Interesting List...

Go here, then go there.

That list is a terrible joke.

How did I know that jenny would be in here in a heartbeat, all bitter hatred and bile...




... I love you, man.

I haven't played that many in a long, long time. I remember Dungeons of Doom for the Mac, Temple of Apshai for the Apple II and C64. The former was just too brainless, but it was addictive and not very hard. The latter was really hard and not very interesting ultimately. The only one I really liked was something for the Apple II, where you wandered around an outdoors map having adventures, with neat subsystems for buying & selling, and picking up followers. Also, if you ran across a dungeon/ruin, you'd be dropped into a dungeon map you could explore in detail. Ultimately I believe your goal was to fight some evil wizard, but I think you could decide yourself when you felt ready.

I don't remember the name of the game. People have told me its name was "Apple Quest" but I've never been able to locate it under that name.

These were all clearly D&D derived, with similar if not identical attributes, classes, levelling up, armor class, etc.

The only one that I really liked was Pool of Radiance.

Another game that I enjoyed (but less) was DragonStrike on the NES, although it was more a shoot'em'up with very thin D&D veneer.

The whole real-time stuff like EotB and Ravenloft made me kill the games from my hard drive after the 2nd combat.
Hillsfar had me some time, but it was frustrating and more like an arcade collection than a D&D game.

And of course there's Heroes of the Lance, in my opinion the worst video game of all time, and in and of itself alone a good reason to loathe Dragonlance.

I agree with J.  The electronic boardgame?  One of the worst things I ever owned that had a D&D logo on it.  Hell, I liked the official woodburning kit better.

Quote from: jrientsI agree with J.  The electronic boardgame?  One of the worst things I ever owned that had a D&D logo on it.  Hell, I liked the official woodburning kit better.

The only things on that list that are actually good are NWN, and the D&D arcade game.

I looked over several lists and did some searching, and I think the game I remember may have been Questron. But the dates are off, it had to have been 1983 or earlier, and the screens images I've seen don't look quite right.

One other detail I remember is that instead of just rolling the dice for you with a random number generator, the game would show a little window with rapidly scrolling numbers. You would hit the spacebar or enter or something to stop it and generate your diceroll. In theory you might be able to improve your chances by timing this right; I don't remember if I was really able to or not.

And to be clear, I make no claims as to the accuracy of the article or it's selections.  I simply thought it interesting for a couple of reasons.

And that boardgame thingie - the guy at work who has a collection but hasn't played in 20 years - he has one, with all the pieces and the original box.  Wonder what it's worth to collectors...

No.. No.. No..
That has got to be the worst list I have ever seen.. Neverwinter Nights sucks. At least they didn't mention Icewind Dale.

Any top 10 D&D electronic game list worth its salt should have these 4 no questions asked:

-Planescape: Torment... This is by a good margin, the best overall AD&D game every made. IMHO, there is no better... The tabletop setting is just as spectacular.

-Baldur's Gate I: This is the only one they actually got right

-Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

The following two are excellent but obscure D&D console titles that deserve to be on the list as well, IMHO.

-Order of the Griffon: Little known but excellent Turbo-Grafx16 title. A fantasy game with an immersive horror storyline and soundtrack. 10x better than the Eye of the Beholder series
- Warriors of the Eternal Sun- Little known gem on the Genesis. Similar to Order of the Griffon.

The list is just mistitled, it's more of a "history of" list than a "top ten" list.

I had that little electronic handheld game.  Bought it at Radio Shack.  It wasn't very complicated, but I was young and had fun with it.

Not a great list, but it has some nostalgia value.

I had the handheld Mattel game, too.  You had one arrow to kill the dragon with, iirc.  And watch for the pit trap.

A best electronic versions of D&D list without Secret of the Silver Blades and the first Eye of the Beholder game? Now come on. :pundit:

Funny, I was a console gamer (Odyssey) before I was a role-player, but the first D&D computer game I played was Baldur's Gate.

Quite frankly, it rocked the house. BG II, not so much. NWN, only in multiplayer, but man did it deliver in that regard. Still does, AFAIAC.

That list doesn't make me feel I missed out on anything.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityFunny, I was a console gamer (Odyssey) before I was a role-player, but the first D&D computer game I played was Baldur's Gate.

Quite frankly, it rocked the house. BG II, not so much. NWN, only in multiplayer, but man did it deliver in that regard. Still does, AFAIAC.

That list doesn't make me feel I missed out on anything.

Why the hell they didn't use NWN as the model for DDO, I will never understand.  That game was excellent in multiplayer, and an MMO that was basically just a really big NWN PW would've been sweet as fuck.