C64 Longplay - The Eidolon

Longplay from the C64 game "The Eidolon"
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[@justinhenryhaynes]

Looks like the same rendering as Fractalis. This is my first time seeing this game. Thank you!

[@NeilRoy]

I still recall this being pretty extraordinary "3D" for a Commodore 64.

[@sterling7]

I never beat that last dragon- the amount of slowdown made it all but impossible, I was basically just tapping the space bar as fast as I could and hoping, often in vain, that the computer was receiving my throw and absorb commands, never mind my aim being thrown askew by a hit. Thank you for the playthrough. By the by, for those unaware, the implication is that the man with the egg is your- I think uncle?- who mysteriously vanished, leaving the titular Eidlon, the machine you pilot, behind for you.

[@anthonyalgodoo4049]

Figured this game out on my own years ago and loved playing it again and again! Wouldn't mind playing it again!!

[@2PeteShakur]

"The team - Gary Winnick, Charlie Kelner and myself - played ideas off of each other to create The Eidolon. Gary's characters were the key elements of the game, and the remainder were mazes, fractals and effects. Ron Gilbert and I joined the games group to provide C64 expertise, and we created some impossible effects. Eidolon used full-screen sprites and particle models which were revolutionary at the time." -- Kevin Furry, programmer [The Eidolon - C64]

[@losalfajoresok]

Never got the chance to pass the first level because I had it on cassette and the rest of the game was absent. Great to see the ending after 30 years!

[@Aofex]

Played this one the Atari 800XL, I could never defeat the multiple headed dragon, first time I see the ending after quite some years.

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

This game was advanced for its time, and it wasn't a bad little game either. The simplistic music has stayed in my head over the years. Could never beat the eight headed dragon at the very end though.

[@andrewhargreaves1915]

It's funny, I played this as, at the most ,12 year old, and I still have some feelings and nostalgic memories about it, and I don't know why exactly, but it motivated me to look for this group

[@Hopfolk]

Characterful game. Each level was a bit of a puzzle, since you had to defeat individualised enemies with limited numbers of colouted fireballs, and each end of level dragon required different tactics. Got my heart pounding.

[@sarayel]

imagine playing on monochrome

[@dunebasher1971]

Fascinating that the Atari 8-bit version is a bit faster and has a few more graphical effects, despite the Atari hardware being several years older than the C64.

[@gargonovich]

The C64 had a pretty weak CPU even for its time. The 6502-based CPU in the C64 runs just over 1MHz, while the Atari 8-bit line used a 1.79 MHz 6502. So, in CPU-intensive games like this, the Atari computers actually have a pretty good edge, as do other home micros like the MSX and Spectrum.

[@SRDhain]

I can remember struggling to complete this as a 12 year old ( cassette version), but went to a mate who had a disk drive,and after a marathon 12 plus hour sesh ( it was during a holiday period otherwise we would never have got away with it), we managed to smash it.

[@CharlieRocRevolution]

Wow blast from the past. I used to play this on my Atari 800XL.

[@MadFranko008]

Never got to the end of this one myself, still play it it on one of my old C64's every now and then with the hope that one day I will get to the end... :-) Still amazing to think that long before Doom or even Dungeon Master the good old C64 was able to produce a 3D style game such as this and do it well given the limited hardware of the day... :-) Just goes to prove that you don't need Gigabytes of RAM and Gigahertz of processing power and Gigabytes of code to produce computer games that are truly enjoyable... :-)

[@B5guy]

This game brings back hours of fun, I remember fighting this dragon many times.

[@lancerCNCS1]

This was one of my favorite and most memorable games for the C64. Very immersive, scary, and graphically impressive for 1985! I could never beat that final boss though.. lol. Thank you for the memories!

[@GeekfoxTube]

Probably the first first-person shooter game and steampunk video game I've ever played.

[@terrilangley2073]

Oh wow, I had forgotten the name of this game till now. Memory box unlocked

[@kuntosjedebil]

That 3d effect looks pretty impressive for a c64

[@cinqo7]

I remember back in ´86 even tough it was on the same machine (Commodore 64) this games was seen as a next-generation-game.

[@notexactlyrocketscience]

Same. Still remembered fondly.

[@dayglo98]

Wow I just started a very random 70's sci-fi animated movie and they mentioned 'Eidolon.' That's a name I haven't heard in 35+ years and I had a 'Whoaa that's an old ass C64 game's title too!' revelation so I came here to see what it was. I recognize the interface but I have no recollection at all of it being a dungeon / dragon thing. What's the gameplay against the 'boss dragons' ? I just assume they're shooting and we're shooting, but can we defend / aim ? Thanks for the vid @DerSchmu

[@Amphitera]

the ending is a bit confusing. Was the dude supposed to be the vanished professor? It always saddened me to find a game with a captivating story, yet no real ending ^^

[@gadoatl5133]

We all old af people

[@thudtheace]

I played this on the Atari 800XL. Interestingly you can tell the Atari version is faster with it's 1.79Mhz vs. 1.0Mhz proc speed of the C64.. Cheers!

[@HypercatZ]

I had this and I'm still amazed at how they they brought 3D on Commodore 64.

[@tortoiseman526]

i still have this in my attic with my c64 it ruled

[@appurushido]

This Game needs a Remake ^^

[@dr.ignacioglez.9677]

I LOVE C64 👍🥂🎩

[@sverr0r]

I got so lost in those caves...

[@TrockeyTrockey]

Question is - how you know how to finish level and how to kill level final monster? Which color "ball" to throw to which end-level-monster? I can see that different color ball is thrown, for different level final monster.

[@MoonC64Longplays]

IIRC this was hinted at in the manual and/or I simply tried it and stuck with it cause it worked.

[@zaphod77]

red, yellow, green, blue, red, blue, red, then all seven in order for level 8. :)

[@sterling7]

@@zaphod77 Yeah... It's basically the same as the sequence for each of the "end level" dragons in the levels preceding it, only having to defeat each head.

[@Korgi_Polymer]

This is a lucas film game, is that lando at the end???

[@IanHodgetts]

My recollection is getting "stuck"at the L8 black dragon. I never did suss the strategy for defeating that. It was on a friend's C64 though (limited play time is my excuse) ;-)

[@zaphod77]

Each head requires a different fireball color to destroy. red, yellow, green, blue, red, blue, red.

[@HighwayUK]

Had fond memories of this on Spectrum

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

It plays faster than cpc although it has a slower cpu!

[@StefanReich]

Such impressive 3D and then that horrible sound :)

[@SeminarioMAE]

THE ENDING SUCKS! PISSES ME OFF