Ed Hunter

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Ed Hunter, a first-person shooter video game, was released in 1999, and is based on and accompanied by Iron Maiden's music. The game objective consists of rescuing the mascot of Iron Maiden, Eddie, from a prison while passing through game settings evocative of the albums. Music from the band completes the game's customizable soundtrack.

The game passes through various levels, starting in a street, then to a mental institution, then into hell itself, and then into other various locations. The locations are from the covers of previous Iron Maiden records.

The gameplay itself consists of shooting the appearing enemies with the mouse cursor. The game travels on "a track" and the player has no control over movement apart from occasionally choosing the route he will take through the levels. The player can select which tracks play in the background of which levels.

The package includes 3 CDs. The first CD contains 14 songs, the second CD contains 6 songs and the installation program for the game, and the third CD contains the game data. The soundtrack allegedly consists of the top 20 songs voted for by Iron Maiden fans on Maiden's official website.

The US version has a hidden bonus track of a new recording of "Wrathchild" with Bruce Dickinson on lead vocals. This was also released as a limited edition single at the same time as 'Wrathchild with Bruce Dickinson'.

A sticker on the compilation album The Best of the Beast originally announced the upcoming release of this game as "Melt, Eddie's own state-of-the-art 3D game".

Levels (background music listed in brackets)

1. London's East End (Phantom of the Opera)
2. The Shady Pines Asylum (Wrathchild)
3. The Pits Of Hell (Hallowed Be Thy Name)
4. The Graveyard (Fear of the Dark)
5. The Pharaoh's Tomb (Powerslave)
6. Blade Runner (Futureal)
7. Futureal (The Evil that Men Do)
8. Finale (The Evil That Men Do)

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Iron Maiden (live)"
2. "The Trooper"
3. "The Number of the Beast"
4. "Wrathchild"
5. "Futureal"
6. "Fear of the Dark"
7. "Be Quick or Be Dead"
8. "2 Minutes to Midnight"
9. "Man on the Edge"
10. "Aces High"
11. "The Evil That Men Do"
12. "Wasted Years"
13. "Powerslave"
14. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"

Disc two

1. "Run to the Hills"
2. "The Clansman"
3. "Phantom of the Opera"
4. "Killers"
5. "Stranger in a Strange Land"
6. "Tailgunner"

External links

• Ed Hunter FAQ, Patches & Manual
• Synthetic Dimensions