<s>
Advanced	B-Application
Dungeons	I-Application
&	I-Application
Dragons	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1988	O
for	O
various	O
home	O
computer	O
systems	O
and	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
Dragonlance	O
campaign	O
module	O
for	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
fantasy	B-Application
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
Dragons	O
of	O
Despair	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Dragonlance	O
novel	O
Dragons	O
of	O
Autumn	O
Twilight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
journey	O
of	O
eight	O
heroes	O
through	O
the	O
ruined	O
city	O
of	O
Xak	O
Tsaroth	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
must	O
face	O
the	O
ancient	O
dragon	O
Khisanth	O
and	O
retrieve	O
the	O
relic	O
,	O
the	O
Disks	O
of	O
Mishakal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
action	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
uses	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
game	O
statistics	O
,	O
with	O
character	O
statistics	O
taken	O
exactly	O
from	O
the	O
rule	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Dragonlance	O
novels	O
written	O
by	O
Margaret	O
Weis	O
and	O
Tracy	O
Hickman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
was	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
series	O
;	O
the	O
nickname	O
for	O
these	O
other	O
D&D	O
titles	O
were	O
"	O
Silver	O
Box	O
"	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
was	O
very	O
successful	O
for	O
SSI	O
,	O
with	O
88,808	O
copies	O
sold	O
for	O
computers	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
reviewing	O
a	O
pre-production	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	O
version	O
of	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
G.M.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
offered	O
a	O
slight	O
strategy	O
angle	O
,	O
but	O
D&D	O
fans	O
largely	O
preferred	O
the	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
straight	O
RPG	O
approach.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
sales	O
were	O
triple	O
that	O
of	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lance	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
storyline	O
for	O
this	O
game	O
continued	O
in	O
two	O
subsequent	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
Dragons	B-Application
of	I-Application
Flame	I-Application
and	O
Shadow	B-Application
Sorcerer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
