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The Lost Vikings

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Interplay (US), Ballistic (US; Rerelease), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (EU)

Developer: Silicon & Synapse, Krisalis Software

Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad; Team Player

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players: 1-3

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-01^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	T-125016
US (Rerelease)	199x		T-119216
EU	1994		T-70226-50
PT	1993		MDJ70226
UK	1994-04^[3]	£44.9944.99^[4]^[5]
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amiga CD32 Game Boy Advance IBM PC Super NES

VRC

The Lost Vikings is a platform-puzzle game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay for a variety of platforms including the Sega Mega Drive.

Story

The game follows three Vikings, Eric the Swift, Olaf the Stout and Baleog the Fierce, who have been plucked out of their own timezone by the evil Tomator, who is collecting lifeforms from all over the universe. It is up to the player to guide all three Vikings through various periods in time to get back to their ship.

Gameplay

Each Viking has their own set of skills which are needed to progress through the stage. The player can only control one Viking at once, but can switch between them at any point and share items.

As the Sega Mega Drive version came later than the others (1994 as opposed to 1992), it contains five stages not present in any other version (these are stages 11, 18, 19, 25 and 37). The music is also slightly different. The game is compatible with the 6-button gamepad and the Team Player, allowing for up to three players to play simultaneously.

Passwords

Level no.	Password
01	STRT
02	GR8T
03	TLPT
04	GRND
05	LLM0
06	FL0T
07	TRSS
08	PRHS
09	CVRN
10	BBLS
11	TR33
12	VLCN
13	QCKS
14	PHR0
15	C1R0
16	SPKS
17	JMNN
18	SNDS
19	TMPL
20	TTRS
21	JLLY
22	PLNG
23	BTRY
24	JNKR
25	RVTS
26	CBLT
27	H0PP
28	SMRT
29	V8TR
30	NFL8
31	WKYY
32	CMB0
33	8BLL
34	TRDR
35	FNTM
36	WRLR
37	PDDY
38	TRPD
39	TFFF
40	FRGT
41	4RN4
42	MSTR

History

Development

The Mega Drive Lost Vikings was converted from the Super NES^[6], being Silicon & Synapse's first Sega project.

A Sega Mega-CD version with more levels and "special stuff" was planned, but failed to materialise^[7].

Legacy

The game was followed by The Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest which hit the Sega Saturn in 1997.

The English Windows PC version has been released by Blizzard as freeware.

Production credits

Game Design: Silicon & Synapse
Producers: Ayman Adham, Alan Pavlish
Executive Producer: Brian Fargo
Level Design: Ronald Millar Sr.
Genesis Programming: Patrick Wyatt, James Edward Anhalt III
Original Programming: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce Jr., Ayman Adham
Artwork: Joeyray Hall, Ronald Millar Sr., Sam Didier, Jason Magness, Stuart Rose
Additional Artwork: Clyde Matsumoto, Todd J. Camasta, Cheryl Austin, Spencer Kipe
Original Music for the Super Nintendo: Charles Deenen
Audio: Krisalis Software Ltd.
Music: Matt Furniss
Music Driver: Shaun Hollingworth
Q.A. Director: Kerry Garrison
Assistant Q.A. Director: Rodney N. Relosa
Quality Assurance: Floyd Grubb, Dean Schulte, Richard Simpson
Manual Design: Bruce Warner
Manual Editor: Feargus Urquhart
Thanks to: Scott Bennie, Scott Mills
Additional grunts, groans and other sounds provided by: M.C. Olaf and the 2 Short Crew

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The Lost Vikings/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)^[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[9]
GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[10]
VideoGames (US) #61: "February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[11]
Mega Play (US) ^[12]
Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[13]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[14]

Print advert in Mega (UK) #20: "May 1994" (1994-04-21)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[25]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

92

^[26]

Console Mania (IT)

92

^[27]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[28]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

88

^[15]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

80

^[29]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[16]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[30]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)

80

^[31]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[32]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[1]

Gamers (DE)

80

^[33]

GamesMaster (UK)

89

^[34]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[35]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

91

^[36]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

79

^[37]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

88

^[38]

Mega (UK)

PAL

91

^[39]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

89

^[5]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[40]

Mega Machines (UK)

