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Eric and the Floaters

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…

1 July 1983

Eric and the Floaters is an arcade developed by Hudson Soft, released 1 July 1983 on FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-6000 Series and PC-8800 Series.

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What Eric and the Floaters is

Eric and the Floaters is an arcade game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1983. It is available on FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-6000 Series, PC-8800 Series, Sharp MZ-2200, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Eric and the Floaters come out?
Eric and the Floaters was released on 1 July 1983 for FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-6000 Series, PC-8800 Series, Sharp MZ-2200, Sharp X1 and ZX Spectrum.

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