History EyeBeams / VideoGames

** ClassicalCyclops from ''II'' attack by firing beams from their single eye. It acts as a counterpart to BreathWeapon of dragons, fielded by the other factions.

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising 2: Off The Record'' introduced a [[MacGyvering Combo Weapon]] made from a cheap rubber alien mask combined with a handful of gems. It's called the Lazer Eyes, and is somehow able to fire functional laser beams from its eyes that scorch enemies. It's phenomenally effective against the infected hordes, since its beams are long ranged, reliably burn zombies to death, and sweep a wide arc in front of Frank West.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** Liberty Prime from ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 3}}'' fires twin eye beams from a visor slot in it's head, which can obliterate entire enemy platoons in one sweep.
** In ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 4}}'', the Assaultron has a WaveMotionGun built into its head that can OneHitKill even those wearing [[PoweredArmor power armor]]. [[spoiler:Liberty Prime also makes a comeback if you side with the Brotherhood]].

* ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'':

** The BonusBoss Hush will begin firing these after he TurnsRed. They're programmed to always be slightly slower than Isaac - and that is ''slightly'', as they tend to come flying at the player like rockets, testing their reaction speed and forcing them to run in circles for bit.

* Reisen of ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'' can fire these in the fighting games. Comes in different varieties too, from the garden variety straight blast, to expanding energy rings, to short range energy bursts.

* A microgame from ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}: Smooth Moves'' gives you laser eyes and instructs you to "Destroy them all". It's a blast, pardon the pun.
** Other microgames earlier in the series employ this trope, starting with Dr. Crygor's boss game, "Alien Laser Hero."

* ''Videogame/{{EnterTheGungeon}}'': The Shelleton enemy, a skeleton made out of shell casings, can fire a roving laser from its eye sockets that lasts for several seconds.

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' has a ghostly grandmother who shoots lasers out of her eyes.

* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the art for [[OurGargoylesRock Galio's]] Resolute Smite shows him firing these, and [[SnakePeople Cassiopeia]] has a gorgon-esque technique Petrifying Gaze for her ultimate. [[EldritchAbomination The Void creature Vel'Koz]] consists of one giant eye that unloads pure disintegration with three smaller eyes and three tentacles to aim and direct the Void energy.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild: Guardians are spider-like robots that fire lasers from their one eye that cause powerful explosions where they hit.

* Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' has his [[strike:[[Manga/GetterRobo GETTER]]]] [[CallingYourAttacks ZETTA BEAM!]] eye lasers, which is about the only way he can actually hurt someone following his unfortunate transformation.

* In most ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games, Beamos (and its variants) are mechanical enemies that shoot out a laser beam from their singular eye at Link if they spot him. They are impervious to most attacks, but some can stun them and bombs usually destroys them. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' also features Guardians, spider-like robots that fire lasers from their one eye.

* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the art for [[OurGargoylesRock Galio's]] Resolute Smite shows him firing these, and [[SnakePeople Cassiopeia]] has a gorgon-esque technique Petrifying Gaze for her ultimate. [[EldritchAbomination The Void creature Vel'Koz]] takes it UpToEleven, being comprised of one giant eye that unloads pure disintegration with three smaller eyes and three tentacles to aim and direct the Void energy.

* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam Reborn'' has the DLC character Beargguy, a reskinned Acguy based on a popular Gunpla model. Where the Acguy uses a common machine gun for its ranged attack, the Beargguy fires lasers from its teddy bear eyes. It even finishes its LimitBreak with a sweep of its eye beams.

