Shot97 | Pool Of Radiance - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review @Shot97 | Uploaded June 2017 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Pool of Radiance is one of the best and most important games ever made, yet few cover it. Shame. Even less show off the Amiga version, which is hands down the best. Originally created in 1988 for the Commodore 64 in America, it quickly saw releases for DOS and the Apple II amongst others. It was not until 1990 that this Amiga version saw the light of day, but it was worth the wait.
My written review of Pool of Radiance here: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2017/08/pool-of-radiance-in-depth-amiga-review.html
Check out the Dfortae review of Wasteland: youtu.be/B3PmZ1mgzAk
More RPGs? Check out my Might and Magic III review: youtu.be/4v8zu2G3O9w
00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - Shoutout to Dfortae/character selection
04:27 - Reading starting plot from the manual/game start tour
06:52 - Meeting our party characters shoutout
08:24 - The importance of hand mapping
11:45 - Showing how you hand map a gold box game
16:13 - Looking at a completed hand map
18:33 - Proclamations from city hall
20:16 - Seeing the city clerk and getting commissions
22:02 - My own town tour
23:23 - Having a duel and failing/reloading the game
25:41 - Continuation of our town roaming
27:15 - Resting at an inn and memorizing spells
29:13 - Shops in the Gold Box games are awful/No use for money
30:10 - Our first battle
33:42 - The amazing Gold Box tactical battle system
37:20 - Our first of few side quests in the Slums
38:25 - Remembering my dad playing the Gold Box games
39:00 - Created originally on the Commodore 64 in America
40:08 - First party death/bad ending
41:38 - Biggest memory of Pool of Radiance
43:39 - The Amiga is the best version
45:47 - Completely redrawn artwork
48:14 - Reading some journal entries from the manual
52:08 - Maps of the wilderness
54:08 - The dreaded graveyard of level suckness
55:37 - Storming the Stojanow Gate/Finding the pool
56:01 - Most memorable story in any video game for me
56:58 - Fighting Tyranithraxus
58:12 - Beating one of the best games of all time
59:19 - NSlate
Gaming Memories And Review Season 3 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMx2q9wakOyPIR31K_aTdlx2
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 3x7 - Pool Of Radiance, Commodore Amiga
Pool of Radiance is one of the best and most important games ever made, yet few cover it. Shame. Even less show off the Amiga version, which is hands down the best. Originally created in 1988 for the Commodore 64 in America, it quickly saw releases for DOS and the Apple II amongst others. It was not until 1990 that this Amiga version saw the light of day, but it was worth the wait.
My written review of Pool of Radiance here: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2017/08/pool-of-radiance-in-depth-amiga-review.html
Check out the Dfortae review of Wasteland: youtu.be/B3PmZ1mgzAk
More RPGs? Check out my Might and Magic III review: youtu.be/4v8zu2G3O9w
00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - Shoutout to Dfortae/character selection
04:27 - Reading starting plot from the manual/game start tour
06:52 - Meeting our party characters shoutout
08:24 - The importance of hand mapping
11:45 - Showing how you hand map a gold box game
16:13 - Looking at a completed hand map
18:33 - Proclamations from city hall
20:16 - Seeing the city clerk and getting commissions
22:02 - My own town tour
23:23 - Having a duel and failing/reloading the game
25:41 - Continuation of our town roaming
27:15 - Resting at an inn and memorizing spells
29:13 - Shops in the Gold Box games are awful/No use for money
30:10 - Our first battle
33:42 - The amazing Gold Box tactical battle system
37:20 - Our first of few side quests in the Slums
38:25 - Remembering my dad playing the Gold Box games
39:00 - Created originally on the Commodore 64 in America
40:08 - First party death/bad ending
41:38 - Biggest memory of Pool of Radiance
43:39 - The Amiga is the best version
45:47 - Completely redrawn artwork
48:14 - Reading some journal entries from the manual
52:08 - Maps of the wilderness
54:08 - The dreaded graveyard of level suckness
55:37 - Storming the Stojanow Gate/Finding the pool
56:01 - Most memorable story in any video game for me
56:58 - Fighting Tyranithraxus
58:12 - Beating one of the best games of all time
59:19 - NSlate
Gaming Memories And Review Season 3 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMx2q9wakOyPIR31K_aTdlx2
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 3x7 - Pool Of Radiance, Commodore Amiga
