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I love licensed NES games. I love the sound they make as I yank them out of my system and hurl them against the wall. The relentless plundering through the morass in search of something worth playing and finding the occasional surprise is always delightful, and why I keep coming back to this column over […]
Posts Tagged ‘SSI’
Revenge of the License: Five NES Games That Missed the Point
July 24th, 2016 
Michael Crisman 
Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sega 
Tags: 8-bit, activision, AD&D, c64, dos, FCI, ghostbusters, hal, heroes of the lance, ljn, master system, nes, new ghostbusters II, Nightmare on Elm Street, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pack-in-video, Pool of Radiance, rambo, rambo first blood part II, rare, revenge of the license, sega, SSI, star trek, star trek the next generation 
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Revenge of the License: Dungeon Hack
September 13th, 2015 Michael Crisman You’d have been hard-pressed to find a company flying much higher in the early 90’s than TSR. Between the recently-published 2nd edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (aka: the best-selling pen-and-paper RPG in history) and a slew of hit computer games produced by SSI which used the AD&D License, TSR’s market position was so perfect […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: ad, AD&D, dos, dungeon hack, dungeons and dragons, Forgotten Realms, pc, revenge of the license, SSI, TSR No Comments »
SSI Gold Box D&D Veterans Return to their Roots with Tactical Simulations Interactive
March 20th, 2015 Carl Williams Some of the biggest names in role playing games on computers have regrouped to do what they do best, create turn based strategy role playing games that rock. Okay, a little history lesson for those that do not know what I am talking about with the title of this article. The Strategic Simulations Inc (SSI) […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: AD&D, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Champions of Krynn, Countdown to Doomsday, Curse of the Azure Bonds, David Shelley, Death Knights of Krynn, Forgotten Realms, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Gold Box, kickstarter, Matrix Cubed, Paul Murray, Pool of Radiance, Pools of Darkness, retro, retro game, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, Savage Frontier, Secret of the Silver Blades, Seven Dragon Saga, Spelljammer, SSI, Strategic Simulations Inc, Tactical Simulations Interactive, TSI, TSR, Unlimited Adventures No Comments »
Revenge of the License: AD&D Heroes of the Lance
September 14th, 2014 Michael Crisman Admit it, you knew this was coming. Maybe not today, maybe not next week, but you knew, at some point, I was going to dig into the hog waller. If that’s what you’ve been waiting for, retro gaming fans, then today’s your lucky day. Rejoice. Clap your hands. Give the ol’ banjo a tune-up. Because […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: action, AD&D, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, adventure, d&d, dragonlance, dungeons and dragons, FCI, heroes of the lance, natsume, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pony canyon, revenge of the license, rpg, SSI, us gold 1 Comment »
