The Lost Vikings
The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay. It was originally released for the Super NES in 1993, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, and Mega Drive/Genesis systems; the Mega Drive/Genesis version contains five stages not present in any other version of the game, and can also be played by three players simultaneously. Blizzard re-released the game for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. In 2014, the game was added to Battle.net as a free download emulated through DOSBox. In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, The Lost Vikings was re-released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection in February 2021.
| The Lost Vikings | |
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North American Super NES cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Silicon & Synapse |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Productions T&E Soft (SFC) Blizzard Entertainment (GBA) |
| Designer(s) | Ron Millar |
| Composer(s) | Charles Deenen Allister Brimble (Amiga) Matt Furniss (Genesis) |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo, Genesis, Amiga, MS-DOS, Amiga CD32, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, cooperative |
In The Lost Vikings, the player controls three separate Vikings with different abilities. The three Vikings must work together to finish each level and find their way back home. A sequel, The Lost Vikings 2, was released in 1997.