Eskimo Eddie (1984)

Eskimo Eddie was released in 1984 for the 48K ZX Spectrum. Published by Ocean Software, the game was developed by Christian F. Urquhart and Nick Pierpoint, with F. David Thorpe designing the load screen. Bob Wakelin provided the inlay and poster artwork.

The game belongs to the arcade maze genre and supports a single player. It is based on the original arcade coin-op by Sega Enterprises Ltd. Controls include support for Kempston joysticks, Interface 2, and cursor keys.

The original cassette price was £5.9. Besides the ZX Spectrum, the game was also released on the Commodore 64 platform.

The title holds an average magazine score of 47.83%. While Crash awarded the game 78%, other publications such as Big K, Personal Computer Games, and Sinclair User gave it lower scores.

In the USSR, the game was known through several TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Winisoft, Phantom Ltd, and Slider. POKE codes for the game were published in electronic magazines like Revival and Micro. Cracked cassette versions were also available.