| Eric & the Floaters |
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| Aliases | Eric and the Floaters |
| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Maze |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Derived from | Bomberman |
| Original platform for (unofficial port) | Eric and the Floaters |
| Original Price | £5.95 |
| Controls | Interface 2 (left) |
| Other Platforms | MSX |
| Average mag. score | 60.00% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80.6% (46 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Y. Tanaka (Japan) | at Hudson Soft | - ? | |
| T. Sasagawa (Japan) | at Hudson Soft | - ? | |
| Roger Garland | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Compilations
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 12 | (1985/Jan) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #12 - 1985/Jan | - titled "Baloon John" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | EricTheFloaters.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| EricTheFloaters.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| EATF | 0 | Original | Remote link | English | - Source code repository - Disassembled | |
| EricTheFloaters.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| EricTheFloaters.gif | 2,865 | Original | Running screen | |||
| EricTheFloaters.jpg | 263,962 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| EricTheFloaters_Back.jpg | 205,682 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| EricTheFloaters_Tape.jpg | 88,304 | Original | Media scan | |||
| EricTheFloaters.txt | 1,772 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| ericfloaters.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Pavel Plíva (with rollback) - Redorded to stage 10, where the stage counter becomes unreadable | ||
| Eric & the Floaters (1984)(Sinclair Research).pok | 66 | Original | POK pokes file |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #34-1984/Aug | page 33 | - Review - ref. "The Floaters" | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul | page 54 | - Review: 60% | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #28-1984/Jul/12 special "week#2" | page 17 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Answers | issue #1-1984/Sep | page 38 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Programs | issue #22-1984/Aug | page 37 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #28-1984/Jul | page 40 | - Review: 6/10 | |
| TV Gamer | issue 1984/Sep | page 46 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #13-1984/Mar/29 special "week#5" | page 1 | - News/Note - Express software from Japan | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #27-1984/Jul/5 special "week#1" | page 40 | - News/Note | |
| SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information | |
| Your Computer | issue v.4 #7-1984/Jul | page 57 | - Feature - Spectrum Software | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #93-1993/Sep | page 9 | - Feature - The Games that Time Forgot | |
| ZX Computing | issue #14-1984/Aug | page 38 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Big K | issue #4-1984/Jul | page 23 | - Advert | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #32-1984/Jun | page 93 | - Advert | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #33-1984/Jul | page 149 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #5-1984/Jun | page 15 | - Advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #6-1984/Jul | page 7 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #7-1984/Jun | page 41 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #8-1984/Jul | page 5 | - Advert | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #67-1984/Jun/30 | page 27 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #23-1984/Jun/7 special "week#1" | page 31 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #25-1984/Jun/21 special "week#3" | page 15 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #27-1984/Jun | page 17 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #28-1984/Jul | page 21 | - Advert | |
| Your Spectrum | issue #4-1984/Jun | page 35 | - Advert |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum Computing RZX - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
