SSI Gold Box RPGs - 14 Games from the Golden Age 

Awesome video, sir. Loved seeing those old maps, I always enjoy when I find an old RPG that has those still in the box. Had no idea Gold Box Companion existed, either!

Oops, I meant to say Spelljammer instead of "spacejammer"...and I'm looking at the box! Stupid brain

During my military days, a group of my friends would get together for a night of D & D and beer. We did a few campaigns in the Forgotten Realms series. I even read the novel ," Azure Bonds". Unfortunately, I never got into the video games for the series. Thanks for the nostalgia

Yes and more of the big box PC / retro computer games! There are so many I didn't play as a kid.

This is one of your best vids MJ, I've never played theses but I'm so intrigued at this point. Thanks a bunch!

What a fantastic video explaining all of these games. It was actually the box art that caught my eye. Awesome

Always love the big box content man, would be happy to see more!

I love the video! please do more

I just wanted to say thank you for this awesome video. Please do more on this kind of stuff!

Great video as usual! Brought back amazing memories!

Please do more videos on your collection! Love watching your videos! Keep up the great work!

I loved those Buck Rogers games when i was a kid.

Keep these old big box videos coming! they are pretty interesting. Even for someone who grew up in the 90s and has no nostalgia over them, seeing all the packaging, art, extras and history behind it all is awesome :]

I asked if those were gold box games in the background of your sealed games video just last night. I'm so stoked they were!

PLEASE make more videos on these older PC games. i really really enjoy learning about these early games, that are not so talked about! great video, as always!

Love the Gold Box Games! Thanks for making this video. We love seeing big box games!

Oh, man! What an awesome collection! Amazing! Thanks for sharing, MJ! Please bring more like these!!

Just subscribed a few days ago. Love seeing all the PC games you have. Didn't realize that ssi had put out that many games for the series. Awesome to see some who loves old games.

It was amazing how many games they cranked out.

Thanks so much for this. I've been thinking of starting to stream 80s and 90s era computer RPGs on twitch and I had completely forgotten about the SSI games

These background songs are getting better every new one i hear. Keep up the great work MJR!

Do them all, love your vids man :)

I'm absolutely digging the big box content! It would be awesome to see a video about the Dark Sun series. Dark Sun seriously needs some love!!!

As always another great video. Keep up the good work.

keep the good time rolling Jesus I like the idea of you reviewing more old PC RPGs..also that good box companion kicks ass

Finally someone did it! Thanks. Would love to see more videos on some pc big box series.

Show more Big Box! :) I can't get enough of your awesome collection!

Very, very cool! Thank you so much for sharing this, Metal Jesus!

Dude you Rock! Cant wait to share these with my kids!!!

Ah, great content man. I would definitely love to see more of your PC collection, especially Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale etc. Keep up the good work!

I really want to see you make more videos of old and exclusive computer games. Good stuff, keep it up. I really enjoyed this.

I was introduced to the Gold Box Series during my first Army tour of duty in Germany. My buddy across the hall was a big Amiga fan and we made several trips to a computer store in Nuremburg before he scored a game he had been waiting for...at the time I misheard him and thought we were seeking "Polar Radiance"...it was only after seeing the box for the first time did I realize it was "Pools of Radiance". We got back to post, fired it up his A500 (I purchased mine just a couple of months later), and the next month or so was a blur. I have since replayed both the Forgotten Realms and the Dragonlance series (and have also used the truly excellent "Gold Box Companion").

Would love to see more of this, great video

Honestly I would love to hear more about your time at Sierra and some of the projects you worked on.

Please make more of those videos. I loved it !

I love your videos they are very original and the way you explain the topic is very awesome, keep up the good work

I would enjoy seeing more games . Great video as always .

I absolutely love your videos about big box pc games! It would be great if you did more dude

Excellent video......used to play most of the games back in the days. Keep up the good work!!! :)

HOLY SHIIIIIII--- the original Neverwinter Nights!! I've NEVER seen that game show up on eBay... like... EVER! And I've been looking since 2002!

*Adore* these games. I've got almost all of them that were released on the Macintosh, bitd. Thanks for covering these!

