Series – Gold Box – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Assorted gems of retro gaming nostalgia

Treasures of the Savage Frontier – PC (MS-DOS) – 1992

On July 10, 2018September 6, 2018 By Wingnut

Treasures of the Savage Frontier marks the end of the road for SSI’s Gold Box engine. It has given good service over the nine AD&D (and two Buck Rogers) games starting with Pool of Radiance in 1988. There have been a couple of hiccups along the way, but for the […]

The Dark Queen of Krynn – PC (MS-DOS) – 1992

On April 5, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

As I’ve said before, the longer the Gold Box series of games have gone on, the weaker they seem to have become. They certainly started well enough with Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds, but none of the subsequent games have managed to match them. Maybe the […]