A far stretch from battling the Red Triangle Circle Gang or working my way out of Castle Wolfenstein. Then along comes a silly, cartoon story about three Vikings on the grand adventure of trying to get home. Batman Returns on SNES and Wolfenstein 3D on DOS (yes I am that old) were just a few of the titles I spent hours shooting and bataranging my way through. Remembering back to 1992 and the games I cherished then, I have to say that they were darker and much more straightforward than this classic. Interestingly, the premise is the simplest part of this delightful gem. Working together they must use their various skills to navigate puzzles and enemies through a series of progressively complex side-scrolling levels. The premise of this classic is simple three Vikings awake on a spaceship, stolen away from everything familiar. Just how well does an almost 30-year-old puzzle, platformer featuring three Vikings lost in space and time hold up? Grab that coffee, kick back and find out in our review of The Lost Vikings for PC, provided for review by the good folks over at Blizzard. With Rock N Roll Racing having crossed the finish line in our review last week, it’s time to head back to the future with The Lost Viking. Three titles were included in the release Rock N Roll Racking, The Lost Vikings, and BlackThorne. For those unfamiliar with the new Blizzard Arcade Collection, the short version is that the good folks over at Blizzard decided to package some of their classic titles into one bundle. Welcome to the second of three reviews for the Blizzard Arcade Collection.
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