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Pool of Radiance
Developers
Mac OS (Classic)
Engines
Release dates
DOS	August 1988
Mac OS (Classic)	1989
Windows (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]

Pool of Radiance was the first of a long series of computer role-playing games that shared a common engine that came to be known as the 'Gold Box Engine' after the gold boxes in which most games of the series were sold. Edit the configuration file of DOSBox and POOL.CFG in the installation folder citation needed Open the configuration file of DOSBox and seek tandy setting under speaker section. This setting is usually tandy=auto. Change the setting to tandy=on and save the changes. Open POOL.CFG in the installation folder.

2Essential improvements
3Game data
6Audio
7Other information

⤏ Go to series page
Pool of Radiance	1988
Curse of the Azure Bonds	1989
Secret of the Silver Blades	1990
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday	1990
Champions of Krynn	1990
Neverwinter Nights	1991
Pools of Darkness	1991
Gateway to the Savage Frontier	1991
Death Knights of Krynn	1991
The Dark Queen of Krynn	1992
Treasures of the Savage Frontier	1992
Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace	1992
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed	1992
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures	1993

This page is for the original 1988 Gold Box game. For the 2001 re-imagining using 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, see Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor.

Key points

Supports the graphics hardware of Tandy computers and the sound hardware of both PCjr and Tandy computers. See Essential Improvements for information about enabling the PCjr/Tandy sound on DOSBox

The first version of PC release includes the theme music from the original C64 release, when played using PCjr/Tandy sound. Later versions omit this music entirely

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	Run in DOSBox.
GOG.com	Bundled with Curse of the Azure Bonds, Hillsfar, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.

The retail version requires the Translation Wheel to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version has the copy protection cracked (anything will be accepted).^[2]

Essential improvements[edit]

Enable PCjr/Tandy sound on DOSBox[edit]

Most later releases are configured to use PC speaker sound. DOSBox can be set to emulate the additional sound hardware of PCjr/Tandy systems and the game configured to use PCjr/Tandy for sound instead of more primitive PC speaker. In the first version of PC release this also enables the theme music in the introduction and at the beginning of battles

Edit the configuration file of DOSBox and POOL.CFG in the installation folder^{[citation needed]}
Open the configuration file of DOSBox and seek `tandy` setting under `[speaker]` section. This setting is usually `tandy=auto`. Change the setting to `tandy=on` and save the changes. Open `POOL.CFG` in the installation folder. The second line controls sound with `P` standing for PC speaker. Change this setting to `T` to enable PCjr/Tandy sound and save the changes.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Edit POOL.CFG^[3]
Go to the installation folder. Edit `POOL.CFG`. Change `F` to `N` and save your changes. Notes The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons splash screen will still be shown.

Edit POOL.CFG^[3]

Go to the installation folder.
Edit POOL.CFG.
Change F to N and save your changes.

Notes

The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons splash screen will still be shown.

Skip Translation Wheel prompts[edit]

Launch with st.exe STING parameter^[4]
Run the game with `st.exe STING`

PoR Speed Control Utility[edit]

This utility will allow you to control the speed of the game. You will be able to speed up the game from 1 to 10 times, or reset the speed back if necessary.

Gold Box Companion[edit]

Gold Box Companion is a program for Windows that adds various optional features when playing the DOS version in DOSBox (fix command for healing, automap, party HUD, raising level restrictions, character editing, etc.)

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>POOL.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

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Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>SAVE
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

The default save folder can be changed by editing POOL.CFG.^[5]

Saves are SAVGAMA.DAT to SAVGAMJ.DAT.

Character files are *.CHA. Character names must be listed in CHARLIST.TXT in order to be visible in-game. Character files are only present when that character is not part of a party in a save file.

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Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution	320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping	For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus	True for Mac OS, false for DOS.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support	For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls	On/off only; toggle with `Ctrl`+`S`.
Surround sound
Subtitles	Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	384 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, Tandy

Notes

↑ ^1.0^1.1^1.2^1.3^1.4^1.5File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

↑ ^1.0^1.1^1.2Release: Forgotten Realms: The Archives - GOG.com
↑NOTE: Copy protection in these games, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑The CRPG Addict: Pool of Radiance: The Story Begins
↑VOGONS • View topic - more Pool of Radiance...
↑POR: Where do games save?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com