Eye of the Beholder

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Eye of the Beholder
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega, Pony Canyon (JP)
Developer:
Licensor: TSR
Original system(s): PC
Developer(s) of original games: Westwood Associates, Strategic Simulations
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart, Sega Mouse
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP
¥7,8007,800 T-75014
Sega Mega-CD
US
4655
Sega Mega-CD
EU
4655-50
Non-Sega versions

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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

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

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
63 [5]
77 [6]
87 [4]
62
70 №280, [1]
50 №1993-11, p41
88 [7]
84 №26, p46/47
88 [8]
88 №12, p76
81 №63, p75
18 №39, p56
Sega Mega-CD
71
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
63
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
87
[4]
Digitiser (UK)
62
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
72
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[13]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[14]
Joypad (FR) PAL
80
[15]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
70
[16]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
84
[17]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
62
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
88
[2]
Player One (FR)
88
[8]
Power Up! (UK)
82
[19]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[20]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
81
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
18
[22]
Sega Force (SE)
80
[23]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[24]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[25]
Sega Mega-CD
72
Based on
20 reviews

Eye of the Beholder

Mega-CD, US
EotB MCD US Box Back.jpgEotB MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
Eotb mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
EotB MCD US RegCard.pdf
Reg Card
Mega-CD, EU
EotB MCD EU Box Back.jpgEotB MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
EotB MCD EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Mega-CD, JP
EotB MCD JP Box Back.jpgEotB MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
AdvancedDD MCD JP Spinecard.JPG
Spinecard
AdvancedDD MCD JP Disc.JPG
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
554,095,920 CD (EU) 4655-50
Sega Mega-CD
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
554,794,464 CD (JP) T-75014
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
553,743,120 CD (US) 4655

References

  1. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 96
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 76
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 107
  5. Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 17 (19)
  6. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  7. Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 96-98 (96)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114
  9. Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-08), page 19
  10. Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-24)
  11. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  12. Famitsu, "1994-04-29" (JP; 1994-04-15), page 1
  13. GamePro, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
  14. Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 41
  15. Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 96
  16. MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 94
  17. Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 46
  18. Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
  19. Power Up!, "Saturday, February 11, 1995" (UK; 1995-02-11), page 1
  20. Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 76
  21. Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 75
  22. Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 56
  23. Sega Force, "3/95" (SE; 1995-06-20), page 18
  24. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  25. VideoGames, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 82
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