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Article #15Re: Pool of Radiance
From: Justisaur
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:47
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:47
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On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 6:39:57 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:13:43 -0600, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > >I wouldn't dream of playing it without Gold Box Companion these days, > >though. > >http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jhirvonen/gbc/ > > Why has nobody told me of this program before?!? > > The old Gold box games were classics of their time, but these days > they are so crufty and limited it is hard to get into them. This > program might be enough to get me to play these titles once again. > Just the auto-map on the side is probably enough (although the > character editor is tempting too: 18/00 for Strength! :) I haven't really looked at the companion, but you can give all your characters 18s in everything with the base program. I will say I found the speeding time option in dos box very nice though (I think shift f12, shift f11 to slow back down), as you can cut loading times down to nothing and long battles with tons of mooks take little time. I liked Curse of the Azure Bonds better, a bit more open and you can get your characters to a reasonable level, as well as more character options like Rangers & Paladins. I haven't replayed that since my C-64 days though. - justisaur
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