The Lost Vikings
Developer(s)	Silicon & Synapse
Publisher(s)	Interplay Entertainment (1992), Blizzard Entertainment (2003)
Designer(s)	Ronald Millar Sr.
Release date(s)	1992, 2003
Genre(s)	Side-scrolling puzzle/Platformer
Mode(s)	Single player, 2 player cooperative, (3 player cooperative in the Genesis version)
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amiga CD32, GBA, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, Atari ST
Media	Floppy disk (1), Cartridge, CD-ROM
Input	Keyboard, Joystick

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The game was originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, and Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis systems the next year; the Mega Drive/Genesis version contains five stages not present in any other version of the game. Blizzard re-released the game for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... This article is about the family of home computers. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ... The Sega Mega Drive was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world. ... “GBA” redirects here. ...

The sequel, The Lost Vikings II, was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1994 by publisher Interplay Entertainment for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A 32-bits enhanced port of The Lost Vikings II was developed for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC, known in the United States as Norse By Norsewest: Return of the Lost Vikings. It was released by Interplay in 1996, featuring a new super-deformed-esque style for the characters (the SNES version had kept the original one) and voiced dialogue samples. However, this time Blizzard only worked in the development of the original SNES version, and was not involved in the creation of the 32-bits ports. Instead, these were handled by Beam Software. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Interplay original logo. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... It has been suggested that Arcade Racer Joystick be merged into this article or section. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Melbourne House is a game development studio owned by Atari and based in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The main characters in both games are three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout. The goal is to guide all vikings safely through each level. The game's originality is due to the fact that the player controls three different characters (although only one at any given time), and must make use of their individual abilities and their combinations to solve puzzles and progress. The game featured infinite opportunities of retries in case the player were to lose one of the vikings. Much of the game's appeal came from the humorous inter-level dialogues of the characters. ("If I [head]bash one more wall right now, my head will explode!" "I got dibs on his helmet." "Okay, but I get his boots." "It's great to have such good friends.") For other uses, see Viking (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Plot

In the game, the three Vikings get kidnapped by Tomator, an extraterrestrial emperor of the Croutonian empire, for an inter-galactic zoo and become lost in various periods of time. The purpose of the game is to control the three characters (who all have separate abilities) in order to solve puzzles to escape and get back home. In popular fiction and conspiracy theories, life forms, especially intelligent life forms, that are of extraterrestrial origin, i. ... For other uses, see Galaxy (disambiguation). ... Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ... . ... A puzzle is a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity. ... For other uses, see Home (disambiguation). ...

The sequel features the original three characters plus two new playable characters, Fang the wolf and Scorch the dragon. However, to avoid becoming too complex, the game only lets the player control three of the five characters in each level. The gameplay and storyline remain largely the same, though the pre-existing characters all have new or modified abilities. Unlike the first game, there was extensive voice acting provided in the sequel by Rob Paulsen (Erik), Jeff Bennett (Baleog) and Jim Cummings (Olaf). This article or section should be merged with Player character A playable character is a character in a video game that can be used as the players avatar within the game world. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dragon. ... Look up plot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Robert Fredrick Paulsen, III (born March 11, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) (sometimes credited as Rob Paulson or Vocal Magic) is an American voice actor best known as the voice behind Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner from Animaniacs and Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. ... Jeffrey Glenn Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is a well-known voice actor in cartoons, movies and games. ... James Jonah Jim Cummings (born November 3, 1952[1] in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American voice actor who is best known for his work on the Winnie the Pooh animated series. ...

Box cover of the Sega Genesis version

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The Lost Vikings

In-game screenshot

All three vikings have 3 health points which they can lose by getting hurt by enemies or by falling from great heights, and the ability to carry and use items, mainly keys, bombs, and food. None of the vikings can swim. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Character Abilities

• Erik can run faster than the other two, can jump, and can bash through some walls (and even some 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, use his shield as a hang glider, or as a stepping stone for Erik to enable him to reach high grounds which is not possible without the shield.

