Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder is an all 3-D, Legend Series computer role-playing adventure based on the popular Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition rules and on an original story created for this game . The action…
Eye of the Beholder is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Associates, released 31 December 1991 on Atari Lynx, Sega CD, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga.
What Eye of the Beholder is
Eye of the Beholder is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Associates and released in 1991. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Atari Lynx, Sega CD, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, DOS, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Eye of the Beholder is an all 3-D, Legend Series computer role-playing adventure based on the popular Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition rules and on an original story created for this game . The action takes place in the sewers and catacombs beneath the City of Waterdeep located in TSR's Forgotten Realms game world.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series
Eye of the Beholder is the 18th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Neverwinter Nights in 1991.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Eye of the Beholder launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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