StarBoy's Walkthrough: The Lost Vikings (SNES) Stage 6

StarBoy's Walkthrough:

(SNES edition)

February 5th-6th, 2013

Stage 6 - FL0T

Item(s) - 2 healthy fruits A, 1 healthy fruit B, 1 steak, 1 blue key, 1 red key, 1 set of flaming arrows, 1 ham, 1 yellow key, 1 extra health shield

You're now inside a cave, and immediately ahead of you the right path is blocked, but the stairs above you are not.

Pick Olaf and climb up the stairs.  If you climb a little bit you'll find a healthy fruit A on a platform to your left, and if you climb up some more you'll discover a healthy fruit B on the way.  Keep climbing up.

Walk a little ahead until you step off the ledge.  Make sure you have the shield positioned on top your head, otherwise you'll plummet down hard.  On the second highest platform is a steak which can refill your entire health regardless of how much you lost.  Be careful when gliding down as there are platforms set on fire which can burn you up swiftly, so weave around them.  Below the platform where the steak was is a platform with another healthy fruit A on top.  Keep gliding downward!

Once you reach the ground you'll stumble across a blue key.  Walk over to the blue keyhole behind you and insert the key to unlock the door that was keeping you all out before.  Now you can move around freely!

Climb down the stairs and have Olaf lead the way to the right.  On the way there a blue dinosaur will charge towards you, so keep your shield at your stead.  Now switch controls as Baleog and kill the dinosaur impeding your path with two hits.  Move onward!

As Olaf keep walking a little until you see some stairs.  Climb them up to find a red key in front of you; however, a stationary threat on the wall will spew out fireballs from time to time, so maintain the shield at your stead and grab the key.  You can even walk closely to it, and it still won't damage you.  As long as you're situated there, let's try a little something.

Choose to play as Erik and head up to where Olaf is.  While he's blocking enemy fire, have Erik jump over the stationary fire cannon to discover a secret path.

If you move a little you'll find a set of flaming arrows, an item which is exclusively used by Baleog; when he equips them, he'll take down enemies in a single hit as opposed to two if you were using regular arrows, and they can penetrate anything.  Like the extra health shields, they only last for one stage, but you'll still keep them even if you lose health.  Move a little further to obtain the ham.  Keep on moving,...

...and you'll be exiting on the other side right to those stairs, but do not climb up just yet!

As Olaf climb down the stairs and let him lead the way.  An upcoming caveman enemy will be rolling towards you via Sonic the Hedgehog, and unlike most enemies the more he rolls towards and bounces back from Olaf's shield, the more Olaf will gradually be pushed back.  Summon Baleog to take down this crazed enemy, but as long as the caveman keeps rolling he's invulnerable.  After awhile the enemy will walk towards you and try to smash you, and that's when the time to strike comes.  Afterwards the caveman will start rolling again, so when he stops doing so dispose of him right away.  If Baleog uses his sword on the rolling enemy, he'll bounce back, and the enemy keeps bouncing back from the edge of the screen; remember that!

Walk until you find a red keyhole next to the burning hot lava.  Insert the key to lower the drawbridge so you can tread on it safely.  Now lead the way as Olaf.

Climb the stairs all the way to the top, only to discover...

...a blue dinosaur walking back and forth.  Climb up when the time is right and make sure the dinosaur is blocked by your shield.  As Baleog join Olaf at the top and slay the creature to kingdom come!  Right to the left you'll notice a locked door with a keyhole next to it.  The key must be nearby!

Walk Olaf right to the highest spot and position the shield above his head.  Now switch to Erik to jump on the shield and jump from it to find a yellow key.  Drop back down to the group.

Have Olaf standing next to the door!  After that, unlock the door with the key.  At any point you can trade the flaming arrows to Baleog.  Now decimate the caveman to proceed forward.

Before you climb the stairs upward, move to the end of the path to discover an extra health shield.  Equip it as any of the vikings.

Now climb the stairs as Olaf and proceed to the left where you'll find an acid-spitting snail blocking the stairs.  Have the shield at your side so it won't hurt you.  Now as Baleog eliminate the snail.  You're almost at the exit point!

Climb up the stairs as Olaf and have the shield at your side to not have the rollicking caveman and the blue dinosaur endanger you.  Change to Baleog to end their misery!

Lead the way once more as Olaf until you come across an acid-spewing snail.  While the snail is distracted by Olaf's shield, switch back to Baleog to annihilate the mollusk.  Have all three vikings approach the exit, and consider it done!  =)

Congratulations, you survived Stage 6!!!