* ''VideoGame/MasterOfTheMonsterLair'': Ironsides uses them, as do the ogre cyclops and ogre triclops.
* The [[HoppingMachine X-Bot]] boss from ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' has these. Strangely, [[GiantEyeOfDoom Eyebot]] does ''not'' have this- his eye only shoots out regular shots, it's his CombatTentacles that have the beams instead.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' gives you this power when you take the final skill in the Perception skill tree, remarking "If you can see it, you can kill it".[[note]]Why Perception? Don't ask, nobody knows, not even the [[SeriesMascot Diggles]][[/note]]
* The Killer Eye viruses in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series use this as their sole means of offense, only firing when something enters their line of sight. It [[UnblockableAttack pierces shields]], paralyzes, ''and'' ignores MercyInvincibility, which makes it extremely useful when utilized as a battle chip.
** In the sixth game of the series, Mega Man can fire these as an extremely effective charged shot while utilizing the Killer/[[{{Bowdlerise}} Erase]] cross.
* In in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the art for [[OurGargoylesRock Galio's]] Resolute Smite shows him firing these, and [[SnakePeople Cassiopeia]] has a gorgon-esque technique Petrifying Gaze for her ultimate. [[EldritchAbomination The Void creature Vel'Koz]] takes it UpToEleven, being comprised of one giant eye that unloads pure disintegration with three smaller eyes and three tentacles to aim and direct the Void energy.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Intrusion 2}}'' The giant robot boss MACE shoots massive lasers out of his eyes.
* In ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', Mech-Hisui can use it to great effect. Neko-Arc and Neko-Arc Chaos too.
* The later ''Videogame/MechWarrior'' games often forbid weapons to be mounted in the [[HumongousMecha battlemech's]] cockpit/head, but the Atlas (a towering, [[ShouldersOfDoom broad-shouldered]] mech with a [[SkeleBot9000 skull for a head]]) in ''Mech 4'' caries a single energy hardpoint on the head in its right eye, allowing players to fit [[BeamSpam pulse lasers]] into it for maximum eye-zapping. The Cyclops in the [[FreewareGame free re-release]] has an even larger energy slot for its vestigial "head" (the cockpit is in the chest), allowing it to shoot ''[[LightningGun lightning beams]]'' from its [[CyberCyclops glowing red eye]].
* In ''VideoGame/TronMazeATron'' for the Intellivision, the Master Control Program (MCP) fires eye beams at the player in the second half of the game where he tries to match pairs of numbers that are scrolling up the screen.
* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'': The Cyclops Plant boss, which has a giant, floating eyeball for a main body, shoots lasers from its eye to attack Shantae.
* The playable DLC ComicBook/DoctorDoom in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' had a special attack that fired lasers from his eyes, called Mask of Doom. It was a serious GameBreaker, as it could easily be pumped up to the point where its damage significantly exceeded his [[LimitBreak Ultimate Attack]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Gift|2001}}'': The Patroller's head resembles a large flashlight. Don't get under its beams, or you'll die!
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Galarian Articuno's signature move Freezing Glare involves shooting concentrated energy out of its eyes to attack. It also has a chance to [[HarmlessFreezing freeze the opponent]], despite being a Psychic-type move.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroTheEternalNight'': In his battle's second phase, Gaul starts firing off a thin laser beam from the gem in his left eye socket and sweeping it across the battlefield.
%%* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'': Krang's mechanical body has them.
* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'': In the first stage, Krang has electricity-shooting eyes. This does not, however, carry over to the year 2020.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
** C'thun, the FinalBoss of Ahn'Qiraj, is a stock EldritchAbomination with a particular affinity for eye beams. During the first phase of the encounter, you're fighting an enormous eyeball (the "Eye of C'thun"), which uses an attack called -- you guessed it -- Eye Beam. During the second phase, C'thun will spawn Giant Eye Tentacles. You have three guesses as to what kind of attack these have.
** Observers (which are [[{{Expy}} definitely not]] [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Beholders]]) are squid-like demons capable of shooting lasers out of their many eyes.
** In the instance leading up to Yogg-Saron is a boss named Kologarn. He guards the bridge (well, he ''is'' the bridge) to further areas of the instance. He has a particularly nasty attack called Focused Eyebeam that he uses occasionally, where he chases players around with laser vision.
** In the Plague Quarter of the Naxxramas instance, there is a gauntlet through trash mobs with eye stalks that have a kind of eye beam attack.
** Players finally get their own in ''Legion'' as Demon Hunters with a spell literally called Eye Beam. It's used by every player during the starting zone, although only Havoc Demon Hunters get to keep it for the rest of the game.
* The ''Injustice'' series, naturally the Kryptonians: Superman and Zod in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' as well as Supergirl in ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' have heat vision and [[ThatOneAttack it's cheap as hell]]. Superman has full screen heat vision that can also be performed in midair, a trait that allows Supes to ignore armor and can easily corner trap you. Martian Manhunter and Darkseid also have it and it's annoying to deal with. Regime Superman infamously uses his heat vision in the first game to [[spoiler:murder Shazam when he calls Supes out on his VillainousBreakdown driven plan to destroy Metropolis and Gotham and then do the same to the regular universe]].

