I've already encouraged you to check out Action Button's new list, which has inspired me to revisit The Lost Vikings, a clever little 16-bit era (The era when everyone and their brother was just starting to grasp the moneymaking possibilities of putting a T-shirt on a bobcat, according to Action Button) strategy platformer that also happens to be the first game developed by the studio now known as Blizzard. You may have heard of them.
In the tradition of Lemmings, you control several units, each with unique abilities. Olaf the Stout blocks, Baleog the Fierce attacks, and Eric the Swift runs and jumps. It's (almost) as simple as that. You progress through a series of stages, in which you must use each character's abilities together to get your vikings from point A to point B. If you can get past the Hip Hop Hooray-esque theme (remember, this comes from the age of 'Tude), the game is worth your time. No matter how graphically advanced games get, I will always value simple, progressively challenging puzzlers like this.
If you're too pure for emulation, why not mosey on over to Blizzard's site to play a flash demo of the GBA port?
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