I am totally into this kind of content MJR. Ty!!

This was a very interesting piece of video gaming history. Please do continue making these videos.

Yesssss! Thank you for this! Haven't playing these since my days with the Commodore 64 and Amiga.

Great video! This took me back, HARD! I was addicted to Unlimited Adventures for years.

I don't know why, but this video was one of my favorites of yours. Organized info...calm voice...memory lane... I guess I enjoyed the simplicity and history of the 80's/90's.

Curse was by FAR the most influential game I have ever played and is still my standard for comparison when it comes to strategy RPG games. Thank you for making this video...Now i will watch it!

Do more MJR! You passion and nostalgia are contagious dude, it's always fun to hear about retro games, or just ones that are near and dear.

I really enjoy your videos about pc gaming. I'm big into pc gaming myself and it's great to see others talk about past games.

Great episode! The SSI games are one of my absolute favorites. I have played the Pool series several times. The fix command soo improved the game though. Loved the battle system and the AD&D setting. Superb!

Great video, hope to find more f these from you. !

I just picked up all 3 packs on GOG thanks man. Love looking at all this old PC stuff I missed as a kid.

once again amazing video and very educational

This is a great video, Big Box pc games were what I grew up on. So cool!!

I played the Gold Box games on the Commodore 64, but I think the way I played it was very unique from the way anyone else played it. You see at the time I was in the Army and stationed at Fort Hood, TX. I was the DM for a Dungeon and Dragons group in my unit. When the first game Pool of Radiance came out we got together and each of us controlled one character in the game. During encounters with me mostly at the control of the game, I would move each character how each person in the group wanted and then cast spells or attack how they wanted. We essentially played through the Gold Box series like it was a regular D&D campaign. You brought back some awesome gaming memories from that with this video. Love your channel too sir. I hope to get mine up to your standards someday. If you ever do a video about promo materials hit me up. I'm in the Lynnwood area and used to do game reviews for NWCN and KING 5 (until they let us go after NWCN went off the air). I have some very unique items they sent out to media only... I'll even bring some beer. ;)

Love hearing about all these old PC games that I never played. Always learn a whole bunch of stuff through your videos. Would be interested in a video about the Baldur's Gate series.

I'm not a retro pc gamer at all but I find these videos extremely interesting! Please keep it up and keep showing us all of those interesting extras that came in the box and the easiest way to play the game today.

I would love to see more of this type of content!

thats a beautiful collection of great RPG's. let the memories roll !!!!!!! great video!!!

Love this video, thanks for the nostalgia trip. Subscribed. PLEASE also do the Wizardry and Might & Magic series!!

I'd love to see more of these types of videos! I've never played any of these games, but I do remember seeing some of them at my local Software Etc. back in the day-along with a ton of other IBM PC compatible big box PC games.

Always go big box. The more big box pc content online the better! Everyone appreciates it in the bb group.

Thanks MJ for not only the video but also for turning me on to GOG I can finally play some of those old games I've been wanting to for a long time now, I'll never be able to afford an old windows DOS computer much less find a place to put it considering all the systems I have alredy plus I live in a small mobile home I just purchased the collection on GOG couldn't get the Gold Box Companion the link didn't work anyway I also picked up a bunch of the Ultima Series as well thanks so much

Thanks for the trip down memory lane 👍👍

Just recently picked these up on gog, so much nostalgia. Remember playing a collectors edition on my 75mhz pentium. Had no idea about the companion so thanks for that and thanks for sharing.

This video is amazing! thanks :)

I had no idea about the Gold Box Companion! I've been wanting to buy these games, but was always a little put off at having to draw my own maps. That Companion sounds wonderful. I might just have to go buy those right now. I would love to see your collection of the Might & Magic games. Those are probably my biggest nostalgia trip roleplaying games, especially 4 which came packaged with my first Windows computer.

Thank you for the information. Great video.

A video where he actually knows stuff about the game is so much diferent compared to the buying guides videos where he just nods and says cool!

Do more of these! This was great!

