Is Eye of the Beholder [SNES] Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

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@stevel935 11 месяцев назад

A tip for new players - you don't have to press the arrow keys. You can hold one of the buttons and use the D-pad. A lot less tedious for movement.

@drunkensailor112 9 месяцев назад

Same for sega cd. Much advised

@viniciuspolicena 11 месяцев назад

> So yeah, Eye of the Beholder is more than just track three on "...And Justice for All", and one of the most kick-ass riffs ever, it's also a pretty good port of a PC game on Super Nintendo. I love this channel.

@tatecheddar 11 месяцев назад

Yup. Now I gotta go listen to Metallica. Lol

@miahthorpatrick1013 11 месяцев назад

I had to stop the video because that part was so darn funny!! 🤣

@baustin1215 11 месяцев назад

“You can do it your own way, if it’s done just how I say!”

@crazyjohnt8012 11 месяцев назад

Those are my favorite lyrics ever. Great song

@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308 11 месяцев назад

I understood that reference.

@TheFLOMAN76 11 месяцев назад

Love me some TALLICA 🤘

@ddduv 11 месяцев назад

God damnit I wanted to do the joke!

@agedinthesun6689 11 месяцев назад

To begin with the dance of the dead blackened is the end.

@chiwhiner 11 месяцев назад

For some reason I really wanted this game as a kid and when I eventually got it I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Nearly 30 years later I played Legend of Grimrock and it became one of my favorite games of all time. Makes me wanna revisit this one someday.

@rdh_gaming 11 месяцев назад

It's on Steam

@DichotomousRex 11 месяцев назад

Your references and sense of humor are so spot-on for me and my friends. Request: Feature more Clyde T. Dog pls

@jonothanthrace1530 11 месяцев назад

I bought EotB back when it was just a couple of years old because I was so excited that a D&D game existed and made it to maybe level 3; I tried to map it but got tricked by the teleporters so my map was a goddamn mess. Eventually I fell into a pit, nearly everyone was bitten by spiders, and the only character left was my mage, who couldn't cut through the spider webs because he'd only throw daggers.

@prosfilaes 11 месяцев назад

Sounds like D&D.

@MalekitGJ 11 месяцев назад

@@prosfilaes Adv D&D, we have to make sure which Tables' Ruleset we are reffering xD

@ZombieJesus1987 11 месяцев назад

Yup, that's definitely AD&D for ya.

@samfrito 11 месяцев назад

A kick in the balls any cartridge gamer will love. If it were Toe Jam and Earl it would have been hula, then bees, fall off level 6, then ice cream truck runs you over. Sorry

@istrasci 11 месяцев назад

I love that the end of your videos are always just like 20 seconds of game soundtrack!

@chadbaileyisawesome 11 месяцев назад

I loved this one as a kid. Still haven’t finished it.

@jamesowens16 11 месяцев назад

same here

@willeysingleton3057 11 месяцев назад

Put me on this list 😂

@fredo3161 11 месяцев назад

My older bro used to play this and I loved the atmosphere. That opening music is so good. I just busted this out recently for original console and played for a while, probably going to go back and finish it soon.

@justinsouthwick4181 11 месяцев назад

I’m always excited to see one of your videos get posted. I always seem to lean toward the retro side of gaming. I’ve probably played through Chrono Trigger, FF6, Earthbound and Super Metroid a dozen times each over the years. So whenever you post a vid about a game I may or may not know about, I love to hear your quick chats about what you like and dislike about them. Basically, thank you for doing these vids. Your time and effort is appreciated.

@JonasRosenven 10 месяцев назад

I recommend getting the DOS version and the add-on program "The All-Seeing Eye" that draws a map plus a lot more like editing characters and inventory.

@hemangchauhan2864 11 месяцев назад

It also had a Sega CD version's with music by Yuzo Koshiro. And as expected, that OST kicks ass.