* VideoGame/ChampionsOnline has the power Eye Beam with the optional modification 20/20 Fission. Some major bosses will also use a devastating eyebeam attack, as do the [=MegaDestroids=].
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'':
** ROB has these, and his Final Smash turns them into a whirling laser helix of death. They also bounce.
** Tabuu uses them, as well, though they're probably the least effective out of all the attacks in his arsenal.

* A microgame from ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}: Smooth Moves'' gives you laser eyes and instructs you to "Destroy them all". It's a blast, pardon the pun.
** Other microgames earlier in the series employ this trope, starting with Dr. Crygor's boss game, "Alien Laser Hero."
* If you lose a stage in ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'', it cuts to a scene of the King of All Cosmos doing the LoomingSilhouetteOfRage thing while lecturing The Prince (or whichever Cousin you're playing as in the sequels) and shooting EyeBeams at them.
* The King Oni HumongousMecha from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: Red Alert 3'' has these.
* Viy, one of the bosses of ''VideoGame/LaMulana'', has a WaveMotionGun version of this from his single eye that he can use as his most powerful attack.
** The character himself is based on Viy - a monster from a horror story by Creator/NikolaiGogol. While the Viy did not have eye beams per se, looking at his face is what breaks the holy protection circle the protagonist uses to keep the demons away when he is forced to spend several nights in a haunted church.

* [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vince Carter from]] ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext has two forms of these.]]
* Archmages in ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' get them.
** Specifically, the ability is called Radiant Gaze. See [[http://www.wardb.com/spell.aspx?id=9264#screenshots here]] for pictures.

* Kano from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has an [[RedEyesTakeWarning artificial eye]] that could shoot a laser in later games of the series.[[spoiler:He kills [[BadassNormal Stryker]] with one in ''Armageddon'''s intro.]]
* In a demonstration video for ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', [[spoiler: Stone Zealots from the Terran campaign are seen firing energy beams from their eyes]]. (Originally, he was [[UrbanLegendOfZelda believed to have it in the first game]], and it [[AscendedFanon was added later.]]
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' features Stalkers, horribly disfigured and emaciated Combine slaves that use Eye Beams for some type of labor. You don't usually fight them but when they do turn hostile they can and will burn you with their beams.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' Has the AI 343 Guilty Spark who has a WaveMotionGun in his singular [[CyberCyclops "eye"]] which mortally wounds or can OneHitKill targets. He barely uses this whenever he shows up to 'help'.

