History of Dungeons and Dragons Video Games

90sgamer92 made a huge interesting video about D&D video games:

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***Table of Contents***
Chapter 0: Introduction
Introduction&the early history of RPGs 0:06
PLATO games 6:57

Chapter 1: Intellivision games
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Cloudy Mountain) (1982) 11:55
Treasure of Tarmin (1983) 12:56

Chapter 2: Goldbox 13:58
Pool of Radiance (1988) 15:50
The Order of the Griffon (1992) 36:09

Chapter 3: Action RPGs 37:26
Heroes of the Lance 1988&Dragons of Flame (1989) 37:46
Hillsfar (1989) 38:08
War of the Lance (1989) 39:19
DragonStrike (1990) 39:49
Shadow sorcerer (1991) 40:39

Chapter 4: Real time dungeon crawlers
Eye of the Beholder (1990) 41:50
Dungeon Hack (1993) 44:34
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession (1994)&Stone Prophet (1994)/Menzoberranzan (1994) 45:25
Al-qadim: Genie's curse (1994) 47:16
Slayer (1994)&DeathKeep (1995) 48:06

Chapter 5: Dark Sun 49:32
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (1993) [ Longer review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxqcQ… ]
Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands (1996) 52:50

Chapter 6: Fighting games/beat em ups 53:21
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft (1996)
Tower of Doom (1993)&Shadow over Mystara (1996) 53:37

Chapter 7: Strategy Games 57:38
Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace (1992) 58:00
Fantasy Empires (1993) 58:51
Stronghold (1993)&Blood & Magic (1996) 59:22
Birthright: The Gorgon's alliance (1997) 1:00:15

Chapter 8: Infinity Engine 1:02:04
Baldur's Gate (1998)&Descent to Undermountain (1997)
Baldur's Gate 2 (2000) 1:04:49
Planescape: Torment (1999) 1:25:55
Icewind Dale (2000)&Icewind Dale 2 (2002) 1:41:30

Chapter 9: Temple of Elemental Evil 1:45:53
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (2001)
Temple of Elemental Evil (2003) 1:46:48

Chapter 10: Knights of the Chalice 1:55:44
Knights of the Chalice (2009)

Chapter 11: Rest 2:00:11
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001)&Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 (2004)
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes (2003)
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (2004)
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (2005)
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (2006)
Dungeons & Dragons Tactics (2007)
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (2011)
Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War (2013)
Lords of Waterdeep (2014)
Sword Coast Legends (2015)

Neverwinter Nights (2002)&Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006) 2:02:24

Chapter 12: Closing thoughts 2:03:20

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Now that is one heck of a video. Very nice.

Excellent! 5 stars!

Stronghold was an obsession for me back in the day…

Nice documentary. The guy is really critical of his work in the comments, but to me it feels like a rough draft for a full-on Ken Burns style D&D documentary. Hope he keeps up the work.

Yes, I think it would be worth tidying up the rough edges. He's a got a good little documentary here.

It reminded me how good and how important the sound design was in the BG games. Made such a huge difference.

Nice/interesting work. Extra points for using Summoning for total fantasy music.

Now I'm interested in playing Knights of the Chalice.

I worked for Control Data Corporation from 1980-1987. I was also an Instructor on the PLATO system and did some programming in the PLATO author language. I played most of those games back in the day and they sparked my interest to this day for CRPGs. The PLATO system was really way ahead of its time with all the functions of the internet as we know it today. Email, public forums/discussion groups, live chat term-to-term -- the whole nine yards. heady days, kids. Heady days.

Originally Posted by Silver
Now I'm interested in playing Knights of the Chalice.

Knights of the Chalice is a great game and well worth playing. The tactical combat is highly detailed and interesting. The story moves along quickly and there's no filler content, no grinding and no respawns. Makes it sound old-fashioned in this day and age. Play the demo and see if you like it.

Originally Posted by Notorious
Knights of the Chalice is a great game and well worth playing. The tactical combat is highly detailed and interesting. The story moves along quickly and there's no filler content, no grinding and no respawns. Makes it sound old-fashioned in this day and age. Play the demo and see if you like it.

Will do

Originally Posted by Notorious
Knights of the Chalice is a great game and well worth playing. The tactical combat is highly detailed and interesting. The story moves along quickly and there's no filler content, no grinding and no respawns. Makes it sound old-fashioned in this day and age. Play the demo and see if you like it.

I second everything said here. KotC is one of the best D&D themed games out there. Even with limited class selection.

If you've not played Knights of the Chalice as of yet, you really should. I've played that game through three times so far, and it is utterly fantastic. If you even remotely enjoy turn based combat, you're really missing out by not trying this one!

Having now watched the video, it's clear I must try the Gold Box games!

My favorite (other the D&D Online) is the PSP game Dungeons and Dragons Tactics. It represents the turn based tactical situation really well. The one thing I didn't like about it was how you had to open the chests before leaving the dungeon or you'll miss them, that is one mechanic I've seen in a few other games and needs to die in the deepest dungeon of hell.