For detailed information about this series, see: The Lost Vikings on Wikipedia
Screenshot from The Lost Vikings.
The Lost Vikings is a series of platforming video games by Blizzard Entertainment (formerly known as Silicon & Synapse) and Interplay Entertainment. It stars three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout, and the plot revolves around their fights against evil aliens led by emperor Tomator.
Video Games[]
- The Lost Vikings (1992) for SNES, Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy Advance
- The Lost Vikings 2 (February 27th, 1997) for SNES
- Norse by Norse West: The Return Of Lost Vikings (April 30th, 1997) for PC, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn. A remake of the second game, known as Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest in Europe.
Links to Other Series[]
Link: Elements and/or characters from this series appear in CarBot: A 30th Anniversary Cartoon.
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Alien | 1992 | The Lost Vikings features a reference to the movie Aliens. | 3 |
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Mario | June 1993 | Erik, Baleog and Olaf from The Lost Vikings are featured in the comic Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit Part 2. | 1a |
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Rock n' Roll Racing | June 4, 1993 | Olaf from The Lost Vikings is selectable in Rock n' Roll Racing. | 1 |
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ClayFighter | November 1993 | The Lost Vikings also appeared as cameo in various of Interplay's ClayFighter games: Olaf appeared mentioned in Helga's ending in the first ClayFighter being his girlfriend but later dumping him for Tiny; Erik and Baleog's faces appear as animated sculptures in the stage “Clay Keep” (Tiny's stage) in ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay; and in some interviews, Interplay designers hinted one of them would appeared in the then upcoming ClayFighter III but that never happened. | 1 |
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Blackthorne | 1994 | Erik, Baleog and Olaf from The Lost Vikings make a cameo appearance in Blackthorne. | 1 |
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The Wizard of Oz (MGM) | February 27, 1997 | Olaf says "I asked the munchkins to send me home but they tried to give me some useless red slippers" in Lost Vikings 2. | 3 |
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Warcraft | February 27, 1997 | A level of The Lost Vikings II takes place in the Swamps of Sorrow, a location from Warcraft: Orcs and Humans; The three Vikings make a cameo appearance in World of Warcraft. | 1 |
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Star Wars | February 27, 1997 | The Lost Vikings II features many references to the Star Wars movies. | 3 |
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Starcraft | July 27, 2010 | Starcraft II features some references to The Lost Vikings. | 3 |
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Heroes of the Storm | June 02, 2015 | The Lost Vikings characters appear in Heroes of the Storm. | 1 |
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Overwatch | May 24, 2016 | Overwatch features references to Erik, Baleog and Olaf from The Lost Vikings, and the cabinet for a game titled "The Lost Vikings VI". | 2 |
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Blizzard Arcade Collection | February 19, 2021 | The Lost Vikings and Lost Vikings 2 are included on the Blizzard Arcade Collection. | 2 |
