The Lost Vikings

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The Lost Vikings
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Interplay (US), Ballistic (US; Rerelease), Virgin Interactive (EU)
Developer:
Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1-3
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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. The english PC version has been released by Blizzard as freeware (Windows port).

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. 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 slightly later than the others (1993 as opposed to 1992), it contains five stages not present in any other version. The music is also slightly different. The game is compatible with the 6-button gamepad and the Multi-tap, allowing for up to three players to play simultaneously.

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

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

Promotional Material

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    US print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68
84
89 №13, p102
91 №29, p64/65/66
88 №17, p59/60/61
91 №16, p50/51
89 №11, p26/27
89 №2, p70/71
84 №15, p68-70[1]
92 №40, p84/85
88 №2, p103[2]
87 №50, p36/37/38
87 №28, p36/37
89 №15, p64/65
85 №1, p36/37[3]
86 №28, p10/11
Sega Mega Drive
 87
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[4]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
92
[5]
Console Mania (IT)
92
[6]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[8]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
80
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[11]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
80
[12]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
84
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[14]
Gamers (DE)
80
[15]
GamesMaster (UK)
89
[16]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
79
[19]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
88
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
91
[21]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
89
[22]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[23]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
89
[24]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[1]
Player One (FR)
92
[26]
Play Time (DE) PAL
84
[27]
Power Up! (UK)
88
[28]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
88
[29]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[30]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[31]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[32]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
87
[33]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
89
[34]
Sega Force (SE)
88
[35]
Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)
85
[3]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
86
[36]
Todo Sega (ES)
86
[37]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
83
[38]
Video Games (DE) PAL
80
[39]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[40]
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
39 reviews

The Lost Vikings

Mega Drive, US (Interplay)
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Mega Drive, US (Ballistic)
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  2. ↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 103
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:SonicMag FR 01.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SonicMag FR 01.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
  5. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-08), page 125
  6. ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
  7. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 118
  8. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 44
  9. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-05-24)
  10. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  11. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327
  12. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
  13. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
  14. ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  15. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 30
  16. ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 102
  17. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
  18. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
  19. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 63
  20. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 59
  21. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50
  22. ↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 26
  23. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 104
  24. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 70
  25. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 70
  26. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84
  27. ↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 156
  28. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 02, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-02), page 1
  29. ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 88
  30. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 104
  31. ↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94
  32. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 36
  33. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 36
  34. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 64
  35. ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 8
  36. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
  37. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 80
  38. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 107
  39. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 88
  40. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88
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