<s>
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
(	O
and	O
final	O
)	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
series	O
of	O
Gold	O
Box	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
events	O
after	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Blades	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
,	O
a	O
campaign	O
setting	O
from	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
play	O
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
,	O
one	O
simply	O
needs	O
to	O
create	O
characters	O
and	O
form	O
a	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Characters	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
transferred	O
from	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Blades	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
lieutenants	O
are	O
found	O
in	O
other	O
dimensions	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
reached	O
using	O
portals	O
known	O
as	O
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
differed	O
from	O
its	O
predecessors	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
Gold	O
Box	O
games	O
where	O
the	O
party	O
always	O
stayed	O
in	O
Faerûn	O
,	O
the	O
quests	O
that	O
the	O
party	O
have	O
to	O
endure	O
traversed	O
many	O
dimensions	O
to	O
do	O
battle	O
with	O
Bane	O
's	O
lieutenants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Blades	I-Application
,	O
the	O
fireball	O
cannot	O
be	O
delayed	O
and	O
is	O
cast	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
followed	O
its	O
predecessors	O
closely	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combat	O
in	O
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
late	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
differed	O
greatly	O
from	O
the	O
encounters	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
scrolls	O
could	O
be	O
joined	O
into	O
bundles	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
MS-DOS	O
version	O
did	O
n't	O
feature	O
this	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
games	O
could	O
be	O
loaded	O
in	O
the	O
camp	O
menu	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MS-DOS	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
restart	O
or	O
enter	O
a	O
training	O
hall	O
and	O
remove	O
all	O
their	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
party	O
to	O
load	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
was	O
much	O
less	O
successful	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
Gold	O
Box	O
games	O
,	O
with	O
SSI	O
selling	O
52,793	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1992	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#178	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
criticized	O
the	O
"	O
lame	O
ending	O
"	O
,	O
annoying	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
having	O
to	O
abandon	O
weapons	O
when	O
visiting	O
another	O
dimension	O
,	O
but	O
called	O
Pools	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
"	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
lot	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
ultimate	O
challenge	O
for	O
the	O
experienced	O
Gold	O
Box	O
gamer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
not	O
remembered	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
memorable	O
of	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
Gold	O
Box	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
definitely	O
worth	O
playing	O
back	O
then	O
,	O
if	O
you	O
braved	O
the	O
previous	O
three	O
installments	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
