Eye of the Beholder

Before they became Westwood Studios.

Main Title

Prologue

Four heroes decided to face the evil that lurks beneath the city of Waterdeep.

Main Menu

Character generation screen.

After all statistics have been set, you select a portrait and enter your character's name.

As you entered the sewers, the fate sealed behind you granting you nowhere to go but deeper underground.

Remains of a hero that came here before you... as a point of encouragement.

Equipping one of your characters.

The weakest type of enemy, usually travel in packs.

Killed beasts will usually drop food supplies or their weapon which can be of much use to you.

Ingame menu allows you to adjust some game option, rest and/or heal party, and other stuff.

Praying for level 1 spells.

Title Screen

Only you can find the evil and destroy it! (from the opening intro)

Prepare yourself! (from the opening intro)

Character Generation

Against creepy creatures (in-game shot -1)

Against creepy creatures (in-game shot -2)

Against creepy creatures (in-game shot -3)

dwarves could be a powerful allies... or an enemies

if you choose a bound to dwarves, their cleric will gladly help you

even though it's a dungeon-hack, you can find wide underground areas

when there will be no stairs to find, portal gates will do just fine

those puma-alike creatures have scorpion-alike twin tail

saving the prince is one step towards stoping the war btween Drowes and Dwarves

these slimy caves are deep below, and contains Mantis-Warriors

RATS (Rapid Access Teleport System) - nice name though

main in-game menu (mostly used for healing characters, or saving a game)

Drow welcome comitee.

A Xorn is a creature heavily attracted by a metal. Tough to kill though.

Last Level. You can mix stone, health potions, and some other ingredient, and you'll get this creature.

Mr. Evil himself. The main bad guy, pretty fast though.

Portrait selection

Inventory screen

Stat screen

Prepping a spell

Kobold strikes!

Damned Kobolds!

Title Screen (CGA)

Starting out (CGA)

Title Screen (EGA)

Starting out (EGA)

Title screen

Intro

Someone seems to dislike us.

Character creation screen.

Our journey begins in the sewers.

Character statistics on the right

Investigate some Halfling bones.

Open doors by pressing buttons in the wall.

Fight humanoid rats

Fight worms.

Get bitten by worms.

Camp menu screen

You can rest several hours.

Resting restores the health of all the party members.

Find a magic scrolls in the walls.

Open doors by pulling levers.

Sewer holes are stinky, but sometimes you can find things in them.

Place stones on trip plates to keep doors open.

Finding some armor

Even the smallest buttons have to be found.

Get down to another level.

Fight bigger enemies.

On each level you can find the map.

Dungeon map screen

Title Screen

In Game