Editing Gold Box (section)

{{short description|Video game series and engine}}
{{about|the video game series|the phreaking device|Gold box (phreaking)}}
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{{Infobox video game series
| title = ''Gold Box''
| image = Gold Box engine samples.png
| caption = Clockwise from upper left: overland map exploration; plot cut scene; overall combat interface; dungeon exploration view/battle encounter approach
| developer = Strategic Simulations<br>[[Westwood Associates]]<br>[[Stormfront Studios]]<br>MicroMagic<br>Cybertech<br>Marionette
| released = {{Start date and age|1988|06}}
| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[PC-98]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]]
}}

'''''Gold Box''''' is a series of [[role-playing video game]]s produced by [[Strategic Simulations]] from 1988 to 1992. The company acquired a license to produce games based on the ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]] from [[Tactical Studies Rules|TSR, Inc.]]<ref name="high_score">{{cite book | first1=Rusel | last1=DeMaria | first2=Johnny L. | last2=Wilson | title=High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games | edition=2nd | publisher=McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | date=2003-12-18 | isbn=0-07-223172-6 | page=169}}</ref> These games share a common [[game engine]] that came to be known as the "Gold Box Engine" after the gold-colored boxes in which most games of the series were sold.<ref name="gamasutra">{{cite web|first=Matt |last=Barton |title=Unforgettable Realms: SSI's "Gold Box" Games |work=The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993) |page=4 |publisher=Gamasutra |date=2007-02-23 |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_04.shtml |access-date=2009-01-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227174428/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_04.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-27}}</ref>