@ZBR_ProXP 11 месяцев назад

It is good, but the SNES main them is great and much more fitting

@jaredelizardo201 7 месяцев назад

@@ZBR_ProXPtrue dat#saga sucks balls

@Calvansbagoftricks 11 месяцев назад

I remember finding these game in a pawnshop as a kid. The box are looked awesome, and it had the box and Manual. I get it home pop it into my SNES. and find myself totally lost on how to play. And ended up dying. Over and over again.

@miahthorpatrick1013 11 месяцев назад

Haha, I’m surprised so many people in the comments have reacted so positively to that And Justice For All reference!! I learned how to play Eye of the Beholder on guitar many years ago and it’s a blast to play!!

@AnalogByte 11 месяцев назад

I freaking LOVE the sequel to this on the PC. It's a shame it didn't get ported. The fact this can be played with the mouse just makes it 100% more appealing now! I'm afraid it could consume me like the sequel. LOL Very much looking forward to playing it now and thank you for the amazing videos!

@The.Retro.Corner 11 месяцев назад

Dude, I remember playing Eye way back when during the SNES days. My cousin had it on his console but I never did. I thought it was really cool because he had the mouse and if I remember correctly, the mouse adds so much to the enjoyment as it makes it so much more intuitive. Keep making great content! Awesome video! Cheers!

@chaindead 11 месяцев назад

4:17 Hank Hill?

@ridiouz 11 месяцев назад

Your vids are sure feeling like coming home with all the crazy shot going on. Love you man. Keep it up.

@brianchassee 11 месяцев назад

He really is a master at his craft and I also love that these vids are creating an actual video history of the art form of video games. Its a favorite channel of mine for sure.

@Transfixed 11 месяцев назад

I adored this game on PC! I think it was my introduction to D&D too. I didn't know there was a SNES port though, wild!

@onemadkat 11 месяцев назад

As a kid I got stuck at the dwarves/in the spider levels and never got farther. Later as a teen with the internet I found maps and printed them out, and then I beat the game without any problem. My secret was to retain and level my original party members and stick with the new members you find early in the game. They’ll become stronger than anyone you’ll find later on in the lower levels

@redjay7785 7 месяцев назад

I have hundreds of hours in this game. As a teenager in the 90s I had this game and there was a time we were broke and didn't have cable so all I did was play this game over and over with different party combos.

@s-familystudios1574 11 месяцев назад

That "...and Justice For All" reference caught me off guard, but I loved it lol.

@user-yh2fs1qs5t 11 месяцев назад

A reference to “…And Justice For All?” SNESDrunk, you keep getting cooler and cooler.

@NearLife4life 11 месяцев назад

He'll yeah! Not to mention, Justice I'd their best record IMO 🤘!!

@Greedyselfish97 11 месяцев назад

This was one of the first games I remember playing as a young kid. My mom let me play her old SNES and Eye of the Beholder was one of the games she had on it.

@gregoryballestero4369 11 месяцев назад

YESS!!! I hath been awaiting a video from you on Eye of The Beholder

@A_Wild_Dyzzy 8 месяцев назад

Used to watch my dad play this on SNES because I was too young to wrap my head around the gameplay. If anyone is looking for a modern take on this style, I HIGHLY recommend Legend of Grimrock 1 & 2. Phenomenal games.

@arttu76 11 месяцев назад

A bit unrelated, but the new Commodore 64/128 port of Eye of the Beholder is amazing. In some ways it's better than any other version: it supports multiple monitors, showing gameplay in one monitor and automap in another - pretty rare stuff especially for a 8-bit game!

@alexanderkulaev541 11 месяцев назад

Sounds awesome! Does this automapping feature work with only one monitor? I would love to play this game on my PS VIta.

@arttu76 11 месяцев назад

@@alexanderkulaev541 Yes! It works with one monitor just fine: the game just switches between gameplay and map screen.

@alexanderkulaev541 11 месяцев назад

@@arttu76Wow, thanks for the note! This is beautiful. I might try it, then, since this lack of mapping feature is what stops me from ever trying this game. As I understand, there was not this feature in the original releases and ports, right? I just can't bring myself to draw my map these days, don't have much time, sadly ;( But would love to dive deep into this adventure! Don't you know of this feature in the second game? I mean, does it maybe have automapping or there's some patch for it to add this fuctionality?

