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: 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
    Sega Mega Drive
    US     		$59.9559.95[2] T-125016
    Sega Mega Drive
    US
    (Rerelease)     		T-119216
    Sega Mega Drive
    EU     		T-70226-50
    Sega Mega Drive
    PT     		MDJ70226
    Sega Mega Drive
    UK     		£39.9939.99[4]
    Sega Mega Drive
    AU

    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[5], being Silicon & Synapse's first Sega project.

    A Sega Mega-CD version with more levels and "special stuff" was planned, but failed to materialise[6].

    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

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    Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Mega (UK) #20: "May 1994" (1994-04-21)
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    Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)
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    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    88 [14]
    68 [15]
    84 №0703
    №0705, p121[16]
    85 [17]
    89 №13, p102
    91 [18]
    88 №17, p59-61
    91 [19]
    89 №11, p26-27
    89 №2, p70-71
    84 [20]
    92 [21]
    88 [22]
    87 №50, p36-38
    87 №28, p36-37
    89 №15, p64-65
    85 [23]
    86 №28, p10-11
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 87
    Based on
    18 reviews
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
    70
    		[24]
    Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
    92
    		[25]
    Console Mania (IT)
    92
    		[26]
    Cool Gamer (RU)
    70
    		[27]
    Computer & Video Games (UK)
    88
    		[14]
    Digitiser (UK) PAL
    80
    		[28]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    68
    		[15]
    Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
    70
    		[29]
    Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
    80
    		[30]
    Game Players (US) NTSC-U
    84
    		[31]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    85
    		[1]
    Gamers (DE)
    80
    		[32]
    GamesMaster (UK)
    89
    		[33]
    Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
    85
    		[34]
    Joypad (FR) PAL
    91
    		[35]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    79
    		[36]
    Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
    88
    		[37]
    Mega (UK) PAL
    91
    		[38]
    Mega Action (UK) PAL
    89
    		[39]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    83
    		[40]
    Mega Machines (UK) PAL
    89
    		[41]
    MegaTech (UK) PAL
    83
    		[42]
    Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
    84
    		[43]
    Player One (FR)
    92
    		[44]
    Play Time (DE) PAL
    84
    		[45]
    Power Up! (UK)
    88
    		[46]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    88
    		[47]
    Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
    88
    		[48]
    Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
    87
    		[49]
    Sega Power (UK) PAL
    87
    		[50]
    Sega Pro (UK) PAL
    87
    		[51]
    Sega Zone (UK) PAL
    89
    		[52]
    Sega Force (SE)
    88
    		[53]
    Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)
    85
    		[54]
    Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
    86
    		[55]
    Todo Sega (ES)
    86
    		[56]
    Tricks 16 bit (RU)
    83
    		[57]
    Video Games (DE) PAL
    80
    		[58]
    VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
    70
    		[59]
    Sega Mega Drive
    		 84
    Based on
    39 reviews

    The Lost Vikings

    Mega Drive, US (Interplay)
    TLV MD US Box.jpg
    Cover
    TLV MD US Cart.jpg
    Cart
    The Lost Vikings MD US Manual.pdf
    Manual
    Mega Drive, US (Ballistic)
    TLV MD US Box Ballistic.jpg
    Cover
    TLV MD US Cart Ballistic.jpg
    Cart
    Mega Drive, EU
    TLV MD EU Box.jpg
    Cover
    TLV MD EU Cart.jpg
    Cart

    Technical information

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Sega Mega Drive
    ✔
    CRC32 7ba49edb
    MD5 a8dcb5476855a83702e2f49ebd4e2d57
    SHA-1 f00464c111b57c8b23698760cbd377c3c8cfe712
    		1MB 1993-11 Cartridge (US)
    Sega Mega Drive
     ?
    CRC32 1f14efc6
    MD5 44752b050421c4e51d1bee96b3fed44e
    SHA-1 c977a21d287187c3931202b3501063d71fcaf714
    		1MB 1993-10 Cartridge (EU)
    Sega Mega Drive
     ?
    CRC32 17bed25f
    MD5 d23c534b8056b3775cadcd8b5cdc5e04
    SHA-1 375eaa9845692db4fdbd0b51985aa0892a8fe425
    		1MB 1993 Page

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:GamePro US 055.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 055.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
    2. ↑ File:GamePro US 055.pdf, page 50
    3. ↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 79
    4. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 83
    5. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 18
    6. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 19
    7. ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 93
    8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
    9. ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
    10. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
    11. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 11
    12. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
    13. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 109
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 44
    15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
    16. ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0705.pdf, page 122
    17. ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50 (52)
    18. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64-66 (64)
    19. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50-51 (50)
    20. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68-70 (68)
    21. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84-85 (84)
    22. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 103
    23. ↑ Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 36-37 (38)
    24. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
    25. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-08), page 125
    26. ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
    27. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 118
    28. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-05-24)
    29. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327
    30. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
    31. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
    32. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 30
    33. ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 102
    34. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
    35. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
    36. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 63
    37. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 59
    38. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50
    39. ↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 26
    40. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 104
    41. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 70
    42. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 70
    43. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 68
    44. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84
    45. ↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 156
    46. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 02, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-02), page 1
    47. ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 88
    48. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 104
    49. ↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94
    50. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 36
    51. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 36
    52. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 64
    53. ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 8
    54. ↑ Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
    55. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
    56. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 80
    57. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 107
    58. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 88
    59. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88
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