* This is one of the available monster powers in ''VideoGame/CrushCrumbleAndChomp''
* In ''VideoGame/IRobot'', the eye who's watching you, kills you with an eye beam if you're caught jumping.
* A bit of a variation on this trope in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' when Andross shoots lasers from his eyes. Why is it a variation you ask? Because his eyes ''detach from his brain and chase after you, spewing red laser beams''.
* In a platformer video game adaptation of ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'', they took the symbolic eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and ran with it as far as they could, turning it into [[http://greatgatsbygame.com/about.html this]] craziness.
* From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Quistis' ''Laser Eyes'' [[PowerCopying Blue Magic]] LimitBreak.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'''s Heather Beam (Heather shoots lasers from her eyes while shouting HEATHER!) and Sexy Beam (shoots lasers from her eyes while whispering "sexy").
* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'': As if creepy explosive Heaven Smile weren't bad enough, the Laser Smile variety can fire a long range beam as powerful as a normal smile's up-close detonation. Fortunately they are immobile and die after a single discharge.
* The Praetorian from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
** Reaper Destroyers in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' have a persistent red beam they can use to cut through pretty much anything, fired from the distinctive central red eye.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfTheMonsterLair'': Ironsides uses them, as do the ogre cyclops and ogre triclops.
* Liberty Prime from ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 3}}'' fires twin eye beams from a visor slot in it's head, which can obliterate entire enemy platoons in one sweep.
** In ''{{VideoGame/Fallout 4}}'', the Assaultron has a WaveMotionGun built into its head that can OneHitKill even those wearing [[PoweredArmor power armor]]. [[spoiler:Liberty Prime also makes a comeback if you side with the Brotherhood]].
* The [[HoppingMachine X-Bot]] boss from ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' has these. Strangely, [[GiantEyeOfDoom Eyebot]] does ''not'' have this- his eye only shoots out regular shots, it's his CombatTentacles that have the beams instead.
* Metatron, an optional boss in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has these as his ultimate attack in the form of Fire of Sinai, in which he lets out an EvilLaugh beforehand. [[{{Irony}} He's supposed to be the voice of]] [[GodIsEvil God]].
** The Demi-Fiend can get some of his own near the end of the game with the Freikugel skill. It's one of the best endgame skills you can have, especially if you're going for the True Demon Ending.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' takes a page out of Myth/CelticMythology by making one of the Tuatha's (here an army of evil Fair Folk) deadliest weapons a Balor (here a Greater [[EldritchAbomination Niskaru]]). The game's Balor is similar to the one from myth, right down to having one eye that unleashes a powerful Eye Beam when opened. The Balor also has a rider that keeps its eye shut with a harness to keep it from killing its own army with its gaze.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has Shiki's third level fusion, which transforms Mr. Mew to a giant cat-godzilla thing that fires lasers from it's eyes.
* ''VideoGame/KickBeat'' does this as part of its first boss fight, where the player protects his master from enemy mooks by jumping onto a nearby statue and firing lasers at them from the statue.

* ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' has the Brain, an enemy that shoots red lasers from it's eyes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' Loaders, Constructors, and Lab Rats all have these. The Loaders eye attack is slow-moving and not that strong, the eye beams of the Constructors and Lab Rats, much less so.

* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'':
** The "Technology" family of upgrades give Isaac cybernetic eyes for this effect. Tech 1 replaces all tears with short laser bursts, Tech 2 gives Isaac a weak continuous laser alongside his normal tears, Tech 0.5 adds a robotic ThirdEye that sometimes malfunctions, and Tech X gives Isaac a OneWayVisor that charges up and fires massive rings of laser.
** The Bloat fires these from his empty eye sockets, which he can aim either directly in front of him or to either side. They fire instantly if you get in range as long as he's not doing a different attack. You'll want to fight this guy from behind as much as possible.
** The BonusBoss Hush will begin firing these after he TurnsRed. They're programmed to always be slightly slower than Isaac - and that is ''slightly'', as they tend to come flying at the player like rockets, testing their reaction speed and forcing them to run in circles for bit.

* ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' can be summed up in three words: [[MemeticMutation BEHOLD! OPTIC BLAST!]]
** [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Shuma-Gorath]] originally didn't have an eye beam attack in past games, but he was given one (dubbed the Mystic Ray) for his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' appearance.
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV C. Viper]] was also given one in [[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, which is named Optic Laser, possibly as a nod to Cyclops.
** Although he doesn't appear in the game as a playable character (he's a card in Heroes Vs. Heralds mode), it's been joked by fans that [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Godot]] would have one in his moveset had he made it into the roster (considering the rest of the cast, as well as [[AdaptationalBadass how]] [[BadassNormal Phoenix]] [[BadassPacifist Wright]] [[FightingClown was]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome implemented]], it actually wouldn't be too out of place in the game).
* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' has a ghostly grandmother who shoots lasers out of her eyes.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]] has one of these as HP attack in ''VideoGame/Dissidia012FinalFantasy''.