@arttu76 11 месяцев назад

@@alexanderkulaev541 Yep, you're correct - as far as I know none of the games or any ports of them have automap other than the C64/C128 version. And I'm 100% with you regarding playing the games without maps - drawing a paper map would have been something I could have bothered 30 years ago, but nowadays ... no :)

@alexanderkulaev541 11 месяцев назад

@@arttu76 Great that you understand me, my friend :) Right, I just turned 35 this June, and I got PS Vita as a birthday gift from my girlfriend, and man, I've been on a real retro gaming streak ever since! :) I've gathered all the games I would love to play or at least try into Google Sheets backlog - which I never did for anything, even budgeting! Man, sometimes I feel old and literally feel that I won't be able to do everything I want in my life. And I need to work on my game, not playing others' games, I tell myself! :) Back to the topic. I don't know about Commodore, so could you recommend me what version, 64 or 128, I should play?

@mattb6522 11 месяцев назад

Nice review! These first-person dungeon crawlers aren't my type of game, but glad to hear this is a solid game for those that enjoy them. It always surprises me how many PC ports the SNES actually received during its lifespan (even if many of them are watered down or censored).

@aramfingal 11 месяцев назад

This is one of those games that was ALWAYS available at Blockbuster. I never actually tried this game but always saw that cover art and picked it up. Then promptly put it down after seeing the screenshots on the back of the box. :P

@koalaschola81 11 месяцев назад

Because it's scrapping the bottom of the barrel of SNES role-playing games... :P

@MinecraftMartin 11 месяцев назад

@@koalaschola81 It's because it doesn't look fun to most kids. This style died off for a reason, in my humble opinion

@xamislimelight8965 11 месяцев назад

I had this as a kid. (When I say kid, I do mean kid. Still single digits in age haha) and I never could figure out how the UI worked with the controller. Once I did figure it out and started to get into it, my Super Nintendo decided to "retire" itself. Never even got to see anything past the first dungeon. I always loved the way it looked. Its presentation kept me coming back to figure it out lol one of the only games I never got to finish. I'm going to use my emulator and use my mouse like you suggested, see if I like it more 22 years later haha

@80sCartoonVillain 11 месяцев назад

Oh man the memories! This was actually the first RPG game I have ever beaten. I believe I was around 9 or 10 at the time. Not the first RPG I ever played though, Ultima: Exodus has that honor. Speaking of Which, Ultima: Exodus would be another awesome SNES game to cover (if you haven't already over the years). Thanks for the memories and keep up the great work!

@ericjohnson6634 11 месяцев назад

That's an NES game. You got me excited for a second there, thinking there was a port I wasn't aware of 😓

@Jaminsongunner 11 месяцев назад

That box art is insane

@OGNoNameNobody 11 месяцев назад

Holy Cow I had NO IDEA that Hank Hill played AD&D!

@mblehar 11 месяцев назад

Thumbs up for the ...And Justice for All reference alone. Great video, as always

@ddduv 11 месяцев назад

4:54 Thats why i love this channel!

@jessicastoker8932 11 месяцев назад

When the voice acting kicked in around 4:30, I was like: "Gat'dangit Bobby! I swear that boy ain't raght."

@zero-theaveragegamer1159 11 месяцев назад

This game was so ridiculously hard for me as a child. I got to pick one game for $20 limit at Funcoland. This at awesome artwork on the cover so I got that. I tried and tried and tried. Never got past the second level. Never tried as an adult though

@boxerblake1 11 месяцев назад

Get to it :)

@ZombieJesus1987 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, it uses the AD&D 2E ruleset, which is pretty punishing to newer players.

