Baelog might initially seem like the best Viking since he’s the one equipped with offensive weapons, but that’s not true. All of the abilities I just mentioned are put to spectacular use and no Viking seems to overpower the other two. The creativity involved is what makes The Lost Vikings so awesome. He can also use it as a parachute or a stool for Erik to jump off of. Olaf is also slow and has no means of attacking, but is equipped with a shield that he can use to defend against almost anything. Baelog is the warrior he is equipped with a sword and a bow and arrows but doesn’t have the athletic ability of Erik. He is also capable of running very fast and destroying most blocks that stand in the way. Erik has no means of attacking or defending but is the only Viking that can jump. The three Vikings must make it to the exit of each level together, and by doing so they must work as a team. The Lost Vikings consists of nearly forty levels filled with enough puzzles, obstacles, and enemies to prevent one Viking from being able to get home alone. Unfortunately their home is not across the street from the zoo, so the Vikings must travel through several different time periods in order to return home so they can go back to slaughtering the innocent, or eat more food (probably the latter).
Unsatisfied with their animal-like roles, the Vikings decide to escape and return home. Tomator, the alien who abducted the Vikings plans to use them as attractions in his zoo. Three Vikings by the names of Erik the Red, Baelog the Swift, and Olaf the Stout were abducted one night while hunting for dinner. The Lost Vikings’ plot is just as wacky as the concept. This peculiar concept is extremely effective and makes it one of the most enjoyable and unique games for the SNES. There is still plenty of action, but The Lost Vikings is really a puzzle game. The game’s protagonists are three Vikings, but there is no hack and slash action or anything else we would expect from Vikings. In 1992 Silicon and Synapse (now known as Blizzard) developed The Lost Vikings, but it is not at all what we expected it to be. Since videogames that contain a lot of hack and slash action always seemed to be selling very well, I am very surprised that there are very few games, if any that star Vikings. They were fierce warriors that were feared by almost everyone due to their unpredictable raids and Pagan beliefs (the beliefs weren’t popular at the time in an almost entirely Christian Europe).
Vikings were known for a lot of things such as farming, trading, and exploring, but the trait they are best known for was their brutality.
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What complicates this (or makes it easier) is that each of our three heroes has his own set of abilities: Erik can run, jump, and bash his head through some walls in the game Baleog can kill enemies from a long distance using his bow or from a short distance using his sword, and also use his bow to hit otherwise unreachable switches Olaf can use his sturdy shield to hide himself and the others from enemy attacks (from the sides and from above) and to float down from high places without harm.Īfter you pass each level, you will get a password which is necessary if you exit the game and wish to continue later on from that point.Īs for the game itself, it is a pure 5."Vikings were known for a lot of things such as farming, trading, and exploring, but the trait they are best known for was their brutality. The only way to pass each level is to bring all three Vikings to the exit point. After completing the initial task, our heroes are taken to different periods of time with one goal: escape alive and go home! The main characters of the game are three Viking warriors - Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout - whose first goal is to find a way off the strange ship onto which they were brought. The key to this game’s enchanting beauty, however, is not in its graphics but rather in its gameplay. The Lost Vikings was released in 1992 by Interplay Entertainment as a single-floppy, single-player game with great graphics for its time. What happens when a group of overseas explorers is sucked onto a giant space ship while peacefully hunting in a nearby forest? Well, you get one of the best side-scrolling puzzle games ever made, a true jewel of the gaming world.
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