Observed arrival · 2026-10-22
Gold Box Hero: two SSI RPGs in the browser
Gold Box Hero offers browser play of Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and Champions of Krynn, both identified on the page as 1990 SSI games.
- For
- Players revisiting SSI and Dragonlance-era computer RPGs
- Worth noticing
- Three controls cover pixel dithering, CRT-style display effects, and AdLib versus PC-speaker music.
Field notes
The page identifies both titles as 1990 releases from SSI, with TSR also credited, and describes their premises: NEO rebels fighting RAM in Buck Rogers, and Dragonlance knights, mages, and kender in Champions of Krynn. Display controls distinguish drawn dithering from blended color and add an optional CRT look; music can use AdLib or the PC speaker. A bug form requests reproducible steps and expected behavior, while noting that the game files are not part of the site's code.
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