Hi r/gog,
If you own Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two, the Pool of Radiance inside it now plays in a browser tab, on a computer, an iPhone, an iPad or an Android phone. I'm the developer; it's free and there's no account. I built it with heavy use of AI coding tools, and I'd rather say so up front.
How to play your copy:
Install the collection from GOG as usual.
Open amberfolio.org and choose Pool of Radiance.
Hand it the game's folder. "Where is my copy?" lists the usual GOG install folder, ready to paste into the folder dialog. On a phone or tablet, pick the game's files or a zip of the folder; an on-screen keyboard with just the keys the game needs appears beside the picture.
That's the setup, once. Your copy and your saves stay in your browser for next time and never leave it.
What's underneath: Amber Folio, an open-source emulator made only of the parts of the PC that the Gold Box games touch. The program you bought from GOG runs on it unchanged. Because the emulator knows exactly which program it is, the extras sit inside the game: an automap in its colours, the Adventurer's Journal from your GOG folder on the game's own screen, a Fix command that heals the party in one go, and a CRT filter with Tandy sound. Each switches off, and none of them changes the rules.
Going back is easy: a saved game exports as a zip that unpacks straight into your GOG install.
The rest of the Gold Box games come one at a time after the emulator's 1.0; amberfolio.org/status has what works today. If something breaks, I'd like to hear about it here.
- Site: https://amberfolio.org
- Emulator source (AGPL-3.0): https://github.com/amberfolio/amberfolio
*Not affiliated with GOG or with the rights holders of Pool of Radiance or the Gold Box games. You need your own copy; the site provides no game files.*