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{{Infobox Game
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| Title           = Eye of the Beholder
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| Title     = Eye of the Beholder
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| BoxArt         = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS.jpg
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| BoxArt   = Eye of the Beholder - DOS.jpg
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| PlatformName    = DOS
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| Platform  = {{Platform|DOS}}
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| PlatformPage    = DOS
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| Year     = 1990
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| Year           = 1990
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| Developer = {{Developer|Westwood Studios|Westwood Associates}}
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| DeveloperName  = Westwood Associates
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| Amazon   = B001B4A4K0
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| DeveloperPage  = Westwood Studios
 
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| Amazon         = B001B4A4K0
 
 
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'''''Eye of the Beholder''''' is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game made by Westwood studios and has a first person view in-game. The game was also released for Amiga, GBA, Sega CD, SNES,  
 
'''''Eye of the Beholder''''' is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game made by Westwood studios and has a first person view in-game. The game was also released for Amiga, GBA, Sega CD, SNES,  
 
The mages of Waterdeep summon four adventurers (your party) to investigate an evil that has been lurking around the city. The king tells the party about it and then sends you down into the sewers to look for the evil. When the party takes a few steps inside the sewers, the sewer door closes and a barricade of rocks follow. The party must find the evil and defeat it to get back to the surface.
 
The mages of Waterdeep summon four adventurers (your party) to investigate an evil that has been lurking around the city. The king tells the party about it and then sends you down into the sewers to look for the evil. When the party takes a few steps inside the sewers, the sewer door closes and a barricade of rocks follow. The party must find the evil and defeat it to get back to the surface.
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==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==
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{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Title_Screen.PNG
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| Image      = Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Title Screen.PNG
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
 
| Description = The title screen.}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Characters.PNG
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| Image      = Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Characters.PNG
 
| Description = My party's ready to kick butt!}}
 
| Description = My party's ready to kick butt!}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Gameplay_1.PNG
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| Image      = Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Gameplay 1.PNG
 
| Description = Fighting a kobold in the first level.}}
 
| Description = Fighting a kobold in the first level.}}
 
{{Screenshot
 
{{Screenshot
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| Image      = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Gameplay_2.PNG
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| Image      = Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Gameplay 2.PNG
 
| Description = Along the way you'll find other people who will join your party.}}
 
| Description = Along the way you'll find other people who will join your party.}}
 
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|}
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{{Issue Screenshots}}
  
 
==Music==
 
==Music==
 
The music features only three songs: The intro sequence music, the character generation music, and the ending music which is the same as the character generation music, just with less channels. The preferences in the Camp mode have an option to turn on and off the 'tunes', so there may have originally been more music, but the developers weren't able to fit them all onto the disks. The game itself doesn't have credits, but the manual does, attributing Paul Mudra for the music. He also did some level design for the game. According to Paul, he wrote the sound effects in a program called ALFX and composed the music in [[AdLib Visual Composer]], using his own patches. Paul said this about the music:
 
The music features only three songs: The intro sequence music, the character generation music, and the ending music which is the same as the character generation music, just with less channels. The preferences in the Camp mode have an option to turn on and off the 'tunes', so there may have originally been more music, but the developers weren't able to fit them all onto the disks. The game itself doesn't have credits, but the manual does, attributing Paul Mudra for the music. He also did some level design for the game. According to Paul, he wrote the sound effects in a program called ALFX and composed the music in [[AdLib Visual Composer]], using his own patches. Paul said this about the music:
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{{Quote|I used Visual Composer for writing our AdLib music. For Eye of the Beholder, I created sound effects using an AdLib tool that I think was called ALFX. I don't remember anything special about the EotB music. I did design game levels for EotB though.}}
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|I used Visual Composer for writing our AdLib music. For Eye of the Beholder, I created sound effects using an AdLib tool that I think was called ALFX. I don't remember anything special about the EotB music. I did design game levels for EotB though.}}
 
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===Recording===
 
===Recording===
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The Tandy recording has a glitch in the "Introduction Part 1" song, where it does not play the low G note, and instead plays a low A. This may have been to the Tandy's limitations in not being able to play notes lower than A.
 
The Tandy recording has a glitch in the "Introduction Part 1" song, where it does not play the low G note, and instead plays a low A. This may have been to the Tandy's limitations in not being able to play notes lower than A.
  
