The Eidolon for the Atari 8-bit family

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Published on March 13, 2013 1:51:36 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLS4FrTIyU

Game:

The Eidolon (1985)

Duration: 4:06

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Came also out for:

Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Commodore 64
MSX
PC-88
ZX Spectrum


Game description:

You control a mysterious 19th-century machine named "The Eidolon" through mysterious caves. Collect and create fireballs and encounter strange creatures like 'Greps', 'Biter Birds', 'Bottlenecks', 'Rotoflies', 'Puffer Birds' , and 'Guardian Dragons'. Each type of fireball you collect has different effects. For instance Blue fireballs freeze time, and green fireballs transform one monster into another type.

Eidolon is one of the progenitors of the first-person shooter genre, with full pseudo-3D panoramic graphics. This was achieved with the use of Lucasfilm Games 3D fractal technology, also used in Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift.


What I think:

A really fun game...and kinda atmospheric, too!

The gameplay may get protracted though.