The Immortal

The Immortal is an isometric adventure game released for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS DOS based PCs, Apple IIgs, NES, and Mega Drive/Genesis. The main plot revolves around a wizard attempting to find his mentor in a large and dangerous labyrinth.

The game is legendary for the massively steep learning curve and almost impossible difficulty of the game. Indeed, some sections of the game seemingly required the player to die in order to progress. There are also a number of 'one false move' style death traps, and it is even possible to die in the very first room of the game. It is is also remembered for the copious amounts of violence it contains; there are over 30 death animations for the player character, involving a variety of traps and monsters.

It was published by Electronic Arts for a wide variety of consoles and computing platforms.

Developers involved

 * Will Harvey