The Lost Vikings is yet another one of those games that I knew about when it was released but never got around to trying. I played a decent amount of SNES games when the system was in its heyday, and many of those were rentals. I guess I didn't really get a nice recommendation for The Lost Vikings. Its cover art and a small handful of screenshots were probably the only things I saw at the time of its release, and I imagine I quickly overlooked it for another game. Come to think of it, I may have received an issue of Nintendo Power that covered it. Either way, "Vikings" just didn't stir much interest in me. The idea of playing the game was cast aside.
These days, we have the good ol' net. What does this mean? It means I drop in for another visit to Armchair Arcade and lo and behold - Matt Chat hits up another game that I know exists but have never played. Good deal.
Although I knew of Lost Vikings prior to this point, I didn't know they made a sequel "The Lost Vikings 2" as well as "Norse by Norsewest" (ha!).
I find the whole premise to be quite amusing. I'll admit I laughed a bit when I saw the three Vikings roaming around inside of this alien spacecraft. The graphics were adequate enough to truly give me the feeling that those guys were somewhere that they didn't belong. The dialog helped ("I've got a bad feeling about this" among other lines), but the simple concept of moving around a Viking inside of a spaceship seems quite funny to me.
The game seems to be a game in the traditional sense of the word. Pick up the controller and go. It isn't just some sort of platform game. It's rounded out by the puzzle solving and the act of switching between the three main characters. Interesting. The pacing seems right, the control seems fair, and it seems like a game you could quickly explain to a non-gamer and have them playing it & enjoying themselves within minutes. I may have to try this one out.
Thanks again, Matt.
The Lost Vikings is yet another one of those games that I knew about when it was released but never got around to trying. I played a decent amount of SNES games when the system was in its heyday, and many of those were rentals. I guess I didn't really get a nice recommendation for The Lost Vikings. Its cover art and a small handful of screenshots were probably the only things I saw at the time of its release, and I imagine I quickly overlooked it for another game. Come to think of it, I may have received an issue of Nintendo Power that covered it. Either way, "Vikings" just didn't stir much interest in me. The idea of playing the game was cast aside.
These days, we have the good ol' net. What does this mean? It means I drop in for another visit to Armchair Arcade and lo and behold - Matt Chat hits up another game that I know exists but have never played. Good deal.
Although I knew of Lost Vikings prior to this point, I didn't know they made a sequel "The Lost Vikings 2" as well as "Norse by Norsewest" (ha!).
I find the whole premise to be quite amusing. I'll admit I laughed a bit when I saw the three Vikings roaming around inside of this alien spacecraft. The graphics were adequate enough to truly give me the feeling that those guys were somewhere that they didn't belong. The dialog helped ("I've got a bad feeling about this" among other lines), but the simple concept of moving around a Viking inside of a spaceship seems quite funny to me.
The game seems to be a game in the traditional sense of the word. Pick up the controller and go. It isn't just some sort of platform game. It's rounded out by the puzzle solving and the act of switching between the three main characters. Interesting. The pacing seems right, the control seems fair, and it seems like a game you could quickly explain to a non-gamer and have them playing it & enjoying themselves within minutes. I may have to try this one out.
- Chris (formerly CkRtech)
Chris Kennedy, Editor
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Email: chris@armchairarcade.com