![]() ![]() 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. 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 s." "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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