One of Dungeons & Dragons gaming's most notorious misfires has clawed its way back. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor — a game PC Gamer ranks among the buggiest D&D titles ever released — has been re-released in a state the outlet describes as actually playable again.

The original 2001 release became legendary for the wrong reasons, a technical disaster whose reputation has outlived most of its contemporaries. Getting it running properly on modern systems makes the re-release a small landmark for RPG preservation, if nothing else.

PC Gamer's own framing captures the ambivalence: 'But did anyone ask for this?' It is a fair question. Unlike the beloved Gold Box classics that share the Pool of Radiance name, Ruins of Myth Drannor is remembered less as a flawed gem than as a cautionary tale.

Still, the re-release fits a broader pattern of classic D&D PC games being dusted off for modern storefronts, where completionists and the morbidly curious keep even infamous titles commercially viable. For RPG historians, a working copy of a famous disaster has its own peculiar value — now available without the original's tendency to break itself.