8 Eyes

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8 Eyes
Developer(s)	Thinking Rabbit
Publisher(s)	Seta ^JPN Taxan ^NA
Release date(s)	September 27, 1988 ^JPN January 1990 ^NA
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Cooperative multiplayer
Rating(s)	pre-ESRB
Platform(s)	NES
Media	Cartridge

8 Eyes is a video game developed by Thinking Rabbit for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features eight levels, and can be played by one or two players. It also features a large, diverse soundtrack, composed by Kenzou Kumei, consisting of three songs for each of the eight levels, each set in a different part of the world. It has very similar gameplay and graphics to Castlevania. Orin even looks like that game's main character, Simon Belmont.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 Levels and Bosses
4 External link

[edit] Story

8 Eyes is set in a post-apocalyptic future. Mankind is recovering from hundreds of years of chaos and nuclear war, and civilization is being rebuilt by the Great King, who harnesses the power of the eight jewels. The jewels, known as the 8 Eyes, were formed at the centers of eight nuclear explosions that came close to destroying the Earth. The 8 Eyes have mysterious power which, in the wrong hands, could bring about the end of the world. The Great King's eight power-hungry dukes steal the jewels for themselves and banish the King to the nuclear wastelands, threatening to once again plunge the Earth into war.

The player controls Orin the Falconer and his fighting falcon Cutrus. His mission is to penetrate the Dukes' eight castles and retrieve the 8 Eyes. With the help of Cutrus, you must fight the Dukes' soldiers, nuclear mutants, and the duke of each castle to retrieve the jewels. After the jewels have been recovered, you must return them to the Altar of Peace so that the Great King may return and finish rebuilding the Earth.

[edit] Gameplay

The game consists of eight levels, each set in the castle of one of the dukes. At the completion of each level, Orin receives a new sword. The player can choose to play each of the first seven castles in any order, though the boss at the end of each is vulnerable to only one sword. It is therefore necessary to play levels in a particular order in order to clear them all. There are hints about the correct order hidden throughout the game. Only after each has been completed can the House of Ruth be played.

After the House of Ruth has been cleared and the 8 Eyes recovered, the player must return the jewels to the Altar of Peace. At this point the jewels must be placed in a particular order, or the game is lost. Hints about the order of the jewels are also hidden throughout the game.

8 Eyes features a cooperative mode in which one player controls Orin and the other player controls Cutrus. In the single-player mode, the player has limited control of both characters simultaneously, making the game significantly more difficult.

[edit] Levels and Bosses

Africa: King Amin, an axe-wielding warrior
Arabia: Ghadie Rashal, an expert knife thrower
Egypt: Nari Tanatos, an evil sorcerer who jumps very high
Germany: Walter Schmitt, a madman with a throwing star that resembles a swastika
India: Syfer Nasim, a yoga master who can teleport himself
Italy: Geno Comechio, a gambler who throws sharpened playing cards
Spain: Enriquez Bartona, a fencing master
The House of Ruth: Ruth Grandier, master of a deadly bullwhip