<s>
Gateway	B-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Savage	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Gold	O
Box	O
Dungeons	O
and	O
Dragons	O
computer	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Beyond	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
SSI	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
PC	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
SSI	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Dark	O
Sun	O
game	O
engine	O
in	O
1989	O
after	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Blades	I-Application
,	O
they	O
passed	O
responsibility	O
for	O
continuing	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
Gold	O
Box	O
games	O
to	O
Beyond	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designers	O
Don	O
Daglow	O
,	O
Mark	O
Buchignani	O
,	O
David	O
Bunnett	O
,	O
Arturo	O
Sinclair	O
and	O
Mark	O
Manyen	O
set	O
the	O
action	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
an	O
area	O
of	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
that	O
TSR	O
had	O
labeled	O
The	O
Savage	O
Frontier	O
,	O
north	O
of	O
Waterdeep	O
and	O
south	O
of	O
Luskan	O
along	O
the	O
Sword	O
Coast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
area	O
was	O
far	O
to	O
the	O
west	O
of	O
the	O
region	O
that	O
hosted	O
the	O
action	O
for	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
Savage	O
Frontier	O
,	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
,	O
spun	O
off	O
a	O
new	O
chapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
Software	O
gained	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
AOL	O
executive	O
Steve	O
Case	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
first-ever	O
graphical	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
to	O
base	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
leverage	O
the	O
existing	O
game	O
and	O
cross-promote	O
the	O
titles	O
,	O
Daglow	O
based	O
the	O
new	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
in	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
and	O
named	O
it	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
Nights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
one	O
sequel	O
,	O
Treasures	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Savage	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSI	O
sold	O
62,581	O
copies	O
of	O
Gateway	B-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Savage	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
the	O
#1	O
selling	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
game	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
August	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorpia	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
called	O
Gateway	B-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Savage	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
"	O
standard	O
Gold	O
Box	O
fare	O
...	O
you	O
've	O
played	O
this	O
many	O
times	O
before	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
