Me and my papa who died a few years ago would play this game all the time. He hated video games but for some reason he loved this game. So many memories.

I bought a copy because of your recommendation. What an awesome game. I've been playing co-op with a friend and we are having a blast. He usually only plays modern games, but the puzzle solving part of Lost Vikings is timeless. Thanks for the review. I love finding new games to fall in love with. Keep up the excellent work!

The Genesis version also allows for three players co-op action, which is immense fun. Also features remixed soundtrack by Matt Furniss.

The music in the first Lost Vikings is *_the shit!_* Especially in the SNES version. It's rocking, funky, weird, varied, the SNES sounds are used really well and it's memorable.

Man my brother and I played the first game for HOURS. I never even knew about the sequel until years later when I was already an adult. I found one in ebay, bought it; and I was immediately transformed back into my kid self as we played through it together. What a couple of great games.

I remember a funny ad for The Lost Vikings 2 back in the day "You idiot, that was our village we burned down!"

The Lost Vikings was one of my all time favorite SNES games for sure. Personally, I loved the music! Pretty cool to have grown up with the roots of Blizzard: R&R Racing, Lost Vikings, Warcraft 1/2, Diablo, etc.

The music in Lost Vikings on the SNES was fucking awesome! I don't know what he's smoking?

I love this game. My family and I still talk about it even today. lol Minnesota Vikings joke. Minnesota knows the struggle of those. Minnesota FTW.

I like your channal because you talk about games i didnt even known existed and im an 84 baby i grew up on almost all the games nes super nes sega genisis 32 x atari dreamcast sega saturn just to name a few but im mostly a old school gamer and seeing these games always shock me good work my dude and keep the all gamers spirit up love your chanel Bravo out.

Some hacks were made recently that improve the slowdown and add stereo sound to LV2 on SNES.

I think these are 2 of the best puzzle games on the snes. Fantastic music. Its like blizzard polish on the snes.

I loaded so many games on my SNES classic but I knew I was missing something from my childhood I couldn't quite put my finger on, and this was it! Thanks for another great review/video!

Still love these games to this day. The humor, combined with the heavy puzzle elements, made this one of my favorite non-mainstream series of the 16-bit era. :)

Great game, cool to see you cover this. It's really challenging (and frustrating when your vikings die) and I never made it through the whole game, but I love the concept behind the puzzles.

HELL YEAH IT'S WORTH PLAYING!!!

Lost Vikings 1 was a favorite of mine as a kid and I loved the music. The death animations were great. I liked 2, but played it a lot later so it's not as memorable to me.

Lost Vikings 2 is my childhood game, I can't remember if I ever finished it, maybe the later levels was too hard for my 10 year old self, but I sure had so much fun with it. Also I always laughed out loud every time I used Olaf's fart to break rocks or glide through the air :)

had a lot of fun playing thru this with my brother back in the day

I loved the lost Vikings! I get your point about the soundtrack, it was very 90s, but I loved it!

Been playing the first one forever. Just found out about the sequel and added both to my hackchi snes mini. Nice vid.

I love these games so much. They're really difficult, but in a fun way that makes you want to keep trying until you get it.

I love the music! I appreciate the review, though! Antonio, Brazil.

what I love about your videos is all the sports references!

This was one of my very first PC games. I remember having this on a disk for DOS - and it was my ONLY option to play any games when my parents hid away the SNES controllers.

SNES and NES classic ftw. I missed so many games in the 90's and early 2000's but now I've got em all :)

A rare example of a truly excellent Western developed game from that era.

For anyone catching this video in 2021, there's a digital title called Blizzard Arcade Collection for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC that has both Lost Vikings games, in multiple versions, along with Blackthorne, Rock n' Roll Racing and RPM Racing!

Lost Vikings 1 was also on PC - I remember because I played it. Honestly though, I don't remember how many levels it had.

the concept alone made me always remember it.. a glorious weekend when i picked this one up from blockbuster

I remember renting this from my local blockbuster - absolutely loved it. Ended up keeping it for two weeks.

Thanks for making this and have a good rest of your holiday

Sweet souvenirs of my childhood, great puzzle game.

I remember listening to the theme song over and over due to how AWESOME the soundtrack was -- real New Jack Swing feel.

Love these games. I rented them back in the day and enjoyed them a lot; years later I played through them again, and had a lot of fun doing so. I actually have never played the SNES version of LV2; I played it on PS1. I'd be interested in trying the SNES version though. Anyway, good vid/review.

Thank you for your review! Have a Happy Holidays!

Back in the day we only played it once. Butcthanks for uploading this. I will buy both parts soon.

One of my favorite childhood games

hey! I´ve playing this games the past few weeks, they are really fun.

I loved this game. I found the best strategy was having one player control the sword and shield and one player to control the jumper.

Hy. Great review! I have been a huge fan of the series since 2002 when I first played Lost Vikings 1 on Pc. I just love the concept of how you have to master the abilities of each viking, work as a team on order to survive the challenging levels by solving puzzles. No doubt Lost vikings is one of the best when it comes to puzzle solving/ co-op gameplay and humor due to which it still holds up today pretty well. As of Lost vikings 2 there is not much to say. It is as entertaining as the first one. Recently it has been announced that Blizzard is planning to revisit the franchise. If you haven't played the Lost Vikings don't hesitate...you will have a lot of fun.

Well, the Genesis version is 3 players I think. And the soundtrack is heavily improved. That Prehistoria theme is catchy as hell.

I honestly didn't know that they're actually was a second lost Vikings game. that is definitely good to know when I ought to check that out

Greetings from greece and happy xmas!