@Wolfburns 11 месяцев назад

I've only gotten into D&D much later in life so I think I would have to go back and try these games now that I understand the mechanics. I remember being so confused why putting just 1 point into stats didn't do anything when it would change so much in other RPGs. Why would I Long Rest, where is the inn, how come I can only cast 1 spell ever? And so many other hilarious misunderstandings. I've got a flash cart coming in the mail finally so I can't wait to use your channel to fill up my SD card.

@svenbtb 11 месяцев назад

Just be wary that if you're used to current D&D (5e), it's VERY different from the D&D that this game is based off. That said, it's also very cool and interesting to see in what ways the game has changed and in what ways it's stayed similar!

@80sCartoonVillain 11 месяцев назад

I think I will look for some of the other AD&D games that escaped me over the years like Pool of Radiance , Dragonlance, and Warrirors of the Eternal Sun. I always wanted to play those games as a kid but couldn't afford or find them.

@Davtwan 11 месяцев назад

There’s so many ways to tackle the game that even the final boss can be defeated in a couple of different methods. One even involves barely using any combat. Definitely one of the top five dungeon crawlers at the time that aged fairly well.

@Davtwan 11 месяцев назад

@@AsphyxX-cx3kf - Usually those with clunky interfaces, obscure puzzles, dragged-out combat and/or poor/no music. They have those problems mainly due to system limitations, budding standards for 3D exploration, and needing to pad out game time to give people their money’s worth. Nothing wrong with any of that back then of course. It just doesn’t hold up very well years later.

@mtshark7 11 месяцев назад

Awesome review man!

@Interference22 11 месяцев назад

4:17 Serious King of the Hill vibes from that wizard. "I tell you hwhat.. I sell wizard spells and wizard accessories."

@LakituAl 11 месяцев назад

dang it Bobby, how many times do i have to tell you to stay away from drows?

@Bloodyshinta1 2 месяца назад

that's a wounded dwarf, he joins your party if you heal him

@chadwickjdillon 11 месяцев назад

This is a huge "box art" game for me. I remember this boxart so vividly, yet know nothing about the game. I dont even know where I saw this. Why do I have this memory? Hmm. Thanks Drunk

@Sephiroth144 11 месяцев назад

As someone who was a DnD kid, this was game got a few rentals before I saw it at a good price back in the Electronic Boutique era Definitely could be a challenge, and playing without a mouse was rough, but still got many fun hours from it.

@ggbetz 11 месяцев назад

Nice to see the whole crew in the player names. Nice touch.

@brandonwenzel2844 11 месяцев назад

That old who was talking on the Sega CD version, sounded like a perfect melding of Hank Hill and Coach McGuirk.

@esotericsean 11 месяцев назад

I had this game as a kid and... I never got past the first part. I played the heck out of it, though. I loved it, even though I always died and couldn't figure out what to do. I recently tried to replay it as an adult and was very confused about the controls and I still didn't get very far. But maybe I'll give it another go. There's something really unique and intriguing about it.

@TheWizardOfJim 11 месяцев назад

The Genesis game voice acting sounds like Hank Hill. "That drow ain't right"

@darktetsuya 11 месяцев назад

I remember we had the SEGA CD version! I think I got as far as the second dungeon but it had those teleporter rooms and for the life of me I couldn't figure it out. I do have the PC trilogy on GOG so may have to return to it that way, although I miss the Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack.

@ShrineOfLife 11 месяцев назад

thanks man! i agree, the pc version nowadays is updated with a map, its worthwhile! hail to old westwood! ty for your review, i love playing it on snes, but I love dungeon crawlers in general, lands of lore is still my all time favorite

@PlayJAKPlays 11 месяцев назад

EOTB on PC and NEW are good, I enjoyed it more on the GameBoyAdvance. (Despite liking 1st & 2nd ed D&D more at the table, 3/3.5 is better for games, and the GBA Version is remade using 3/3.5 rules, I didn't think of it as "Stripped down" I thought of it as "Streamlined", and the Feats option and added weapon variety, and I believe additional classes made it the opposite of stripped down). Edit: I didn't even know there was a Sega CD version.

