Weird urge.

[gridlore]

I suddenly want to play the AD&D Gold Box games again. Just the Pool of Radiance series.

Ooh.. someone wrote a script for the PoR Code Wheel!

What was always fun in the C64 version was to run characters through Curse of the Azure Bonds then transfer them, with their high livels and tons of hit points, to Pool of Radiance. You kicked ass.

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Ah, the classics.

[firestrike.livejournal.com]

The Pool wheel was never that much of a problem. There's only about 20 words and you've got three shots before you it locks you out, so memorizing five or six will usually suffice. The Curse protection was much more annoying, as there are many more combinations and it asks for specific letters.

I don't think that characters in the Apple versions were backwards compatible. It was twenty years ago, but I'd remember an epic cheat like that.

I'm currently 60% of the way through Curse (Though at the moment, I've been on a Moo2 kick). It takes much longer when you're cycling a dozen characters with the goal of maxing out the XP at two levels past the advancement cap. It does ensure that you'll kick major ass when you transfer to Secret of the Silver Blades, though.

Google for the win

[firestrike.livejournal.com]

The Java version of the Curse wheel:
http://simeonpilgrim.com/blog/2007/11/01/curse-of-the-azure-bonds-code-wheel-copy-protection/

[aitkendrum.livejournal.com]

Ah, halcyon days they were. when things seemed much less complicated.

Much like Traveller, when there were fewer versions to confuse the mind.

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

I still have my Secret Of The Silver Blades gold box.

Issue? No 5.25" floppy drive.

[claidheamhmor]

I have a soft spot for Pool of Radiance. The desperate desire to have a computer of my own to play it on is what got me into computers, and thus into my career. (Then again, maybe that's not a good thing...)