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Worlds

• Tomator's Spaceship

• Prehistoria

• Ancient Egypt

• The Great Factory

• Wacky World

• Tomator's Ship Revisited

The Lost Vikings II

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Character Abilities

• Erik now has rocket boots, allowing him to double jump and to break walls above his head (in the first game he could only break walls in front of him). In addition to that, his smasho-gill helmet (cybernetic lungs in DOS version) allows him to swim.

• Baleog has a robotic arm, rather than his bow, which can grab things from a distance, as well as swing from special orbs. However, the arm has finite range, unlike the arrows in the previous game which could hit enemies even very far away.

• Olaf has the ability to shrink to miniature size, to slip through small spaces, and to fart, giving him some extra lift and speed when parachuting with his shield. In addition, when landing after a fart, Olaf can break some surfaces beneath him.

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• Fang can run, jump, slash enemies with his claws, and cling to walls, optionally jumping off of them to get higher.

• Scorch can fly for short periods (more like a "multi-jump"), glide like Olaf, and shoot fire projectiles that can hit far enemies (much like Baleog's arrows in the first game).

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Worlds

• Transylvania, 1437

• Dark Ages, 700 AD

• Smuggler's Cove, 1789

• Amazon Jungle, 200 BC

• The Future (time period unknown)

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Cameo appearances

The Lost Vikings as seen in the Uldaman zone in World of Warcraft

The Vikings have also shown up from time to time in other Blizzard games. Olaf can be unlocked as a hidden character in the 1993 game Rock 'N' Roll Racing. They most recently appeared as Mobs in Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft in the dungeon Uldaman. One of the quests in Uldaman also requires the player to collect the Shaft of Tsol and Amulet of Gni'Kiv, which spell out "Lost" and "Vik'ing" when read backwards. The shaft and amulet are combined to form the Staff of Prehistoria, which fits the theme of Uldaman and also is an area in The Lost Vikings. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 459 × 202 pixelsFull resolution (459 × 202 pixel, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/png) Screenshots from World of Warcraft. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 459 × 202 pixelsFull resolution (459 × 202 pixel, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/png) Screenshots from World of Warcraft. ... Uldaman is a location set in Blizzard Entertainments video game and book series, Warcraft. ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ... Rock N Roll Racing is a racing video game released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES, published by Interplay and developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment) in 1993. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ... Uldaman is a location set in Blizzard Entertainments video game and book series, Warcraft. ...

In the Frozen Throne's "Monolith" scenario, the names for the Dark Troll Commando hero are the same as those for the Lost Vikings: Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce and Olaf the Stout.

Erik mentions the 'Swamps of Sorrow' from "Warcraft" in the SNES version

The Lost Vikings II contains several references to Blizzard's other games. In the "Dark Ages" period of time, Erik the Swift accidentally gets teleported to the "Swamps of Sorrow", which is a prominent location in the game, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans (this region was later seen as a ladder map in Warcraft III and as a zone in World of Warcraft). Also, one of Tomator’s monitors shows Rock 'N' Roll Racing playing. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 512 × 446 pixelsFull resolution (512 × 446 pixel, file size: 39 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Erik the Swift mentions the Swamps of Sorrows, a key locations in various Warcraft games. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 512 × 446 pixelsFull resolution (512 × 446 pixel, file size: 39 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Erik the Swift mentions the Swamps of Sorrows, a key locations in various Warcraft games. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... Petrarch, who conceived the idea of a European Dark Age. From Cycle of Famous Men and Women, Andrea di Bartolo di Bargillac, c. ... Teleportation is the movement of objects or elementary particles from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, without traveling through space. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Outland, accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... A game ladder is a series of ranking levels used to measure playing skill in competitive games. ... Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game // Overview An in-game screenshot of humans (blue) fighting orcs (red). ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the fourth game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. ... Rock N Roll Racing is a racing video game released for the Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES, published by Interplay and developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as Blizzard Entertainment) in 1993. ...

For the upcoming game, StarCraft 2, there is a new Terran unit called the "Viking". One of the screen shots of the unit has the caption "The Lost Vikings".
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External links

• Official Blizzard home page
• Playable Demo Online Flash demo
• The Lost Vikings at MobyGames
• Norse By Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings at MobyGames
• Norse by Norsewest Win95 demo