Baldur's Gate revived computer RPGs with a sprawling AD&D adventure across the Sword Coast, mixing tactical real-time-with-pause combat and party-driven storytelling.
- Developer/Publisher: BioWare / Interplay
- Release: 1998 on PC; later Enhanced Edition on modern platforms
- Genre: Isometric CRPG (Infinity Engine)
- Notable: Real-time-with-pause combat, deep party building and companions, open-world questing across the Sword Coast, AD&D 2nd Edition ruleset, memorable antagonist Sarevok
- Reception: Critically acclaimed and commercially successful; credited with revitalizing the CRPG genre and launching BioWare’s RPG legacy