was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #178 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars. In Computer Gaming World, Scorpia found the game enjoyable, with better graphics than in the prior Gold Box games. She criticized the "lame ending", annoying sounds, and having to abandon weapons when visiting another dimension, but called Pools of Darkness "the best of the lot" and "the ultimate challenge for the experienced Gold Box gamer". According to GameSpy, while "not remembered as the most memorable of the Forgotten Realms Gold Box games, but it was definitely worth playing back then, if you braved the previous three installments". See also Pool of Twilight, the sequel in the Pools book trilogy Queen of the Spiders, the D&D supermodule whose cover art by Keith Parkinson was borrowed for the Pools of Darkness box art References External links Lost Citadel for Pools of Darkness 1991 video games Amiga games Classic Mac OS games DOS games Forgotten Realms video games Gold Box NEC PC-9801 games Role-playing video games Strategic Simulations games Tactical role-playing video games Video games developed in the United States Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender Video games scored by George Sanger Video games with oblique graphics