Saga of Erik the Viking, The
Level 9 Computing 
, Mosaic Publishing 1984
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Mike Austin , Pete Austin
- Platforms:
- Amstrad CPC , BBC/Electron , C64/128 , Enterprise , Spectrum
- Genres:
- Based on literature , Humour, Medieval
- Related:
- Bookware [1: Pen and the Dark, The, 2: Width of the World, The, 3: Saga of Erik the Viking, The, 4: Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, The, 5: Nomad of Time, The, 6: Snow Queen, The, 7: Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, The, 8: Archers, The, 9: Twice Shy, 10: Raffles, 11: Alice, 12: Amulet, The]
- Entered by:
- Exemptus, Gunness, Strident, www.atarimania.com
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 18-03-2023
Synopsis
Plot
A continuation of the eponymous book by ex-Python Terry Jones, you take the part of Erik the Viking whose family has been kidnapped by the evil Dogfighters. It is your job to rescue them.Notes
An unofficial conversion of the game was released for the Atari by Homesoft in 2015.Resources (Upload file)
- Solution
- by Gunness
- Solution
- by Dorothy
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Hints
- by Gunness
- Further Info:
- Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
- Search at CPC-Power
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Spectrum Computing
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at World of Spectrum
[+] Users currently playing this game
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Maybe the weakest of all Level 9 adventures, but has a lot going for it in any case. The layout is tricky, with some locations only found at random, but most puzzles are reasonable. There are several instances where consulting the original clue sheet feels enforced by the game.