The Eidolon

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Description

You control a mysterious 19th-century machine named "The Eidolon" through mysterious caves. Collect and create fireballs and encounter strange creatures like 'Greps', 'Biter Birds', 'Bottlenecks', 'Rotoflies', 'Puffer Birds' , and 'Guardian Dragons'. Each type of fireball you collect has different effects. For instance Blue fireballs freeze time, and green fireballs transform one monster into another type. A guardian dragon must be defeated at the end of each level.

Eidolon is one of the progenitors of the first-person shooter genre, with full pseudo-3D panoramic graphics. This was achieved with the use of Lucasfilm Games 3D fractal technology, also used in Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift.

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Alternate Titles

• "Eidalon" -- Misspelled Commodore 64 Ricochet tape title

Part of the Following Group

• Theme: Steampunk

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Critic Reviews

The Atari Times	Atari 8-bit	Aug 18, 2004	99 out of 100	99
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Feb, 1986	97 out of 100	97
Lemon64	Commodore 64	Feb 06, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Apr, 1986	9 out of 10	90
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1988	79 out of 100	79
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Apr, 1986	7.75 out of 10	78
64'er	Commodore 64	Feb, 1986	11 out of 15	73

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• Commodore Format
  • February 1991 (Issue 5) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)