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Description

Something evil is lurking below the city of Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep summon a group of heroes to investigate. But someone or something has been watching the proceedings. After the heroes enter the sewers, the ceiling collapses behind them. The only way out is the way down, into a dungeon filled with monsters, traps and puzzles.

Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler RPG with a first-person perspective based on the 2nd Edition AD&D rules. Your starting party consists of four characters and up to two NPCs can join later. Combat and magic happen in real time. Fight over a dozen different monster varieties and cast over 40 spells. A point-and-click interface makes exploring, fighting, spellcasting and handling objects easy.

Alternate Titles

  • "EOB" -- Abbreviated Title

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder I and II PC Game Diskettes complete. 1990 1991 DOS $2.55  
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Eye of the Beholder    
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User Reviews

One of the first good dungeon crawling RPGs of the early DOS times Optimus (71) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
Awesome for the time, still a great game today. Gothicgene (83) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
A decent AD&D dungeon crawl pogalogen (14) 2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars2.4 Stars
A champion RPG for it's time. Andrew Morgan (2) unrated
Dungeon Hacking at it's best... Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1116) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
A great game, but I liked its sequel much better. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Any game with Larry Elmore's art on its cover is a good game. OlSkool_Gamer (101) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Wow!!! lomikin (4) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars

The Press Says

Computer and Video Games (CVG) May, 1991 96 out of 100 96
Abandonia Mar 03, 2004 4 out of 5 80
Power Play May, 1991 79 out of 100 79
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) May, 1991 780 out of 1000 78
Quandary Jan, 1996 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
JeuxVideoPC.com Apr 21, 2006 10 out of 20 50

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Trivia

Eye of the Beholder is one of many games that shares it's name with a song by the heavy metal band "Metallica" (which appears to be quite popular with programmers). Others include "Seek & Destroy", "Fade To Black", "Disposable Heroes" and "Sanitarium".


This entry was contributed by psychofish (868), Stillman (7545), Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1116) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183)
 

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