Nice video man, seemed more comfortable than ever

Thumbs up even before I watched the video. those gold box games..wow. I miss big boxes and all the stuff in them....heck I miss physical PC games lol. Stores used to be full of them.,.,now nothing.

Loved this video, and you are doing great thus far in this new year as you talked about earlier. Thanks so much. (I was born in 82 and I really enjoyed HoMaM 3, I would love to hear your take on those )

Holy crap! I never knew about that Gold Box Companion, I am going to grab it. The link you posted did not work for me, may need updating. Thanks for the awesome vid, you rock!!!

please do more, this is awesome.

This is the real exciting stuff you don't get to see every day! I'd like more vids like this one.

Awesome video. I've been binging Witcher 3 ( I know, late to the party) and it's amazing how far rpgs have come. Would love to see more of your collection.

I just recently tried a goldbox game for the first time (Pool of radiance). I kinda expected it to be way to dated to be fun, but I also remembered you talking very fondly of them so I gave it a shot. I'm very happy to say that my expectation was dead wrong. It has a learning curve but the feeling of adventure is great and the battles are just right. I'm about 20 hours in by now and no where near slowing down. I predict many golden adventures in my future. Thanks again for giving me that nudge I needed to find something new to enjoy!

I really dig these videos I'd watch more for sure

Great video as usual! :-)

Love to see more content like this. Some of my first experiences with DnD style RPGs were the Might and Magic games, and also the Bioware version of NeverWinter Nights. Loved those worlds.

I've been waiting to see a Gold Box video since I first subscribed! I'd also love to see a Might and Magic video.

Absolutely loved this video! Lots of the old-school CRP games don't get enough love!Would love it if you covered the old classic Dark Sun games, or classics like Bard's Tale or Betrayal at Krondor games too!Cheers

Yes - more old pc content please. And the Gold Box companion is absolutely genius. Trying to play without maps these days is difficult. We've gotten way to spoiled. ☺️

amazing series :) also the gold box companion is great too!

I absolutely loved the Gold Box series. I originally played Pool of Radiance on a Commodore 64. I loved NWN and spent a LOT of money on AOL before the game became free. I just recently completed Pool of Radiance again on an Amiga 1200.

these games are before time but I love learning about them. VERY INTRESTING :)

I am not a PC gamer at all, but I played pen and paper D&D in the 80's so I loved this video. Seeing the old -3 Armor Class brings back memories.

I really enjoy these reviews of old pc games. More of them please :-)

I LOVED these games - they were my introduction to Dungeons & Dragons. Played them all! By far, my favorite was actually the NES port of Pool of Radiance. Some serious ear-worm BGMs were added, and all that DRM stuff was removed - no Code Wheel, and journal entries & tavern rumors were all baked right in, so you could just plug it in, load your save, and play.

God bless you! Thanks for the tios, It Just opened an ocean of memories

I'd LOVE to see more of the big box games recapped/reviewed!

I just stumbled onto this video, and I loved playing D&D games on the PC. I lost all my games years ago, and never knew about gog.com. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I'm about to get these again, and my wife will absolutely hate me for months to come. LOL

Yes !!! please do more PC games from the 80s/90s !!! good work MJ, Keep the videos coming.

I would love to see more of the big box collection. Learning about your time at Sierra would be pretty cool too.

I loved the "Dark Sun" D&D gold box game back in the day, I didn't see it on your list, but I have to say, it was probably my favorite. Dark Sun is another one of those D&D realms, and takes place on a desert world, with some very cool new creatures and classes that don't exist in other D&D settings. Very cool, I hope you have the chance to get your hands on a copy one day.

Totally awesome video! Please do more. You mentioned Eye of the Beholder, I'm a big fan of the old first person RPGs of thus style. Dungeon Master and Captive are firm favourites.

Great episode! I'd love too see you cover more old school pc games, especially your first suggestion, the Wizardry series.

Great Video. I remember, when I played "Dark Queen of Krynn" on my Amiga as a kid :D

Please do more on these soon! Maybe a focused look at a few of them or even Neverwinter Nights? Honestly, I will watch anything you put out with Ultima/M&M/D&D