
It probably gave him ulcers and guilty dreams. He probably didn't like himself very much for hyperspacing his way around galaxies 'borrowing' specimens, with a view to selling them back home to the interplanetary equivalent of Whipsnade Zoo. (There are also those large breasted aliens who Captain Kirk gets lumbered with teaching the meaning of love to, but we won't go into that here.) Tomator, the intergalactic life-form trader, was probably a good alien lumbered with a bad job.

Just as there are different types of people, there are doubtless many types of alien good aliens, bad aliens and aliens who would be good but for one or two problems at home that they're trying to get their heads round. If one of the helmet-heads is all loaded up, give it over to his brawny bud.Īs my mother always said, aliens are just people with more eyes. However, you can switch items between Vikings. You can also pick up and use Bombs, Keys, Flaming Arrows (for Baleog), etc., but each Viking is limited to only four items apiece. Luckily, there's plenty throughout the stages to keep you going. If you happen to lose one of the little guys along the way, you must give up and start from the beginning of the level.Įach of the Vikes has three life bubbles, and you lose them by getting hit, falling long distances, or by stumbling into other mishaps.

Most of the puzzles require the skills of ALL THREE Vikings. Solving the puzzles that lead to the exits is really most of the fun, although the dialogue in this game is Standup Comic funny, too.

Now they must travel through different time periods trying their Dansk darndest to find a way back to their people. Seems the Tomator wanted the boys as specimens, but the boys had other plans. You try to help three Viking brothers - Olaf, Eric, and Baleog - return to their quiet Nordic life, which was interrupted by the intergalactic zookeeper, Tomator. The Lost Vikings by Interplay is a one- or two-player action/adventure/puzzler that really gets your brain matter going. If they wanna get home, it's gonna be a race.Īnd help to get the Vikes back on their Nordic Track! Norse by Norse-West By a no-good, alien, outta-space rat pack.
