Eric and the Floaters cover

Eric and the Floaters

Arcade Action
July 1, 1983
Released 15643 days ago
PC-8800 Series ZX Spectrum Sharp X1 Sharp MZ-2200 FM-7 NEC PC-6000 Series MSX

About

You must press any key to start the game. It will then ask you if you want to use Keyboard or Joystick. After that section, the game will start.

The aim of each level of the game is to kill all of the floaters, the orange/magenta ball-like things that roam the maze. To do this you have one weapon on your side - an infinite supply of bombs. When you drop a bomb, they are automatically primed, and will explode after just a few seconds.

So to kill the baddies you must get close enough to them to within the range of the bomb, drop it, and quickly run around a corner to make sure you too are not caught in the explosion. The bombs will destroy any floaters that are caught in the blast, and also certain sections of wall that are in the way, reducing the
playing area to open landscape.

More and more floaters are added each level, and the game does get quite difficult. You can also only drop one bomb at a time.

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Release Dates by Platform

PC-8800 Series Worldwide
Jul 1, 1983
FM-7 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
Sharp X1 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
NEC PC-6000 Series Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
MSX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
Sharp MZ-2200 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 31, 1984

Game Info

Developer
Hudson Soft
Publisher
Hudson Soft, Kuma Computers, Sinclair Research
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Arcade
Themes
Action

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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