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Eye of the Beholder

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Also known as
EOB アイ・オブ・ザ・ビホルダー

This dungeon crawler RPG traps your party in a monster-filled labyrinth, using real-time AD&D combat and puzzles.

Eye of the Beholder was originally released for MS-DOS in 1991 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This is the earliest commercial release of the game on any platform, so both the DOS release year and the original release year are 1991.


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About Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder is a first-person role-playing game that uses the AD&D 2nd Edition ruleset. Its setting is the city of Waterdeep, where a party of four heroes is sent into the sewers to confront a hidden evil. Their investigation becomes a descent when the entrance collapses, forcing them deeper into a monster-infested dungeon.

Gameplay involves navigating this environment in real time, managing combat, magic, and various puzzles. The interface relies on point-and-click actions for interacting with objects, casting spells, and engaging in fights. The initial party of four adventurers can be supplemented by up to two non-player characters who may join during the expedition.

Eye of the Beholder Screenshots

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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