Matt Chat 14: The Lost Vikings

The Lost Vikings (1993, Silicon & Synapse) is one of my favorite games for the Super Nintendo, but I first played it on my Commodore Amiga. Most people don't realize that the team who made this game went on to form Blizzard and make Diablo, Starcraft, and World of Warcraft. The game is notable for its innovative gameplay and carefully contrived level design--as well as the hilarious antics of the titular vikings. Enjoy! Note: SNES version shown.

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[RichardEllwood]

Thanks for another great review--I've never had this on my Amiga, but it looks fun. I'd better add this one to my list of games that I need to try.

[blacklily8]

Definitely worth the time, at least in my opinion! :)

[SuperChuck3]

Excellent commentary once again Matt thx!! This game looks SOOO good XP I think I might have to download it from for my emulator (I'm just a little too young to have owned these games/consoles). Oh and I saw that Eric the Swift's fav band was Rush, Rush ftw!! XD

[blacklily8]

Have fun!

[RetroComputerMuseum]

Great game and cool video :)

[blacklily8]

Thanks!

[zaengo]

@TimwiTerby shut up man. noone wants to hear it. the point of this series is to look into the history of these games, as well as the games themselves. and if you want to talk about the history, you need to talk about the games the developers made previously and afterwards. if you dont like it then GTFO.

[MaximumRD]

That WOULD of been awesome!

[burlofthecurl]

being a blizzard fanboy ofcourse I've heard of this game but never played it.. looks great.. weird soundtrack for sure

[doog1114]

@Tyrhandrer A game that seems to mimic the Lost Vikings would be Trine. It's a PC game. I enjoyed it.

[PompeyGamesRoom]

@blacklily8 im going to need to try and find this game, love it!! Great video Matt!

[JuntMonkey]

Virtual Console?

[TinyTank2]

I don't know who thought up having vikings fight aliens, but they are absolutely brilliant!

[00Miedo]

i never heard about this game, but it looks cool :D

.. by the way, where is Matt Chat episode 6?

[ShadowlostArts]

The Lost Vikings has always been one of my best games to play and after much hard work on my super Nintendo I managed to finish it, also Matt have you played Lost Vikings 2 at tall and what are your thoughts on it?

[Hecksum311]

Looking at this game lets me know where the artwork for dwarves in warcraft comes from

[fififamiliya]

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[DMBHawk]

Brings back memories. This was one of the first games I ever played