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising 2: Off The Record'' introduced a [[MacGyvering Combo Weapon]] made from a cheap rubber alien mask combined with a handful of gems. It's called the Lazer Eyes, and is somehow able to fire functional laser beams from its eyes that scorch enemies. It's phenomenally effective against the infected hordes, since its beams are long ranged, reliably burn zombies to death, and sweep a wide arc in front of Frank West.
* In the first ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'': the ability Doom Gaze was a power that Beholders had, but it was also available as a skill for a new player-created hero to start with. Doom Gaze was a powerful energy beam that came out of the Beholder or player hero's eyes and hit with a power that was comparable to a cannon.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam Reborn'' has the DLC character Beargguy, a reskinned Acguy based on a popular Gunpla model. Where the Acguy uses a common machine gun for its ranged attack, the Beargguy fires lasers from its teddy bear eyes. It even finishes its LimitBreak with a sweep of its eye beams.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'':
** The Plants have the Laser Bean, who uses his eyes fires a penetrating attack that hits all zombies in a lane.
** On the Zombie side, we have the [[MiniMecha Gargantuar Prime]], who periodically uses eye lasers to easily fry your plants in the rear columns.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'':
** Being a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Beholder]] {{Expy}}, the Gazer boss from Route A of the Lost Woods naturally does this a lot, shooting lasers, magic missiles, and fireballs from its many eye stalks.
** The Medusa Boss from Route B of the Ancient Temple Ruins will start shooting lasers from her eyes for a lot of damage after she TurnsRed.

* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Archons]] from ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' have an Eye of Judgement that draws energy from any ElementalPowers the Archon has learned and focuses it on purging any evildoers that the Archon sees. Some Archons have a very [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity broad]] definition of 'evildoers'.

* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': One newcomer introduced in ''Body Blows Galactic'', who is fittingly named Lazer, can fire blasts from his cybernetic eyes. While they're not exactly beams as they come out as triangular shaped bursts, but it fits the trope for the most part.
* In most ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games, Beamos (and its variants) are mechanical enemies that shoot out a laser beam from their singular eye at Link if they spot him. They are impervious to most attacks, but some can stun them and bombs usually destroys them. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' also features Guardians, spider-like robots that fire lasers from their one eye.
* ''VideoGame/YouHaveToBurnTheRope'': The boss attacks using these, but since your character is invincible, the only thing they can do is get rid of your torch.

* The Right Hand Man from the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' can shoot lasers from his left eye in any route of ''Completing the Mission'' where he's a cyborg.

* The main character of ''VideoGame/{{Webbed}}'' is a spider who has the ability to shoot beams from her eyes to push objects around and take down webs she has weaved once they're no longer needed.
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': One of Karna's Noble Phantasms - shown in his Extra attack - manifests as a laser that fires from his right eye.
-->'''Karna:''' Weapons are an opening act. A true hero kills with a stare!

* In ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'', Krang's mechanical body had them.
** In the first stage of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'', Krang had ''electricity''-shooting eyes. This did not, however, carry over to the year 2020.

* ROB from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has these, and his Final Smash turns them into a whirling laser helix of death. They also bounce.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, Waddle Doo's got... one of these. Makes you wonder about its biology, considering it is nothing ''but'' a huge eye on a tiny circular body with nubby arms and feet.

-->'''Karna:''' Weapons are an opening act. A true hero kills with a state!

* In most ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games, Bemos (and its variants) are mechanical enemies that shoot out a laser beam from their singular eye at Link if they spot him. They are impervious to most attacks, but some can stun them and bombs usually destroys them. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' also features Guardians, spider-like robots that fire lasers from their one eye.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', Galarian Articuno's signature move Freezing Glare involves shooting concentrated energy out of its eyes to attack. It also has a chance to [[StatusEffects freeze the opponent]], despite being a Psychic-type move.