Eye of the Beholder

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NTSC-U
NTSC-J
PAL

Eye of the Beholder

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Pony Canyon (Japan)

Developer: Opera House

Licensor: TSR

Original system(s): PC

Developer(s) of original games: Westwood Associates, Strategic Simulations, Inc.

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse

Genre: RPG^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-04-22^[2]	¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e^[3]	T-75014
US	1994-08^[4]		4655
EU	1994-12^[5]^[6]		4655-50
UK	1994-12^[5]^[6]	£49.9949.99^[7]^[6]	4655-50

Non-Sega versions
Amiga IBM PC PC-9800 series Super NES

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Eye of the Beholder (アイ・オブ・ザ・ビホルダー) is a Sega Mega-CD RPG. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, and is the first in a trilogy of Eye of the Beholder games.

Production credits

Producer: Yasutaka Ukai
Chief Programmer: Makoto Ichinoseki
Technical Support: Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Satoru Miki
Graphics: Atsuhiro Gunji, Hiroshi Akagi, Ken Takagi, Yasuaki Mizutani, Saeko Satou, Kiyoto Yoshimura
Game Design: Atsuhiro Gunji, Masaaki Furuya
Music: Yuzo Koshiro, Motohiro Kawashima
Sound Effects: YmoH.S
Visual
- Program: Makoto Ichinoseki, Kiyoto Yoshimura, Yoko Ogasawara
- Graphics: Atsuhiro Gunji, Ken Takagi
Sound Edit: Hidefumi Ohara, Keiichi Yoshida, Kiyoto Yoshimura
Voices: Martha Carlucci, Teacey Steinmetz, Margot Blattmann, Charlens Landrum, Tim Brown, Harold Johnson, James Ward, Nicholas Beliacff
Translation Supervise: Group SNE, Hitoshi Yasuda, Miyuki Kiyomatsu, Megumi Tsuge
Promotion: Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Masayoshi Kanagawa
Testing: Jeff Gregg
Thanks to: Darren, Ross, Eric, Erik, Rich, Darlene, Robert, Albert, Michael, Mr. Fukuda, Elaine, Cynthia, Po, Kuniaki Ikariya (Sega), Yuji Ikeuchi (Sega)
Special Thanks to: James Ward (TSR), Nicholas Beliaeff, Kaz Saito (FCI-NY), Doreen Do (FCI-NY), Eiko Nagata (FCI-NY), James MacLean (FCI-NY)

Magazine articles

Main article: Eye of the Beholder/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-11: "November 1993" (1993-10-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[8]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

87

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[11]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[12]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

70

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

84

^[14]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

62

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

88

^[5]

Player One (FR)

88

^[16]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

81

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

18

^[19]

Sega Force (SE)

80

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[21]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[22]

	72
Based on 17 reviews

Eye of the Beholder

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

554,095,920

CD (EU)

4655-50

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

554,794,464

CD (JP)

T-75014

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

553,743,120

CD (US)

4655

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega CD

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Eye of the Beholder

↑ File:EotB MCD JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 17
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 96
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 76
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 107
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 19
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "1994-04-29" (JP; 1994-04-15), page 1
↑ GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 41
↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 94
↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 46
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 76
↑ Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 75
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 56
↑ Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 18
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 82

Eye of the Beholder

Main page | Comparisons | Magazine articles | Reception

Dungeons & Dragons games for Sega systems
Heroes of the Lance (1991) \| Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1992) \| Eye of the Beholder (1994) \| Dungeons & Dragons Collection (1999)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (unreleased) \| Iron & Blood (unreleased)

[:File:EotB_MCD_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-1] File:EotB MCD JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-11.pdf_p17-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 17

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p172-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p96-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 96

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p76-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 76

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p107-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 107

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-05.pdf_p19-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 19

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p36-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[10] Famitsu, "1994-04-29" (JP; 1994-04-15), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_061.pdf_p110-11] GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 110

[12] Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 41

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p94-13] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 94

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p46-14] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 46

[:File:MegaForce_FR_35.pdf_p84-15] Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p114-16] Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p76-17] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 76

[:File:SegaPower_UK_63.pdf_p75-18] Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 75

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p56-19] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 56

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_03.pdf_p18-20] Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 18

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_US_69.pdf_p82-22] VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 82

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Eye of the Beholder

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References