Pool of Radiance
| Pool of Radiance Project |
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| Front cover of the game box |
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| Title screen |
| Developer: | Richard Tew |
Overview
The goal of this project is to reverse engineer the way Pool of Radiance works, from the data files and their formats, to the gameplay implementation. The desired end result is a higher level language implementation, and a wealth of knowledge which hopefully applies to other gold box games.
Working Notes
Data File Compression
Data files are compressed with the ByteKiller 2.0 compression routine. A cross-platform unpacking script pooldata.py is attached to this page.
Data File Format
Undetermined at this time.
Other Information
Wiki References
External Links
Hall of Light - The HOL entry for Pool of Radiance.
Pool of Radiance - Wikipedia entry for Pool of Radiance.
Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures Forum - Forum where Gold Box hacking takes place.
page revision: 14, last edited: 31 Jan 2012 01:47