of Radiance is a role-playing game developed by Strategic Simulations and released in 1988. It is the first official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game ever developed and released.

Versions

Original version	1988: MS-DOS
Most popular port	1988: MS-DOS
Most advanced port	1988: MS-DOS
Other ports	Apple II (1989), Macintosh (1989) C64 (1988), Amiga (1990), NES (1991) NEC PC-9801 (1989)

Table of Contents

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Gameplay

• Controls
• Characters creation
• Equipment

Walkthrough

• Civilized New Phlan
• Slums
• Kuto's Well
• Mendor's Library
• Cadorna Textile House
• Podol Plaza
• Stojanow Gate
• Valjevo Castle

Appendices

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↑ Dungeons & Dragons

Forgotten Realms series

Gold Box - Moonsea series:

• Pool of Radiance
• Hillsfar
• Curse of the Azure Bonds
• Secret of the Silver Blades
• Pools of Darkness

Other Gold Box and turn-based:

• Neverwinter Nights (AOL)
• Gateway to the Savage Frontier
• Treasures of the Savage Frontier
• Unlimited Adventures
• Pirates of Realmspace
• Ruins of Myth Drannor
• Eye of the Beholder (GBA)

Standalone:

• Dungeon Hack
• Menzoberranzan
• Descent to Undermountain
• Demon Stone
• Daggerdale
• Neverwinter
• Sword Coast Legends
• Tales from Candlekeep

Strategy:

• Blood & Magic
• Lords of Waterdeep

Idle clicker:

• Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Online (down):

• Neverwinter Nights: Mobile
• Tiny Adventures
• Heroes of Neverwinter
• Arena of War
• Warriors of Waterdeep

Sub-series:

• Eye of the Beholder
• Baldur's Gate
• Neverwinter Nights