Eye of the Beholder

Released in 1991, Eye of the Beholder brought classic dungeon crawling into the digital age with style and confidence. Set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, it delivers grid-based exploration, tense real-time combat, and an oppressive atmosphere that keeps you constantly on edge. Every step feels risky, every corridor potentially deadly. The interface is intuitive for its time, and the presentation—dark, moody, and detailed—does a great job of selling the danger lurking around every corner. Party management adds strategic depth, forcing tough decisions when resources run low. Eye of the Beholder is demanding but fair, and its sense of progression is deeply satisfying. It’s a game that respects its audience, trusting players to learn, adapt, and survive through skill rather than luck.

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PC Review (1992): "Conceived and executed in the style of the classic Dungeon Master, Eye of The Beholder is exciting and challenging in equal measure. It's one of the highly-successful Advanced Dungeons games based on the TSR role playing tabletop game. First you must choose your party of adventurers, their race (human, dwarf, elf etc) attributes (strength, intelligence) and a whole host of other details. The adventurer's view is of a 3D dungeon and all the controls are mouse-driven. SSI has managed to maintain the feel and atmosphere of the original game while making the AD&D experience available to a lot more people."

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Eye of the Beholder Trilogy (1995, SSI) was a rerelease of all the three games for MS-DOS on CD-ROM. They also appeared later in Gamefest: Forgotten Realms Classics (2001, Interplay).

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Status: NOT abandonware
Also published for: Amiga, SNES, SEGA CD
Abandonware DOS views: 51581

Awards won by Eye of the Beholder:

Selected for 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.

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drega 06/04/2021 05:28
one of the best dungeon crawlers of all time

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