Games made with the Gold Box engine, by SSI sorted by release date
The Gold Box engine was used in a series of role-playing video games, all of them produced by S.S.I. and based on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The "Gold Box" name comes from the gold colored boxes in which the games of the series were sold.
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Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
In the 25th century, bureaucracy is still awful—but now you also have laser guns. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a surprisingly solid sci-fi RPG that blends space opera drama with crunchy tactical combat. Think Dungeons & Dragons in space, minus the dragons but with more cyborgs. The plot is melodramatic, the graphics are delightfu...
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, known from the Dragonlance novels. Players create a party of up to six characters, choosing from the standard AD&am...
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios
Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a Dungeons & Dragons computer role-playing game released in 1991. It was developed by Beyond Software (later known as Stormfront Studios) and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) as part of their "Gold Box" series; a lineup of D&D games known for their tactical combat and deep adherence to Advance...
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected Beyond Software
Pools of Darkness
DOSMac OS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
This sequel takes the same D&D-in-space formula and tries to go bigger, bolder, and... okay, maybe just more complicated. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed continues the galactic struggle with improved combat depth and a slightly messier story. You’ll spend a lot of time wondering what a “Matrix Cube” even is, but if you liked the fir...
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected Stormfront Studios
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
DOSMac OS1993protected MicroMagic
After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...
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