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Eric and the Floaters

Genres: Arcade

Released on: PC-8800 Series, ZX Spectrum, Sharp X1, Sharp MZ-2200, FM-7, NEC PC-6000 Series, MSX

Developer: Hudson Soft

Publishers: Hudson Soft , Kuma Computers , Sinclair Research

Themes: Action

Game Modes: Single player

Perspective: Bird view / Isometric

Platform Release Dates:
Platform Release Date
PC-8800 Series July 01, 1983
FM-7 December 31, 1983
MSX December 31, 1983
NEC PC-6000 Series December 31, 1983
Sharp MZ-2200 December 31, 1983
Sharp X1 December 31, 1983
ZX Spectrum December 31, 1984

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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.

Story:

No storyline available