![]() Due to a system malfunction (courtesy of Tomator’s carelessness/arrogance), the lights go out and the boys beat the robot straight to Valhalla. The three Vikings are transported to the perfect rendition of a nightmarish post-apocalyptic future where they are confronted by a robot security guard (outfitted in some sick futuristic Viking gear) with a time machine. Of course, it’s so easy to take what was special about something original and totally ruin it in a sequel that’s why today we’re going to dissect this one and see exactly what they did right.Įric the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout are on their way home from a fishing trip when they are suddenly captured by…you guessed it… Tomator. ![]() It gave me a totally new adventure to play with those three hairy Norsemen who invaded my childhood. It wasn’t long until I got a Super Nintendo of my own.Ĭoincidence? You may draw your own conclusions. I rented it, and from there I was hooked. It was a shock (and quite a pleasant surprise) when I discovered there was a Lost Vikings 2. The sequel I didn’t even know I was waiting for. And since I did not grow up with a Super Nintendo, this was my chance to experience what I missed out on for so many years. Of course, by then the Super Nintendo had long since been supplanted by the Nintendo 64 however, the mighty shadow of the former still lingered, and Lost Vikings 2 was relatively hot off the press.Īnyway, back in the 90s, some hotels came equipped with a system for renting Super Nintendo games by the hour. The first time I was acquainted with Lost Vikings 2 was not long after it was released – around 1998 or 1999 when I was staying at a hotel in Clearwater, Florida. If you happened to be following my Adventures in Flea Marketing series, you saw this review coming… And while it may not have achieved Warcraft levels of fandom, they made good on their promise by bringing us Lost Vikings 2. The crew over at Silicon & Synapse (Blizzard) were feeling mighty confident back in 1992 that The Lost Vikings was destined for the kind of greatness that spawns a franchise. You may have noticed a little teaser after the credits… The boys are back! And they’re as lost as ever.
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