History VideoGame / TheLostVikings

* ArrowsOnFire: One of the powerups for Baleog in the first game.

* SingleUseShield: The sequel has a shield item that acts as a temporary extra hit point.

* * RockBeatsLaser:

* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: With a dose of RockBeatsLaser.
** The three Vikings have no problems taking on Tomator and his security forces, and winning (despite being far more advanced than the medieval-level Vikings only armed with primitive swords, bow and arrows, and wooden shields, at least in the first game).
** Despite the Factory level being implied to be set in the modern times (at the time of the release), the robots present are easily thrashed by medieval swords, and arrows (which serve as a precursor to the "Spearman beats tank" meme).

* NintendoHard: Especially the first game. The sequel is slightly easier.

* ShiftingSandLand: Egypt.

* ShoutOut: Blizzard's other games and many more.
** ''Lost Vikings II'' is ''loaded'' with them.
*** The Transylvania stages have [[ComicBook/TheTick "CHA" written on the moon]].
*** One of the items the time machine requires is a "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Flush Capacitor]]"
*** In Smuggler's Cove, the "second" Gypsy says she's the first one's twin sister.
---->'''Baleog:''' [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Sister? So, you have a twin sister...]].
*** At the beginning of the fourth Smuggler's Cove level, Baleog references the "it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses" quote from Film/TheBluesBrothers, replacing, among other things "sunglasses" with "armor".
---->'''Scorch:''' Hit it.
*** The dialogue preceding the first Amazon level in the second game contains at least three.
---->'''Baleog:''' Arrrgh! Why did you say 'jungle,' Olaf? [[Film/FullMetalJacket What is your major malfunction?]]
---->'''Olaf:''' Don't blame me. A time machine [[Film/ForrestGump is like a box of chocolates...]]
---->'''Baleog:''' Yeah, your mouth gets going and no one else gets a chance. What are we going to do with him, Erik?
---->'''Erik:''' Olaf is as Olaf does. [[Film/ThePrincessBride Get used to disappointment.]]

* TeamworkPuzzleGame

* WallJump: Fang.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The cast of the second game, as described above.

* {{Gasshole}}: Whenever someone uses a food item, a burping sound is heard. Also, Olaf periodically belches while in small form in the second game.

* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: They are present in some of the levels, most notably factory levels.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Everyone. Except Erik in Lost Vikings 2.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the [=PlayStation=] port of the second game, Scorch's voice is a parody of Creator/SeanConnery as an homage to ''{{Film/Dragonheart}}''.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Every different way to die has its own animation. The vikings can turn into skeletons, get burned with only eyeballs being "untouched", turn into a pile of ashes after an unsuccessful falling, [[SquashedFlat get into the second dimension after being smashed by a crusher]]... You only name it. The same type of death may also yield different animations from each of the vikings. For example: death by quicksand; Erik panics as he futilely tries to free himself, Olaf waves a meek "bye-bye" to the player, and Baleog just [[TranquilFury looks at the player with contempt]] and [[WhatTheHellPlayer shrugs]].

* LastDayOfNormalcy: begins with the three Vikings leaving their village to go on a hunting trip, with each being given the chance the display their particular expertise: Erik the Swift's [[FragileSpeedster talent for running and jumping]], Baleog the Fierce's [[BowAndSwordInAccord swordsmanship and archery]] and Olaf the Stout's [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe mastery of the shield]]. As the trio return home that afternoon, Erik declares [[TemptingFate how much he loves life in the village and hopes he never has to leave]]. That night, a FlyingSaucer appears over the village and [[AlienAbduction abducts the three heroes]]...

* FragileSpeedster: Erik is the fastest of the trio and the only one among them who can jump, but has no way to attack or defend himself and must rely on the other two or his environment to overcome enemies.

* GameOver: The usual game over sequence the player gets when they choose to give up with at least one active Viking alive shows an animation of the dead Vikings being placed on a burning boat out to sea, a traditional Viking sea burial. The active Viking stands on a cliff overlooking the boat's journey. Of course, nobody will be there if you got all the Vikings killed. And if you choose to continue, the dead Vikings return to life via thunderbolt. Finally, if none of the Vikings died (such as if the level was made {{Unwinnable}} and the player chose to give up), all three would be on the cliff and no burning boat would be on the water.
** In the sequel, instead they are in a purgatory-like location and a valkyrie revives whoever is dead.

* [[GuestFighter Guest Racer]]: Olaf becomes this in ''VideoGame/RockNRollRacing''.

* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Provides the page quote, even!
* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Wacky world and factory levels.

* LevelGoal: Clearly marked in the first installment.

* OneMillionBC: Prehistoria in the first game, complete with dinosaurs and English-speaking cavemen.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Just ''how'' do you pronounce 'Baleog'? Fittingly, both occasions where the characters have been featured with voice-acting, the [=PlayStation=] port of the second game and ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', pronounce it differently, with the former going with 'Bail-ee-og' and the latter going with 'Bail-og'.