| The Lost Vikings | |
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SNES North American cover |
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| Developer(s) | Silicon & Synapse |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment (1992), Blizzard Entertainment (2003) |
| Designer(s) | Ron Millar |
| Composer(s) | Allister Brimble (Amiga and Amiga CD32 conversion) Charles Deenen (original SNES music) Matt Furniss (Genesis music) Glenn Stafford (DOS conversion) |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy Advance, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive, SNES |
| Release date(s) | 1992, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle, platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, cooperative |
| Media/distribution | Floppy disk (1), cartridge, CD-ROM |
The Lost Vikings was originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, and Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis systems the next year; the Mega Drive/Genesis version contains five stages not present in any other version of the game. Blizzard re-released the game for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The GBA port is identical to the SNES version, but the password feature has been removed and replaced with three save slots, meaning the player cannot replay any level at any time.
The game features infinite opportunities of retries in case the player loses one of the Vikings. Art director Samwise Didier has stated that the character design for "Erik the Swift" was based on childhood friend Michael Cripps.
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