@grey_wulf 11 месяцев назад

Love this game. On PC you can use a mod called All Seeing Eye that will map the dungeon for you. Handy for those who dislike the old school graph paper and pencil map creation method.

@kekeke8988 11 месяцев назад

Isn't there some software you could use for map making?

@lasskinn474 11 месяцев назад

@@kekeke8988 well, plenty. you would just need a textmode editor though, it's just a grid of blocks.. the automapper makes it a lot less tedious.

@jessicamahaffy5940 8 месяцев назад

When I was super little (born in 92) I played this on the snes, I had no idea what I was doing and just ran around button mashing and dying. Ive always remembered it though and could never remember what it was called. Sorta thought it was a fever dream or something lol, thanks for the reminder.

@BlackAdder1970 2 часа назад

I actually wrote Capcom (after I solved the game) and asked for any independent help. I was really wanting to know of I missed anything in the game. Capcom responded and sent me a map of every level and all secrets/clues/items literally everything in the game!

@dr.brainwreck3996 11 месяцев назад

The voice clip reminded me of Hank Hill reading Bobby's fantasy book "The Elven Lord Flyfendell..."

@andrij.demianczuk 11 месяцев назад

I received a copy of this game from a lot trade not too long ago. Going to give it a go this weekend!

@Alianger 11 месяцев назад

The first similar game that I've enjoyed is the unity version of Daggerfall (1996 originally), although that's a 3D open world game without tile-based movement. There is supposedly a unity version of Ultima Underworld in the works as well

@ChibiKami 11 месяцев назад

There are a couple of Ultima Underworld sourceports in the works. I use Underworld Exporter, which has UU1 working 100% , UU2 about 99% (works but no saving), and has System Shock (the original was on the same engine) as a WIP

@ZombieJesus1987 11 месяцев назад

Daggerfall Unity rules. Really gives that old game a new life

@z0m813 11 месяцев назад

why does the old man sound like hank hill lol

@megamarsonic 11 месяцев назад

I remember buying my copy of the game at a flea market a few years back. I saw a D&D game with the Capcom logo on it and thought it would play like their Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara arcade beat ‘em ups. Whoops. 😅

@SDinOZ85 11 месяцев назад

D&D, a Metallica reference and an impression at 4:32 that sounds like Mike from MST3K. This is a great review

@7thangelad586 11 месяцев назад

5% of my time: questing toward the grand finale 95% of my time: picking up darts after battle

@RyuSaarva 11 месяцев назад

Thats why I just stopped using throwing weapons in most fights after my first playtrough, there is no need for them since you can avoid most attack by just moving .

@jamesstaggs4160 11 месяцев назад

I prefer Harvester or Sorrow but every single track on Justice is stellar. I know it usually ranks below Puppets and sometimes Lightning but for my money Justice is the best album they ever put out. "But you can't hear the bass!" Yeah well that's not why I listen to that kind of music. The lack of bass gives it a cold, crisp sound and that album defined what metal should sound like for me.

@miahthorpatrick1013 11 месяцев назад

Justice is my favorite as well. I personally put it above Master but that’s just me. Justice is a good time front to back!!

@videogameattic 11 месяцев назад

I have this game CiB, looks cool never got into playing it yet.

@thenostalgiafactor5023 11 месяцев назад

Total length of video: 360 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 2.5 secs. .69% (nice) of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

@chaospoet 11 месяцев назад

Can't forget the Sega CD versions music was made by Yuzo Koshrio (YS, Streets of Rage, among others).

@cymolavi 11 месяцев назад

When you said the word "emulator" I instinctually translated it to "any way you can."

@robistojan6339 11 месяцев назад

I have this game Sealed Vga 80+ US version , love the cover .

@rew_mate 11 месяцев назад

I noticed that on the character select screen, there wasn't a choice for Paladin. What's up with that? Is it unlocked later?

@bluedistortions 11 месяцев назад

It says in the manual, paladins will not join a party with evil characters. So there you go.

