The Lost Vikings 2

Lost Vikings 2
Box art for the Super NES version
Developer(s)Blizzard Entertainment (SNES)
Beam Software (Saturn, PS, Windows)
Publisher(s)Interplay Productions
Producer(s)Feargus Urquhart
Designer(s)Ron Millar
Programmer(s)James Phinney
Artist(s)Samwise Didier
Composer(s)Glenn Stafford
Platform(s)Super NES, MS-DOS, Windows, Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release
February 27, 1997
  • SNES
    • EU: February 27, 1997
    • NA: May 1997[1]
    MS-DOS, Windows
    Saturn
    • NA: April 14, 1997[3]
    • EU: May 26, 1997
    PlayStation
    • EU: May 1997
    • NA: November 17, 1997[4]
    Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
    • WW: April 13, 2021
Genre(s)Puzzle-platform
Mode(s)Single-player, 2 player cooperative

Lost Vikings 2 is a 1997 puzzle-platform game developed by Beam Software and published by Interplay. All versions of the game, except the SNES release, were titled Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest (Norse by Norse West: The Return of The Lost Vikings in the U.S.). The sequel to The Lost Vikings, it features the original three characters plus two new playable characters: Fang the werewolf and Scorch the dragon.[5] The gameplay remains largely the same, though the three Viking characters all have new or modified abilities.

The releases for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, and Saturn feature pre-rendered 3D graphics, CD music and extensive voice acting provided by Rob Paulsen (Erik), Jeff Bennett (Baleog and Fang), Jim Cummings (Olaf, Tomator), and Frank Welker (Scorch). The SNES version by Blizzard Entertainment continued the use of the more cartoony graphics style seen in the original game.

In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, The Lost Vikings 2 was re-released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection on April 13, 2021.[6]

  1. ^ "Lost Vikings 2 Release Information for Super Nintendo - GameFAQs".
  2. ^ "Norse by Norsewest: The Return of the Lost Vikings Release Information for PC - GameFAQs".
  3. ^ "Norse by Norsewest: The Return of The Lost Vikings Release Information for Saturn - GameFAQs".
  4. ^ "Norse by Norsewest: The Return of the Lost Vikings Release Information for PlayStation - GameFAQs".
  5. ^ "Protos: Lost Vikings 2". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 89. Ziff Davis. December 1996. p. 76.
  6. ^ "The Blizzard® Arcade Collection levels up: Two new games, new features". news.blizzard.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.