Eye of the Beholder

published by SSI in 1991, developed by Westwood Studios, running on MS-DOS

type: role-play
genre: Fantasy, Dungeon Crawler
series: Eye of the Beholder, Dungeons & Dragons
setting: Medieval, Forgotten Realms
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player

game engine: EoB Engine
languages: eng

4.4/5

Technical specs

software: EoB Engine, Lutris, Scumm Virtual Machine,

hardware: Color Graphics Adapter, Enhanced Graphics Adapter, Multicolor Graphics Adapter, Tandy Graphics Adapter, Video Graphics Array, AdLib SPU, PC speaker SPU, Sound Blaster SPU,

display: raster

Editor note

You control a party of four heroes tasked by the lords of Waterdeep to investigate some foul stuff going on by entering the vast sewer system below the city.

Saved games can be loaded into a new game in the sequel (EOB2); minus the special items.

(Zerothis) - # 2008-03-08 23:53:12

Authors / Staff

management

Brett W. Sperry (director)
Dan Cermak (producer)
George MacDonald (producer)

author

Brett W. Sperry (original concept)
Phillip W. Gorrow (original concept)
Phillip W. Gorrow (original programmer)

design

Bill Stokes (game design)
Brett W. Sperry (game design)
Eydie Laramore (game designer)
Joe Bostic (game design)
Paul S. Mudra (game design)
Phillip W. Gorrow (game design)

writer

Brett W. Sperry (story)
Eydie Laramore (writer)
Marc Cram (writer)
Phillip W. Gorrow (story)

coding

Bill Stokes (amiga programmer)
David A. Lucca (game development support)
George MacDonald (game development)
Joe Bostic (additional programming)
Nicholas Beliaeff (game developer)
Phillip W. Gorrow (lead programmer)

graphics

Aaron Powell (art)
Aaron Powell (graphics)
David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (art)
David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (graphic design)
Joseph B. Hewitt IV (art)
Joseph B. Hewitt IV (graphics)
Kirk Nichols (art)
Kirk Nichols (graphic design)
Peter Gascoyne (art)
Peter Gascoyne (graphic design)
Ren Olsen (art)
Ren Olsen (graphics)
Rick Parks (art)
Rick Parks (graphics)

level designer

Bill Stokes (level programmer)

audio

Dwight Okahara (sound fx)
Frank Klepacki (music)
Paul S. Mudra (music)
Paul S. Mudra (sound fx)

packaging

Andrrignaud (manual)
Eileen Matsumi (manual)
George MacDonald (manual)
Richard Wilson (manual)

tester

Alan Marenco (playtester)
Andrrignaud (playtester)
Brian Lowe (playtester)
Chris Warshauer (playtester)
Cyrus G. Harris (playtester)
Glen Cureton (playtester)
Glenn Sperry (playtester)
Inc (special ibm testing)
James Young (playtester)
Jason Ray (playtester)
Jeff Shotwell (playtester)
John C. Boockholdt (playtester)
John Kirk (playtester)
Larry S. Webber (playtester)
Mark Hall (playtester)
Matt Collins (playtester)
Michael Gilmartin (playtester)
Phil Alne (playtester)
Robert Lupo (playtester)
Scott Zielinski (playtester)

n.a.

American Lithographers
Misc
SSI
Top Star Computing Services
Westwood Associates

other

David Boudreau of Louis Saekow Design (dtp)
Inc (printing)
Kirk Nichols (dtp)
Kirk Nichols (pre-press production)
Peter Gascoyne (dtp)
Ray Garcia (pre-press production)

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External reviews (8) - average: 89.5% - median: 90.5%

review source		issue	date	score
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	uk	44	1991-05	780/1000	78%	view
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (085-173)	uk	114	1991-05	95/100	95%
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (085-173)	uk	150	1994-05	86/100	86%
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	32	1991-04	94/100	94%	view
Joystick	fr	15	1991-04	90/100	90%	view
Raze	uk	8	1991-06	92/100	92%
Tilt 39-113	fr	90	1991-05	18/20	90%
Zero	uk	20	1991-06	91/100	91%

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