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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance

Japan 1991-06-28 / tactical role-playing game /Pony Canyon

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Japanese title
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Japan release date
1991-06-28
North America release date
1992-04-01
Europe release date
Not released, or unknown
Publisher (Japan)
Pony Canyon
Publisher (North America)
Pony Canyon / Fujisankei Communications International
Developer
Marionette / SRS
Genre
tactical role-playing game
Formats
FC / NES
Launch price
9,800 yen
Copies sold
Unknown
Famitsu score
23 points
Players
1 players
Officially playable today
Not confirmed

Products sold (1)

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Pool of Radiance
9,800 yen / 1991-06-28

More details

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Series
Gold Box
Music
David Warhol
Art
Fred Butts / Susan Manley / Daria Marasco / Maurice Molyneaux / Vince Reynold / Tom Wall
design
Russell Brown / George MacDonald / Paul Murray / Victor Penman / David Shelley
programming
Keith Bross / Brad Myers
Scenario
Michael Bleau / David Cook / James M. Ward / Steve Winter
Direction
Charles J. Kroegel Jr.
Medium
Floppy disk / Digital download
Next title
Curse of the Azure Bonds

Where it stands today

How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.

Readers of the Japanese article
about 316 views per month
Readers of the overseas article
about 3,219 views per month
Edits in the past 1 year
10 times
Last edited
2026-06-12

Current records (5 of 5)

The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2021-10-05). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.

10 min 46 sec
Any% / RichB / 2019-12-26
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22 min 56 sec
Any% / HeWhoHasNoLife / 2021-10-05
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41 min 09 sec
100% (All Major Quests) / RichB / 2020-01-18
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1 h 36 min 58 sec
2 Game Continue / MSKain / 2020-01-16
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3 h 47 min 47 sec
3 Game Continue / MSKain / 2020-01-19
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Stories left about this title

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People (13)Numbers (8)Reception (5)Firsts and onlys (2)Changed from the original (2)

What we still don't know

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Copies sold

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Genretactical role-playing gameGame makerPony CanyonRelease year1991
Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)