CORBIE'S GAME BLOG

I remember reading a lot about The Lost Vikings in EGM magazine in the months before its release. I remember how excited I was about the game, at least until I found out it was more of a puzzle type game. That's when my excitement began to dwindle. In fact, I had all but decided not to buy the game after that, until one day I walked into Toys R Us and saw the game sitting there on the rack. I combed the entire Super NES game row trying to find something else to buy, but there was just nothing there I really wanted or didn't have. I finally gave up and just bought The Lost Vikings game, and it turned out to be one of my all-time favorites.

The Lost Vikings took the side-scroller, and added an entirely new puzzle element to it. Your objective in the game was to locate the exit at the end of the level and somehow manage to get all three of your vikings to the end safely. Each viking had their own unique set of moves that you would need to make use of, and figuring out how to use them all to get to the exit was quite a challenge in itself, not to mention dealing with all of the enemies and dangers found throughout each level. The levels got gradually more difficult, some downright hard, but you always wanted to keep going to see where the next warp would take you. If you've never played The Lost Vikings, do yourself a favor and track the game down. It's one of the best out there and hard to put down once you start playing it.