@AJHyoton 11 месяцев назад

Would love to hear SegaDrunk do Sword of Vermilion

@arsongrady 11 месяцев назад

Played this on PC from 3.5” floppy discs. Awesome game!

@urrutiap 11 месяцев назад

i used to have Eye of the Beholder for my Super Nintendo back in the mid 1990s. Never understood how to fight and kill the Mind flayers and didnt know how to properly fight the final boss the Beholder creature. Mind flayers kept using their mind control powers on my characters where i wasnt able to attack the mind flayers head on etc

@draaktatsu 11 месяцев назад

The soundtrack on the Sega CD is very good. Same composer as streets or rage.... Epic

@fefferryerr1818 11 месяцев назад

these were good. you might enjoy the wizardry series too, specifically parts 6-8.

@davidfeston4370 11 месяцев назад

There's a C64 demake fan project that's incredible and worth a look for anyone interested.

@jaycenteno8385 11 месяцев назад

Wow, the music to this game is so GOOD!!! :O

@ChibiKami 11 месяцев назад

that voice acting in the Saturn version sounded eerily like Hank Hill

@x.kalibre 11 месяцев назад

Oh man, major kudos on that Metallica reference ♥ And it is an excellent riff! I once used it to keep focused and beat Zuma! ^^

@miahthorpatrick1013 11 месяцев назад

Yeah I love that little bit about And Justice For All!

@ShareTerror 11 месяцев назад

I n3ver understand how to play this game. Thanks for showing me. I've subscribed.

@retroarchives8379 11 месяцев назад

Great game, but should definitely by played on the PC (or on the pretty good SEGA CD version, which is also mouse compatible)

@joshuaturner1072 11 месяцев назад

I love this game, but I didn't get ANYWHERE even when attempting to draw my own map on graph paper. Still, I've enjoyed the time I've spend with it.

@timthingsivemissed4668 11 месяцев назад

I instantly rewatched the video for the music.

@josepht3548 11 месяцев назад

Love these videos! Perhaps he'll do a video called, "SMK: The Goat of SNES multiplayer"? 😊😊😊

@keyne5238 11 месяцев назад

I think I remember the map being on the insert in the box of the MS DOS version. I was like 9yrs old so I can't remember.

@WhispyWoods. 11 месяцев назад

Interesting game. Good vid 👍

@CarletonTorpin 3 месяца назад

4:28 - Combo voice: Lorenzo Music + H. Jon Benjamin

@Your_Degenerate 11 месяцев назад

That King of the Hill voice acting is awesome.

@williamwright9079 11 месяцев назад

Looks Great!

@mrtambunga134 11 месяцев назад

Subscribed! 🙏

@vintagecartridgegaming 9 месяцев назад

there's a bug in snes rom after i played yesterday today i can't load the save file and the characters cannot attack but swap weapons instead, is there a way to fix this? Thank you

@SmegulonPrime 11 месяцев назад

With subs on the intro said 'nice truck'

@DesertRainReads 11 месяцев назад

The Sega CD version is even better, that Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack just works.

@jasonz7788 11 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏👍

@StiffAftermath 11 месяцев назад

4:32 - the personage of a true Canadian here.

@samholdsworth420 11 месяцев назад

A snes game ive nerver heard of or played... well played Alex 😊

@koopasideburns 11 месяцев назад

The bearded man sounded like Bob from bobs burgers lol.

@gregoryballestero4369 11 месяцев назад

4:19 Holy shit I didint know H. Jon Benjamin was doing voice over work for games in the early-mid 90's ( Joking but it does sound like him)

@MutantHeadcrab 11 месяцев назад

4:20 A wizard as voiced by Hank Hill.

@despawn7663 11 месяцев назад

That was some grade a particle effects 0:45

@jeffreyelmore948 11 месяцев назад

great review. wow your getting deep into the rpg jungle whats next wizardry V?

@BrickFrog1 11 месяцев назад

It's me, the person who didn't realize until this video that "Eye of the Beholster" from Enter the Gungeon is not just a punny name but a direct reference to this game