Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance (Prototype)

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance (Prototype)
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance (Prototype)
Build name	N/A
Dump status	Released, redump needed
Dumped by	Frank Cifaldi
Released by	Hidden Palace
File release date	December 26, 2024
Origin	EPROM cartridge
Lot	Nolan Brothers Lot
Labels	N/A
Game	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
System	NES
Genre	Role Playing
Final build	JP Apr 17, 1991; EU Unreleased; US Feb 6, 1992;
Release date	JP Jun 28, 1991; EU Unreleased; US Apr 1992;

A prototype of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance for the NES.

Notes

US build with incomplete English localisation.
The copyright screen is slightly different - its layout matches the Japanese version, but it uses the final US text (with the exception that "PONY CANYON" is still referred to as "PONYCANYON", as in the Japanese version).
The logo on the title screen differs from the one used in both final versions. The game still refers to itself as a "COMPUTER PRODUCT", as per the US version, as opposed to a "VIDEO GAME".
Many minor text differences during gameplay.
- Characters are often referred to differently, such as "Man" being called "The Man" and "Braccio" taking on the title "Bishop Braccio".
- "Shrines" are referred to as "Temples" in some areas, while the "chapel" in Sokal Keep is called a "shrine". In the Bane Temple, the "altar" was changed to a "podium".
- References to death such as "kill" and "die" were changed to words like "slay" and "expired". In combat, a killed enemy is "killed" while in the retail version they are "slain".
- In combat, a party member in a "dying" state was changed to "hurt", and "dead" party members were changed to "slain".
- References to blood have been removed completely with no replacement.
The pre-generated characters are fully-leved with a much more powerful inventory than the release versions where they are Level 1 with weak weapons.
- The pre-generated character Felgar was a half-elf Fighter/Magic-User/Cleric. In the released version, not only is he a human Cleric, but the class Fighter/Magic-User/Cleric is not available.