Curse of the Azure Bonds
Welcome to the official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer product, Curse of the Azure Bonds, A Forgotten Realms fantasy role-playing epic. This adventure game is based on the rules and background created by…
Curse of the Azure Bonds is an adventure developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.), released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Curse of the Azure Bonds is
Curse of the Azure Bonds is an adventure game developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gold Box.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After you saved the entire city of Phlan and located the Pool of Radiance, a simple trip to Tilverton should have been as easy as a noon-day stroll. But it wasn’t… Ambushed, captured and knocked unconscious, you awake with no idea who attacked you or how you arrived in Tilverton. You only know that five azure-blue symbols are imprinted under the skin of your right arm. The mystical power of the azure symbols ensnares your will like metal bonds! And when the bonds glow, you must do as they command, No magic can dispel them, no prayers can remove them. Your only hope: search the world for members of the alliance who created the bonds and regain control of your own destiny. Only then can you…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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
Curse of the Azure Bonds is the tenth of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was War of the Lance in 1990.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 55 hrs.
What it launched against
Curse of the Azure Bonds launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
Official trailer
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