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| Full title | Saga of Erik the Viking, The |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Mosaic Publishing Ltd (UK) |
| Author(s) | Level 9 Computing Ltd (Pete Austin) |
| Tie-in licence | Terry Jones (UK) (book: Erik the Viking) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: Text |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Features Medieval Legends Features Illustrated Adventure Features Bookware Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Runner-up in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Adventure Game. |
| SPOT comments | includes 20-page booklet |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Commodore 64 An unofficial conversion exists for the Commodore Plus/4 |
| Score |
7.88 (17 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
|  | SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.tzx.zip | 30,161 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | |||
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| | SagaOfErikTheVikingThe(different).tzx.zip | 29,293 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | |||
|  | SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.tap.zip | 29,718 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.gif | 1,538 | (Loading screen) |
| SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.gif | 6,814 | (In-game screen) | |
 | SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.txt | 6,370 | (English instructions) |
| SagaOfErikTheVikingThe.jpg | 55,999 | (Cassette inlay) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 124 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 135 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.84 | page 504 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.84 | page 136 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 206 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.84 | page 554 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 11.84 | page 3 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 12.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 12.84 | page 17 | (Review) | [full page] |
| C&VG Yearbook | 0.85 | page 86 | (Feature - Terry Jones) | |
| Big K | 1.85 | page 17 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 1.85 | page 16 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 38 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 2.85 | page 35 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.85 | page 102 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 3.85 | page 32 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 72 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.85 | page 97 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.85 | page 60 | (Feature - On the level) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.85 | page 95 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.85 | page 135 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 79 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 107 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 131 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 318 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.85 | page 38 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 130 | (Tips) | [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] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.86 | page 91 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.86 | page 71 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.87 | page 321 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.87 | page 67 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.88 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.90 | page 38 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.90 | page 54 | (Solution - partial solution) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.91 | page 48 | (Solution - partial solution) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.91 | page 47 | (Solution - partial solution) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.91 | page 39 | (Solution - solution last part) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 125 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.84 | page 116 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 12.84 | page 15 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.84 | page 81 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 1.85 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 121 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.85 | page 121 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.85 | page 402 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 33 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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