Immortal, The

The Immortal is a dark, demanding action-adventure game for the NES, created by Will Harvey and published by Electronic Arts in 1990. It places you in the role of a wizard exploring a dangerous underground labyrinth in search of your missing master, Mordamir. Rather than presenting a straightforward platforming adventure, the game uses an isometric viewpoint and combines exploration, puzzle solving, trap avoidance, and real-time combat.

Every room can hide a threat. Goblins, dragons, spiders, and other enemies must be confronted with careful timing, while pressure plates, collapsing floors, hidden passages, and other hazards punish careless movement. Combat is deliberately tactical: positioning matters, attacks have limited reach, and charging ahead usually leads to a quick death. The dungeon also contains weapons, magical items, and useful objects that need to be managed intelligently, giving exploration a strong sense of risk and discovery.

The Immortal is notable for its unsettling atmosphere and unusually mature presentation for an NES release. Its grim story, graphic danger, and often unforgiving design create a tense experience that feels closer to a computer role-playing adventure than a typical console game. Progress depends on learning from mistakes, recognizing patterns, and deciding when to fight and when to retreat. Death is frequent, but each attempt can reveal a new route, trap, or solution.

With its distinctive isometric perspective and blend of action, riddles, and dungeon survival, The Immortal remains an intriguing choice for players who enjoy challenging retro adventures. Those curious to experience this unusual Electronic Arts title can play online on your browser through RetroCloud, revisiting one of the NES library’s stranger and more atmospheric games.