Every level is designed such that each character must contribute his unique skills to help the other two through to the end. In the two-player cooperative mode, each player simultaneously controls one character and is allowed to change control to the third, unused character at any point. Control may be swapped from character to character at any point. The game predetermines which characters are available in any specific level. Lost Vikings 2 is a side-scrolling platform adventure in which the player alternates control of three of the five playable characters, guiding each of them one at a time from a designated start point in each level to the exit, collecting three specific items along the way. Along the way, they befriend a werewolf named Fang and a dragon named Scorch, both of whom assist them in their quest. Equipped with the new robotic gear, Erik, Olaf, and Baleog must journey through each level to find their way back home. The three Vikings are then accidentally sent through time once again. During the blackout, the three Vikings dismantle the robot piece by piece and wear its parts on their bodies, granting them new abilities. Tomator then calls upon a robotic guard to send them into the Arena, which falls short when a system failure happens. Then one day, after returning home from a fishing trip, the Vikings get captured by Tomator again. Plot Īfter escaping from Tomator in The Lost Vikings, Erik the Swift, Olaf the Stout, and Baleog the Fierce have lived joyous and fruitful Viking lives. In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, The Lost Vikings 2 was re-released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection on April 13, 2021. The SNES version by Blizzard Entertainment continued the use of the more cartoony graphics style seen in the original game. The releases for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, and Saturn feature pre-rendered 3D graphics, CD music and extensive voice acting provided by Rob Paulsen (Erik), Jeff Bennett (Baleog and Fang), Jim Cummings (Olaf, Tomator), and Frank Welker (Scorch). The gameplay remains largely the same, though the three Viking characters all have new or modified abilities. The sequel to The Lost Vikings, it features the original three characters plus two new playable characters: Fang the werewolf and Scorch the dragon. All versions of the game, except the SNES release, were titled Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest ( Norse by Norse West: The Return of The Lost Vikings in the U.S.). The games' music was composed by Glenn Stafford and Charles Deenen.Lost Vikings 2 is a 1997 puzzle-platform game developed by Beam Software and published by Interplay. Instead, they were handled by Beam Software. However, Blizzard was not involved in the creation of these 32-bit ports. It was released by Interplay in 1997, featuring a new super deformed style for the characters (the original version kept the same art style as the first game) as well as voiced dialogue samples. The sequel, The Lost Vikings II, was developed by Blizzard and released in 1997 by Interplay for the SNES.Ī 32-bit enhanced version of The Lost Vikings II was developed for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC, known in the United States as Norse By Norsewest: Return of the Lost Vikings and in Europe as Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest. The first game, The Lost Vikings, was released in 1992 by publisher Interplay Entertainment for DOS, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive and SNES among others. The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game series which was developed by Silicon & Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment).
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