
You can point it forward to protect the group from a wide variety of enemy attacks, point it upward to give Erik a boost up to higher platforms, or hold it above Olaf's head and use it as a glider to float down steep drops. Olaf, the third member of the group, carries a shield with multiple uses. Baleog carries a sword and a bow, which he can use to attack enemies and trigger switches that are too distant for Erik to reach. He can also smash through walls made of soft brick. Erik is a light-footed runner who can jump across long distances. Each of the Vikings has his own specific abilities. The game's protagonists are a trio of Vikings-Erik, Baleog, and Olaf-who are abducted by aliens and dropped into an obstacle course featuring room after room of switches, keys, traps, and enemies. One of the company's earliest successes was a puzzle game called The Lost Vikings, which is now available for the Game Boy Advance.Įrik can piggyback on top of Olaf's shield.

Before Blizzard Entertainment achieved widespread fame as the publisher of the Warcraft and Starcraft franchises, the company was a third-party developer of games for the PC, Macintosh, Super Nintendo, and Genesis platforms.