PAL

89

^[41]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

83

^[42]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[4]

Player One (FR)

92

^[43]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

84

^[44]

Power Up! (UK)

88

^[45]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

88

^[46]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[47]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[48]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

87

^[49]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

87

^[50]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

89

^[51]

Sega Force (SE)

88

^[52]

Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)

85

^[53]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

86

^[54]

Todo Sega (ES)

86

^[55]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

83

^[56]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

80

^[57]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[58]

	84
Based on 39 reviews

The Lost Vikings

Mega Drive, US (Interplay)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Ballistic)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	7ba49edb
MD5	a8dcb5476855a83702e2f49ebd4e2d57
SHA-1	f00464c111b57c8b23698760cbd377c3c8cfe712

1MB

1993-11

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	1f14efc6
MD5	44752b050421c4e51d1bee96b3fed44e
SHA-1	c977a21d287187c3931202b3501063d71fcaf714

1MB

1993-10

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	17bed25f
MD5	d23c534b8056b3775cadcd8b5cdc5e04
SHA-1	375eaa9845692db4fdbd0b51985aa0892a8fe425

1MB

1993

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 79
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 26
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 18
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 19
↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 11
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 109
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 44
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 121 (122)
↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50 (52)
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64-66 (64)
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50-51 (50)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68-70 (68)
↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84-85 (84)
↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 103
↑ Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 36-37 (38)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-08), page 125
↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 118
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-05-24)
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 30
↑ GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 102
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 63
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 59
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50
↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 104
↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 70
↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 70
↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84
↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 156
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 02, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-02), page 1
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 88
↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 104
↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94
↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 36
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 64
↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 8
↑ Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 107
↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 88
↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88

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[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p52-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p50-2] GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p79-3] Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p68-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68

[:File:MegaAction_UK_11.pdf_p26-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 26

[:File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p18-6] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 18

[:File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p19-7] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 19

[:File:SegaVisions_US_16.pdf_p93-8] Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p93-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p93-10] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p63-11] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p11-12] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 11

[:File:SegaVisions_US_17.pdf_p91-13] Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:EGM_US_059.pdf_p109-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 109

[:File:CVG_UK_147.pdf_p44-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 44

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p46-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p122_.28121.29-17] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 121 (122)

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p52_.2850.29-18] GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50 (52)

[:File:Joypad_FR_029.pdf_p64_.2864-66.29-19] Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64-66 (64)

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p50_.2850-51.29-20] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50-51 (50)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p68_.2868-70.29-21] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68-70 (68)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_040.pdf_p84_.2884-85.29-22] Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84-85 (84)

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p103-23] Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 103

[:File:SonicMag_FR_01.pdf_p38_.2836-37.29-24] Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 36-37 (38)

[25] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-09.pdf_p125-26] Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-08), page 125

[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_026.pdf_p97-27] Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 97

[28] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 118

[digitiser1994-05-24-29] Digitiser (UK) (1994-05-24)

[30] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327

[31] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0703.pdf_p56-32] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-03.pdf_p30-33] Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 30

[34] GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 102

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p16-35] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16

[:File:Joypad_FR_029.pdf_p64-36] Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p63-37] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 63

[:File:MDAG_UK_17.pdf_p59-38] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p50-39] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p104-40] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 104

[:File:MegaMachines_UK_02.pdf_p70-41] Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 70

[:File:MegaTech_UK_25.pdf_p70-42] MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 70

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_040.pdf_p84-43] Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-04.pdf_p156-44] Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 156

[45] Power Up!, "Saturday, July 02, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-02), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_04.pdf_p88-46] Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 88

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p104-47] Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 104

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p94-48] Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p36-49] Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p36-50] Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 36

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p64-51] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 64

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_02.pdf_p8-52] Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 8

[:File:SonicMag_FR_01.pdf_p38-53] Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[54] Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_10.pdf_p80-55] Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 80

[56] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 107

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p88-57] Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_US_61.pdf_p88-58] VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88

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+| md_rrp_uk=44.99{{magref|mms|15|68}}{{magref|megaaction|11|26}}<!--39.95{{magref|megatech|25|70}} 39.99{{magref|cvg|160|83}}-->
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Difference between revisions of "The Lost Vikings"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 07:12, 18 April 2020

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Passwords

History

Development

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References