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![[Loading screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/e/gif/Eureka.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/e/Eureka.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Eureka! |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Domark Ltd (UK) |
| Author(s) | Andromeda Software Ltd [2] |
| Tie-in licence | Ian Livingstone [1] (UK) (book: Eureka!) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: Graphic |
| Message language | Multiple languages (see individual downloads) |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £14.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Features Ancient Mythology Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| SPOT comments | basically a text adventure, but with an incongruous arcade intro to each section |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Commodore 64 |
| Score |
7.42 (12 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Language | ||
|  | Eureka.tzx.zip | 269,023 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | English | |||
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| | Eureka_2.tzx.zip | 329,692 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | French | |||
|  | Eureka.tap.zip | 275,699 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | English |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | Eureka.gif | 4,554 | (Loading screen) |
| Eureka.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| Eureka.gif | 10,685 | (In-game screen) | |
 | Eureka.pdf | 4,566,051 | (Scanned English instructions) |
| Eureka.txt | 16,874 | (English instructions) |
| Eureka_French.pdf | 2,680,996 | (French instructions) |
| Eureka.jpg | 34,862 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| Eureka.jpg | 239,701 | (Advertisement) | |
| Eureka_2.jpg | 235,770 | (Advertisement) |
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| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 505 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 10.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 13 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 38 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 29 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 11.84 | page 45 | (Feature) | |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 17 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 11.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | |
| TV Gamer | 11.84 | page 34 | (Preview) | |
| Home Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 134 | (Letter - Eureka: it's good) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 12.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.84 | page 61 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 66 | (Feature - Eureka - £25K in 48K) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 66 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.84 | page 66 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 128 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 1.85 | page 34 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 1.85 | page 42 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 19 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 114 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computing Today | 1.85 | page 9 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 39 | (Review) | |
| Sinclair Programs | 1.85 | page 17 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 12 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Big K | 2.85 | page 3 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 2.85 | page 4 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 2.85 | page 10 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 436 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 436 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Big K | 3.85 | page 28 | (Feature - Big K goes to Hungary) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 5 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 928 | (Tips - Book of Adventure) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 3.85 | page 101 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 3.85 | page 32 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.85 | page 107 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 97 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 106 | (Solution - Prehistoric segment) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 106 | (Map - Prehistoric segment) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.85 | page 71 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 4.85 | page 20 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.85 | page 108 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.85 | page 109 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 79 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 107 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 526 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 107 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 306 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 105 | (News/Note - Eureka! won by schoolboy) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 328 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 20 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 86 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 11.85 | page 30 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.85 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.85 | page 103 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 130 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 922 | (Tips - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 923 | (Tips - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 924 | (Tips - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.85 | page 121 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.85 | page 58 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 1.86 | page 36 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.86 | page 104 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.86 | page 428 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.86 | page 71 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Gordo's Adventures | 3.86 | page 16 | (Tips) | |
| Crash | 6.86 | page 121 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.86 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.86 | page 58 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 7.86 | page 77 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.86 | page 73 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.86 | page 74 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.86 | page 86 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.86 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.86 | page 62 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.86 | page 100 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.87 | page 154 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.87 | page 96 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 3.87 | page 77 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 54 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.87 | page 64 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.87 | page 68 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.87 | page 72 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.87 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.87 | page 76 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.87 | page 109 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.87 | page 78 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.87 | page 128 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.88 | page 83 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.88 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.88 | page 44 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.88 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.88 | page 86 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.88 | page 53 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.88 | page 106 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 41 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 93 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.89 | page 80 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.90 | page 55 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 3.90 | page 57 | (Archivero) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 413 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 415 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 513 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 515 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 213 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 215 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 309 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 311 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 415 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 9.84 | page 409 | (Advert) | |
| Personal Computer News | 9.84 | page 411 | (Advert) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 125 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 127 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 302 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 429 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 10.84 | page 45 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 10.84 | page 47 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 21 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 73 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 75 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 108 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 232 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 507 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 10.84 | page 47 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 21 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 23 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 231 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 10.84 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.84 | page 17 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.84 | page 93 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.84 | page 95 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.84 | page 24 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.84 | page 35 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 11.84 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 10.84 | page 19 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.84 | page 41 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 14 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 179 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Computing | 11.84 | page 25 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Home Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 209 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 11.84 | page 29 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 11.84 | page 59 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 135 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 456 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 11.84 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 29 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 11.84 | page 4 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Your Computer | 11.84 | page 90 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 11.84 | (Full-page ad) | ||
| Big K | 12.84 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 40 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 15 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 182 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 190 | (Classified - "Eurekites" solutions) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 325 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.84 | page 362 | (Classified - "Eurekites" solutions) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 12.84 | page 4 | (Full-page ad) | |
| ZX Computing | 12.84 | page 46 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 1.85 | page 46 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 159 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 1.85 | page 144 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.85 | page 216 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.85 | page 240 | (Classified - "Eurekites" solutions) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.85 | page 309 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 26 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Sinclair Programs | 1.85 | page 20 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 1.85 | page 51 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Micro Adventurer | 2.85 | page 5 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 117 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.85 | page 323 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 73 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 104 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 63 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
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