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Game entry

The Lost Vikings

1993 · Platformer, Puzzle, Strategy · Super Nintendo · T&E Soft

After 93 duels settled by the community, The Lost Vikings stands no. 3,220 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,444 ELO points and 32% of wins. Against Portal, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 0 wins to 3 losses in 3 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 45 out of 69 (1993).

World rank

no. 3,220

ELO score

1,444

Wins

32%

Duels played

93

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About The Lost Vikings

The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay.

The game features infinite opportunities of retries in case the player loses one of the Vikings.

In 2015, The Lost Vikings were added as a playable hero in Heroes of the Storm, allowing players to control the three Vikings as individual units, making a unique departure from the typical heroes available.

Character abilities:

All three Vikings (Erik, Baleog and Olaf) have three health points which they can lose by getting hurt by enemies or by falling from great heights, and the ability to carry and use items, mainly keys, bombs, and food (which restore health points). Each of the Vikings has a unique set of abilities:

Erik can run faster than the other two, can jump, and can bash through some walls (and enemies) with his helmet.
Baleog can kill enemies with his sword, or from a distance with his bow (and a "life-time supply of arrows"). The bow can also be used to hit switches from a distance.
Olaf can block enemies and their projectiles with his shield, and use his shield as a hang glider. Olaf's shield can also be used as a stepping stone for Erik to enable him to reach higher ground, which would not be possible without the shield.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,444 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Lost Vikings sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 3,217 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 1,444
  2. 3,218 The Room Two 1,444
  3. 3,219 Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 1,444
  4. 3,220 The Lost Vikings 1,444
  5. 3,221 Death and Taxes 1,444
  6. 3,222 Jazz Jackrabbit 1,444
  7. 3,223 Lost in Random 1,444

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The standing

Where The Lost Vikings ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Lost Vikings stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 45 out of 69 (1993).

Where The Lost Vikings ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,220 5,046
Platformer 390 620
1990s 422 659
1993 45 69

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