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{{TrackListBegin}}
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| Caption01 = #
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Caption02 = Title
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| Track      = 101
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| Caption03 = Composer
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| Title      = Westwood Associates Logo
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| Caption04 = Length
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| Caption05 = Listen
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 32
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| Platform    = DOS
 
}}
 
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| 101
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Eye of the Beholder (DOS) - Westwood Associates Logo|Westwood Associates Logo]]
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| Track      = 102
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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| Title      = Introduction Part 1
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| 0:32
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| {{Song-List|101_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Westwood_Associates_Logo.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 1
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| DurationSec = 29
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| 102
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| [[Eye of the Beholder - Introduction Part 1|Introduction Part 1]]
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| Platform    = DOS
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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}}
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| 1:29
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| {{Song-List|102_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Introduction_Part_1.ogg}}
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| Track      = 103
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|-
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| Title      = Introduction Part 2
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| 103
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| [[Eye of the Beholder - Introduction Part 2|Introduction Part 2]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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| DurationSec = 31
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| 0:31
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| {{Song-List|103_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Introduction_Part_2.ogg}}
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| Platform    = DOS
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}}
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| 104
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Eye of the Beholder - Character Generation|Character Generation]]
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| Track      = 104
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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| Title      = Character Generation
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| 3:30
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| {{Song-List|02_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Character_Generation.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 3
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| DurationSec = 30
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| 201
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| [[Eye of the Beholder (DOS) - Westwood Associates Logo|Westwood Associates Logo]]
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| Platform    = DOS
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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}}
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| 0:08
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{{TrackListEnd}}
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| {{Song-List|201_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Westwood_Associates_Logo.ogg}}
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{{TrackListBegin}}
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| 202
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{{TrackListEntry
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| [[Eye of the Beholder - Introduction Part 1|Introduction Part 1]]
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| Track      = 201
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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| Title      = Westwood Associates Logo
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| 0:20
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| {{Song-List|202_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Introduction_Part_1.ogg}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 8
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| 301
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| [[Eye of the Beholder (DOS) - Westwood Associates Logo|Westwood Associates Logo]]
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| Platform    = DOS
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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}}
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| 0:08
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{{TrackListEntry
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| {{Song-List|301_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Westwood_Assocaites_Logo.ogg}}
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| Track      = 202
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| Title      = Introduction Part 1
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| 302
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| [[Eye of the Beholder - Introduction Part 1|Introduction Part 1]]
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| DurationMin = 0
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| [[Paul Mudra]]
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| DurationSec = 20
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| 0:20
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| {{Song-List|302_-_Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS_-_Introduction_Part_1.ogg}}
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| Platform    = DOS
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|}
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}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
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{{TrackListBegin}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 301
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| Title      = Westwood Associates Logo
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 8
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| Platform    = DOS
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}}
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{{TrackListEntry
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| Track      = 302
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| Title      = Introduction Part 1
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| Composer    = {{TrackListComposer|Paul Mudra}}
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| DurationMin = 0
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| DurationSec = 20
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| Game        = Eye of the Beholder
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| Platform    = DOS
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}}
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{{TrackListEnd}}
  
 
===Credits===
 
===Credits===
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* '''Ripper:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
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* '''Ripper:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]] (VGZ), [[User:binarymaster|binarymaster]] (ADL)
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Recorder:''' [[User:Doommaster1994|Doommaster1994]]
 
* '''Manual Credits:'''
 
* '''Manual Credits:'''
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** '''Music & Sound Effects:''' {{Credits|Paul Mudra|Paul Mudra}}
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** ''Music & Sound Effects:'' {{Credits|Paul Mudra}}
  
 
([[:File:Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Credits.JPG|Source]])
 
([[:File:Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Credits.JPG|Source]])
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===Game Rip===
 
===Game Rip===
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{{Rips
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| Caption01 = Format
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| Formats    = {{Format|ADL}} {{Format|SND (Westwood)}}
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| Caption02 = Download
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| Conversions = {{Conversion|VGM}}
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| File        = Eye of the Beholder (DOS).zip
 
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{{Format|VGZ}}
 
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| {{Rip|Eye of the Beholder (DOS).zip}}
 
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The game probably uses the standard [[ADL]] format that Westwood used in many of their games, but hacking may be required to rip them. Since the VGZ files are sound effect free, the music should be re-recorded.
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The game uses the standard [[ADL]] format that Westwood used in many of their games.
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* <tt>ADLIB.ADL</tt> was extracted from <tt>EOBDATA1.PAK</tt>.
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* <tt>PCGAMESN.SND</tt> was extracted from <tt>EOBDATA1.PAK</tt>.
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* <tt>PCSOUND.SND</tt> was extracted from <tt>EOBDATA1.PAK</tt>.
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* <tt>SOUND.ADL</tt> was extracted from <tt>EOBDATA4.PAK</tt>.
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Since the VGZ files are sound effect free, the music should be re-recorded.
  
 
The VGZ files were logged using ValleyBell's version of DOSBox 0.74. DRO files were logged during gameplay, and hacking was used in order to stop sound effects from playing during parts of the songs where sound effects interrupt.
 
