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

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 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 Team Player, allowing for up to three players to play simultaneously.

History

Legacy

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
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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Mega UK 20.pdf¦page#3¦UK print advert in Mega (UK) #20: "May 1994" (1994-04-21)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68
84
85 №55, p50[1]
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[7]
92 №40, p84/85
88 №2, p103[8]
87 №50, p36/37/38
87 №28, p36/37
89 №15, p64/65
85 №1, p36/37[9]
86 №28, p10/11
Sega Mega Drive
 87
Based on
17 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[10]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
92
[11]
Console Mania (IT)
92
[12]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[13]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[14]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
80
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[16]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[17]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
80
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
84
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[1]
Gamers (DE)
80
[20]
GamesMaster (UK)
89
[21]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
85
[22]
Joypad (FR) PAL
91
[23]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
79
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
88
[25]
Mega (UK) PAL
91
[26]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
89
[27]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
83
[28]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
89
[29]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[30]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[7]
Player One (FR)
92
[31]
Play Time (DE) PAL
84
[32]
Power Up! (UK)
88
[33]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
88
[34]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[35]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[36]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[37]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
87
[38]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
89
[39]
Sega Force (SE)
88
[40]
Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)
85
[9]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
86
[41]
Todo Sega (ES)
86
[42]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
83
[43]
Video Games (DE) PAL
80
[44]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[45]
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
39 reviews

The Lost Vikings

Mega Drive, US (Interplay)
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Cover
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Cart
The Lost Vikings MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US (Ballistic)
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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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 1.2 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. ↑ File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 79
  4. ↑ File:CVG UK 160.pdf, page 83
  5. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 63
  6. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 11
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 103
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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
  10. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
  11. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-08), page 125
  12. ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
  13. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 118
  14. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 44
  15. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-05-24)
  16. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  17. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 327
  18. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 128
  19. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
  20. ↑ Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 30
  21. ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 102
  22. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
  23. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
  24. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 63
  25. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 59
  26. ↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 50
  27. ↑ Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 26
  28. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 104
  29. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 70
  30. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 70
  31. ↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84
  32. ↑ Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 156
  33. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, July 02, 1994" (UK; 1994-07-02), page 1
  34. ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 88
  35. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 104
  36. ↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 94
  37. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 36
  38. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 36
  39. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 64
  40. ↑ Sega Force, "2/94" (SE; 1994-02-23), page 8
  41. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "June 24th 1994" (UK; 1994-06-11), page 10
  42. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 80
  43. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 107
  44. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 88
  45. ↑ VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88


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