Eye of the Beholder

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
• "アイ・オブ・ザ・ビホルダー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• D&D / AD&D licensees
• Eye of the Beholder series
• Forgotten Realms world
• Games named after songs

Merchant Title Platform Price   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder I and II PC Game Diskettes complete. 1990 1991 DOS $44.96   Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder - Sega CD SEGA CD     Eye of the Beholder SNES $1.25   Eye of the Beholder     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

One of the first good dungeon crawling RPGs of the early DOS times	DOS	Optimus (71)
Awesome for the time, still a great game today.	DOS	Gothicgene (83)
A decent AD&D dungeon crawl	DOS	pogalogen (14)
A champion RPG for it's time.	DOS	Andrew Morgan (2)
Dungeon Hacking at it's best...	DOS	Chris Martin (1115)
A great game, but I liked its sequel much better.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4466)
Any game with Larry Elmore's art on its cover is a good game.	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
Wow!!!	DOS	lomikin (4)

The Press Says

The One	Amiga	Jun, 1991	92 out of 100	92
Amiga Format	Amiga	Jul, 1991	92 out of 100	92
Amiga Action	Amiga	Jun, 1991	82 out of 100	82
Sega-16.com	SEGA CD	Apr 18, 2005	8 out of 10	80
GamePro	SEGA CD	Aug, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	DOS	May, 1991	79 out of 100	79
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SEGA CD	Sep, 1994	7.2 out of 10	72
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA CD	Oct, 1994	7 out of 10	70
GamePro	SNES	Aug, 1994	3 out of 5	60
JeuxVideoPC.com	DOS	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".