I always considered them as some kind of spiritual progenitor to the "Trine" games, they have a very similiar puzzle plattformer appeal in my opinion

I remember very late in the snes' run. The only games you could buy new at the game store were the lost Vikings 2, secret of evermore, and another I can't remember. I bought secret of evermore that day!

I just recently beat the first one, and man, it's awesome. well, it's a little tedious at first but then you get used to it. Obviously I got stuck in some levels and it made me quit, but it have something that make you come back and tried again, and when I back with fresh mind to try, I always figure out what I have to do. Defenitly one of the most original game I ever played. Too bad this is another franchise that was forgotten in the past :(

This takes me back to 1994-5. I moved to a new neighbourhood as a kid in England my mom threw me outside and said go make some friends you aren't staying inside. I met some twins called Paul and Richard. I was invited into their house they had a SNES and I was riddled with Envy as I only had a Sega Master System. They had this adapter which allowed for 4 slots to play Mario Kart and they had this game also the box looked so badass like how I guess kids see God Of War today to me there was nothing cooler or Radical haha. I always loved playing as the Sheild guy seriously computer games were really good social things in the days, I wouldn't say so much now as it does have its perks with the Internet but the cons outweigh the pros. Nothing will ever beat going to people houses and playing their consoles and games with loads of other kids waiting for a turn.

loved this game as a kid

Yeah these are good, just wish there were checkpoints or some way to upgrade hp to not have to replay levels so much just from one loss. Many save states were used in my playthrough of the first one. The first one is also a game where the higher res on MD is helpful. Remakes with split screen MP like in Toejam & Earl would be cool, if that works with the level design.

Actually, Eric can attack if you use his ramming ability on an enemy... but thats assuming the enemy doesn't have a projectile attack. -Phoenix

Good show. pls make more!

I've been waiting for this video!!!

Any game can be worth playing as long as you enjoy it. I still play this game a couple of times a week.

My family rented these constantly growing up! I remember staying up all night with my brothers trying to be quiet, trying to not wake up our parents

LV1 is p good but Lost Vikings 2 is one of my absolute favorites. Super underrated

Loved the music and when I was playing for the first time at like 10 years old the dialogue made me laugh

I have the 2nd one and love it!

Erik always reminds me of Yosemite Sam. Lol.

Fantastic review I always value your opinion.

So this is where the secret character Olaf for Rock n Roll Racing came from!

Great review- thanks!

The gameplay is very similar to that of the Little Barbarian, the avatar of "Kid Paddle", the comic strip also known as "Game Over". In addition to the platform action aspect, with puzzles based on multi-functional weapons, the game works with a code-saving system that has the courtesy to memorize the last one even when the SNES is switched off. Items, on the other hand, are not (watch out for game over!).

This game was awesome. I remember playing it a lot with my cousin. The art style and animation was great. Hated the fall damage, tho.

I've never played this game. There were ads galore in the gaming magazines of the 90s, but I never got around to giving it a try. That's about to change

Loved these games back in the day, but they get stupidly tough very quickly!

Had so much fun playing this on 2003 on a hand me down snes Cblt Smrt 2 codes I remember There was a lost vikings 2 game

always kinda hoping for a lost vikings 3, with the retro kick of the new TMNT game there is a tiny possiblity i supose

Found out about this game when I heard it was the inspiration for the Trine series of games.

This game and it's successor are both excellent.

One of my all time favorite games

Hope your Holidays are going good!

Loved this game!

I loved this game as a kid. I actually just put it on my raspberry pi.

The 8 year old me always laughed out loud with Olaf's fart in Lost Vikings 2 😁

Can't get me started on THOSE Lost Vikings. I have been going on about them for over 41 years now.

Just discovered your channel and digging it. Currently playing through all the games on the SNES Classic. Quick question though - what is your choice of drink before playing?

Your NFL Vikes look pretty damn good. ;)

Never heard of this game but it looks great

I remember I played a rip-off of this game on Nickelodeon’s website when I was a little kid (they’ll ripoff any game, apparently). I thought it was fun, so I’d probably like this.

We always said red boy sword boy & shield boy when we talked about them.

Used to play this on the PC, what with only having an NES for a console till date. Brings back memories of days and years gone by... You can control them all at once on HotS though, which feels very unconventional 😅. You're supposed to select ONE at a time dammit!

Honestly, this would have expanded the replay value if Blizzard ported this to the the PSN, not to mention the trophy awards with multiple online coop. That would seem pretty cool.

Great review

Eric the Swift can so attack! He can ram guy's with his head when you build up speed.

The music was not odd. The housey, dancey, funky hip hop, new jack swing style of music was very popular in that time. So it made sense from that early 90's perspective and most people around from time loved the music in the game. If you wasn't born yet or a toddler around that I can imagine it sounded a bit odd.

Really dug this game

The Lost Vikings is the first game i bought with my own money. I really liked the humor, especially all those cartoonish death animation and the 4th wall breaking the vikings had sometimes at the end of stages, when commenting on what is happening to them.

OH , I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH IMPRESSIVE GRAPHICS BEFORE!!!

A classic!

In short: Yes.

Loved it

The colors/aesthetics of the levels in the first game kinda remind me of Sonic the Hedgehog games.

these were some great games so many hours

Happy holidays snes

I wonder if Zeliard, 1987 is worth playing?

this games was awesome.

This is now coming back as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection.

"If it's not broken don't fix it", yeah excellent advice that not every game took (I'm looking at you SOR3). I haven't played this game, but know it and seems cool.

KZfaq thinks your intro jingle is “nice truck”