The Eidolon
The Eidolon is an innovative first-person shooter developed by Lucasfilm Games in 1985, utilizing advanced fractal technology to create immersive cave environments. Players navigate through eight levels of…
The Eidolon is an adventure developed by Lucasfilm Games, released 1 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What The Eidolon is
The Eidolon is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1985. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It runs on Custom built engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player discovers the Eidolon, a strange 19th-century vehicle in an abandoned laboratory. As the player investigates this device, he is accidentally transported to another dimension and is trapped in a vast, maze-like cave. The creatures in this cave, sensing the energy emanating from the Eidolon, are awakened from a long slumber, and the player soon finds that his only chance of survival lies in this mysterious vehicle and its powerful energy weapon.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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