|Seven games were obtained by "cross-breeding" {{c|Forgotten Realms|Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms}} with four different series: {{c|Dungeon Master}}, [[NetHack]], {{c|Doom}} and {{c|Descent}}.]]
|Seven games were obtained by "cross-breeding" {{c|Forgotten Realms|Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms}} with four different series: {{c|Dungeon Master}}, [[NetHack]], {{c|Doom}} and {{c|Descent}}.]]
The ''Eye of the Beholder'' trilogy started a lineage of ''{{c|Dungeons & Dragons}}'' games that begins with two graphical roguelikes and ends with two first-person shooters:
The ''Eye of the Beholder'' trilogy started a lineage of ''{{c|Dungeons & Dragons}}'' games that begins with two graphical roguelikes and ends with two first-person shooters:
# '''[[Dungeon Hack]]:''' <!--the spiritual sequel to the ''Eye of the Beholder'' games, -->this graphical {{c|roguelike}} set in the ''{{c|Forgotten Realms}}'' is a crossover between ''{{c|Dungeon Master}}'' and ''[[NetHack]]'' (hence the title).
# '''[[Dungeon Hack]]:''' <!--the spiritual sequel to the ''Eye of the Beholder'' games, -->this graphical {{c|roguelike}} set in the ''{{c|Forgotten Realms}}'' is a crossover between ''{{c|Dungeon Master}}'' and ''[[NetHack]]'' (hence the title). It reuses the engine of ''Eye of the Beholder 3''.
# '''[[Slayer]]:''' the spiritual sequel to ''Dungeon Hack'' is another D&D graphical roguelike, but with full three-dimensional graphics.
# '''[[Slayer]]:''' the spiritual sequel to ''Dungeon Hack'' is another D&D graphical roguelike, but with full three-dimensional graphics.
# '''[[DeathKeep]]:''' a crossover between the ''Slayer'' engine and ''{{c|Doom}}'', it is a {{c|first-person shooter}} developed by the same team of ''[[Doom II: Hell on Earth|Doom II]]''.
# '''[[DeathKeep]]:''' a crossover between the ''Slayer'' engine and ''{{c|Doom}}'', it is a {{c|first-person shooter}} developed by the same team of ''[[Doom II: Hell on Earth|Doom II]]''.
# '''[[Descent to Undermountain]]:''' a crossover between D&D and ''{{c|Descent}}'', it is a first-person shooter similar to ''DeathKeep''.
# '''[[Descent to Undermountain]]:''' a crossover between D&D and ''{{c|Descent}}'', it is a first-person shooter similar to ''DeathKeep''.
== Engines ==
The game engine of ''Eye of the Beholder 1 & 2'' was later reused for ''[[Lands of Lore]]'' and the ''[[Category:The Legend of Kyrandia|Legend of Kyrandia]]'' series. ''Eye of the Beholder 3'' uses a different engine, that was reused just for ''[[Dungeon Hack]]''. <ref><small>[https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2022/08/eye-of-beholder-iii-won-with-summary.html CRPG Addict blog, comments section]</small></ref>
The peculiarity of the Dungeon Master & Eye of the Beholder series is the "combat dance", a combination of tile-based movement and real-time action combat.
Note that the game Eye of the Beholder (GBA) for the Game Boy Advance is excluded from this series. In fact, instead of the "combat dance", said game features turn-based combat on a tactical map, making it a spiritual successor to the Gold Box games.
The Eye of the Beholder trilogy started a lineage of Dungeons & Dragons games that begins with two graphical roguelikes and ends with two first-person shooters:
The game engine of Eye of the Beholder 1 & 2 was later reused for Lands of Lore and the ' series. Eye of the Beholder 3 uses a different engine, that was reused just for Dungeon Hack. [1]