The VGZ files were logged using ValleyBell's version of DOSBox 0.74. DRO files were logged during gameplay, and hacking was used in order to stop sound effects from playing during parts of the songs where sound effects interrupt.
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{{Publication
 
{{Publication
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| Title         = Eye of the Beholder
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| Title     = Eye of the Beholder
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| BoxArt       = Eye_of_the_Beholder_-_DOS.jpg
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| BoxArt   = Eye of the Beholder - DOS.jpg
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| PlatformName = DOS
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| Platform = {{Platform|DOS}}
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| PlatformPage = DOS
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| Publisher = {{Publisher|Strategic Simulations|Strategic Simulations, Inc.}}
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| PublisherName = SSI
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| Released = 1990-06-07
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| PublisherPage = Strategic Simulations, Inc.
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| Country  = USA
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| Released     = 1990-??-??
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}}
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| Country       = USA
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{{Publication
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| Title    = Eye of the Beholder
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| BoxArt    = Eye of the Beholder - DOS - EU.jpg
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| Platform  = {{Platform|DOS}}
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| Publisher = {{Publisher|Kixx|Kixx}}
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| Released = 1993-??-??
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| Country   = UK
 
}}
 
}}
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==Links==
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* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/eye-of-the-beholder mobygames.com/game/dos/eye-of-the-beholder] - MobyGames.
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* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564791-eye-of-the-beholder gamefaqs.com/pc/564791-eye-of-the-beholder] - GameFAQs.

Revision as of 14:20, 15 March 2018

Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder - DOS.jpg
Platform: DOS
Year: 1990
Developer: Westwood Associates
Buy: Amazon

Eye of the Beholder is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game made by Westwood studios and has a first person view in-game. The game was also released for Amiga, GBA, Sega CD, SNES, The mages of Waterdeep summon four adventurers (your party) to investigate an evil that has been lurking around the city. The king tells the party about it and then sends you down into the sewers to look for the evil. When the party takes a few steps inside the sewers, the sewer door closes and a barricade of rocks follow. The party must find the evil and defeat it to get back to the surface.

Screenshots

Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Title Screen.PNG

The title screen.

Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Characters.PNG

My party's ready to kick butt!

Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Gameplay 1.PNG

Fighting a kobold in the first level.

Eye of the Beholder - DOS - Gameplay 2.PNG

Along the way you'll find other people who will join your party.


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Music

The music features only three songs: The intro sequence music, the character generation music, and the ending music which is the same as the character generation music, just with less channels. The preferences in the Camp mode have an option to turn on and off the 'tunes', so there may have originally been more music, but the developers weren't able to fit them all onto the disks. The game itself doesn't have credits, but the manual does, attributing Paul Mudra for the music. He also did some level design for the game. According to Paul, he wrote the sound effects in a program called ALFX and composed the music in AdLib Visual Composer, using his own patches. Paul said this about the music:

“
I used Visual Composer for writing our AdLib music. For Eye of the Beholder, I created sound effects using an AdLib tool that I think was called ALFX. I don't remember anything special about the EotB music. I did design game levels for EotB though.
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Recording

The AdLib recording starts with a 1, the PC speaker recording starts with a 2, and the Tandy recording starts with a 3. Because the ending music is the same as the Character Generation music except it doesn't loop, it has been excluded from the recording.

The Tandy recording has a glitch in the "Introduction Part 1" song, where it does not play the low G note, and instead plays a low A. This may have been to the Tandy's limitations in not being able to play notes lower than A.

# Title Composer Length Listen Download
101 Westwood Associates Logo Paul Mudra 0:32
Download
102 Introduction Part 1 Paul Mudra 1:29
Download
103 Introduction Part 2 Paul Mudra 0:31
Download
104 Character Generation Paul Mudra 3:30
Download
# Title Composer Length Listen Download
201 Westwood Associates Logo Paul Mudra 0:08
Download
202 Introduction Part 1 Paul Mudra 0:20
Download
# Title Composer Length Listen Download
301 Westwood Associates Logo Paul Mudra 0:08
Download
302 Introduction Part 1 Paul Mudra 0:20
Download

Credits

(Source)

There are no credits in the game itself, but they can be found in the game's rulebook.

Game Rip

Format

Conversion

Download

File:ADL.png SND (Westwood).png

VGM.png

Download

(Info)


The game uses the standard ADL format that Westwood used in many of their games.

  • ADLIB.ADL was extracted from EOBDATA1.PAK.
  • PCGAMESN.SND was extracted from EOBDATA1.PAK.
  • PCSOUND.SND was extracted from EOBDATA1.PAK.
  • SOUND.ADL was extracted from EOBDATA4.PAK.

Since the VGZ files are sound effect free, the music should be re-recorded.

The VGZ files were logged using ValleyBell's version of DOSBox 0.74. DRO files were logged during gameplay, and hacking was used in order to stop sound effects from playing during parts of the songs where sound effects interrupt.

You can learn how to rip VGM files here.

Audio Devices

Music

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - PC Speaker.png Icon - Sound Blaster.png Icon - Sound Blaster Pro.png Icon - Tandy 3 Voice.png

Sound

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - PC Speaker.png Icon - Sound Blaster.png Icon - Sound Blaster Pro.png Icon - Tandy 3 Voice.png

(Source)

Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Eye of the Beholder - DOS.jpg
Title: Eye of the Beholder
Platform: DOS
Released: 1990-06-07
Publisher: Strategic Simulations, Inc.
  UK.svg   UK
Eye of the Beholder - DOS - EU.jpg
Title: Eye of the Beholder
Platform: DOS
Released: 1993-??-??
Publisher: Kixx

Links

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