The Lost Vikings

About The Lost Vikings

The Lost Vikings is a side scrolling platform puzzle video game series, developed by Silicon and Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment). Released in 1992, by publisher Interplay Entertainment, it was available for DOS, Amiga, Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, among others.

The games sequel, The Lost Vikings II, was developed by Blizzard and released in 1997 by Interplay for the Super NES.

Plot

Three Vikings—Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout—get kidnapped by Tomator, emperor of the alien Croutonian empire, for an inter-galactic zoo. They are able to escape the ship, but get lost in various periods of time. They must traverse various bizarre locations, and eventually confront and defeat Tomator, to find their way home.

Gameplay

The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling platform adventure in which the player alternates control of the three Viking characters, guiding each of them one at a time (though control may be swapped from character to character at any point) from a designated start point in each level to the exit.

The game offers a two-player cooperative mode in which each player simultaneously controls one Viking and is allowed to change control to the third, unused Viking at any point. Every level is designed such that each Viking must contribute his unique skills to help the other two through to the end. Similarly, to finish the level, all three characters must reach the exit point.

The Vikings each have three health points which they can lose by getting hurt by enemies or by falling from great heights. Should any Viking run out of health points, he dies; gameplay will then continue with any remaining Vikings, but the level becomes unwinnable, and the player will eventually have to restart the level and try again. However, the game offers unlimited continues.

Characters

Each Viking has the ability to carry and use items—such as keys, bombs, and food (which restores health points)—as well as a unique set of skills:

• Erik can run faster than the other two, can jump, and can bash through some walls (and enemies) with his helmet.
• Baleog can kill enemies with his sword, or from a distance with his bow (and a "life-time supply of arrows"). The bow can also be used to hit switches from a distance.
• Olaf can block enemies and their projectiles with his shield, and use his shield as a hang glider. Olaf's shield can also be used as a platform for Baleog to walk over and to allow Erik to reach higher areas.

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Game Controls

A = SELECT

S = START

← → ↑ ↓ = LEFT / RIGHT / UP / DOWN

Z = B Button

X = A Button