Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades
The frigid valleys of the Dragonspire Mountains echo with the desperate plea of terrified miners: "Heroes of the Forgotten Realms, save us from evil!" Unwittingly digging in unhallowed ground, they have…
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades is an adventure developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.), released 31 December 1991 on Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades is
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades is an adventure game developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) and released in 1991. It is available on Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gold Box.
The premise, in the publisher's words
375 years ago, twin brothers Oswulf and Eldamar built a castle in a large valley in the Dragonspine Mountains and the town of Verdigris was founded below the castle. The town prospered under the guidance of the brothers. Oswulf was a paladin and Eldamar was a mage. As Eldamar became older, his obsession for immortality grew and he began studying how to become a lich. Oswulf tried to stop his brother, but failed. Eldamar became a lich known as the Dreadlord. A horrified Oswulf could not bear to kill his own brother. He sought the help of a band of adventurers known as the Silver Blades to help contain the Dreadlord. The Dreadlord was certain that these adventurers were called upon to slay…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades is the 22nd of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Dungeons & Dragons: Order of the Griffon in 1992.
What it launched against
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Secret of the Silver Blades launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.
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