Head back to Stage 5!

Head to Stage 7!  =)

StarBoy's Walkthrough: The Lost Vikings (SNES) Stage 5

StarBoy's Walkthrough:

(SNES edition)

February 2nd, 2013

Blogger's note: I just wanted a chance to give a friendly warning that from this stage onward it's going to be in spoiler territory for that have not played The Lost Vikings.  I decided to make these walkthroughs not only to help those that are struggling with any of the puzzles in the certain stages, but also to show that I really love this game and it's fun to make a walkthrough for.  If you haven't played the game but still want to look at the guide then here's what I suggest you do: read over it once, and then wait a long time before deciding to buy the game (regardless of the format), that way you'll get to see and experience it on your own without feeling like you have spoiled the game (if that makes sense).  I personally think it would be more fun to discover the solution to the puzzles by yourself, like I did with all these stages, but I'm still gonna continue for the sake of helping those in trouble.  Yeah I'm not good at saying this warning but you get the idea.

Stage 5 - LLM0

Item(s) - 1 red key, 1 wipeout bomb, 1 healthy fruit, 1 yellow key, 1 extra health shield, 1 ham

Any time the vikings travel to a new area they will fall hard to the ground, become temporarily unconscious, and then after they regain their senses they share a little bit of dialogue.

Welcome to the Prehistoric Era!  You must now venture throughout these stages and looking out for dangerous common for its time but extinct now dinosaurs among other things.  Proceed forward.

Across from you there is a red key!  Switch to Erik and jump over the water to grab it.  There is also a seemingly unattainable wipeout bomb that is visible through the hole.  It actually can be reached; sometimes some items and paths are hidden by the foreground, which means you'll have to feel through those to get to them.  To reach it, jump up (about where Erik is in the screenshot) and feel through to walk through it and once you walked enough you'll fall down where the wipeout bomb is!  Now head back where you came and get back  to your friends.  Oh, and one thing to note about this game: the vikings cannot swim at all!!

Now play as Olaf and climb up the ladder.  There is a blue dinosaur up above, so make sure the shield is ahead of you so it won't gnaw at you.  After that switch controls as Baleog and kill that menacing blue Radical Rex reject so you can move on ahead.  They take two hits to be taken down.

Up ahead is an acid-spewing snail that will move back and forward.  Have Olaf positioned in front of the snail with the shield at his stead so that whenever it spits acid at you it won't hurt you.  Damage the snail two times and it's a goner; the only way it loses damage is if the face is in open range.  By the way, is it just me or does the blue blood feel a little off?  =/

Control as Olaf and a little ahead is another blue dinosaur blocking your path.  As Baleog damage it two times in order to slay it.  Proceed!

On the other side of the ground (the upper one in the right screenshot) is a single healthy fruit which you can use to heal yourself (if you need it).  As Erik grab the fruit, and then lower yourself to jump over the water on the left to grab the yellow key.  Jump back  to the proper path on the right.  You'll notice a hole in the foreground showing an extra health shield; if you equip any of the vikings with it you'll be given an additional health dot, but it only lasts for one stage and if you lose one hit it goes away.  I used to think it was impossible to reach but it's actually quite the opposite; with the wall blocking your path intact, have Erik jump upward and feel through the foreground to reach the shield.  So the wall is hindering your progress and behind it is a volatile snail moving back and forth.

Move Olaf right next to the wall to prepare for an oncoming enemy attack, and once you've positioned him it's time to break down the wall.  Run towards the wall and break it with Erik's head to demolish it.  The snail will see you and try to attack you, so now choose Baleog to kill the snail with two hits.

Climb the stairs down as Olaf and you'll see a red keyhole next to a door.  But there is an acid-spewing snail which is impeding your progress.  Climb down as Baleog and slay the snail for good.

Walk up to the door as Olaf, and as any one of the vikings unlock the door with the red key.  There is a blue dinosaur and an enemy snail on the other side of the door, so take them both down as Baleog the Fierce!  Keep moving forward.

A little further ahead is a ham in midair (which can only be reached by Erik) and a door that will only unlock if you have the yellow key.

Just in case get to the door as Olaf first.  I say that as a precautionary rule as Olaf throughout the course of the game, because you won't know if there are any enemies or enemy projectiles in your way unless you get there.  Now as any viking use the key to open the door.

You're almost at the exit, just a little more left!  Switch to Baleog and you'll see a button right next to an upward drawbridge.  Shoot an arrow at the button to lower it down so you can cross.  Immediately after there is another upward drawbridge, so shoot another arrow at the button to lower it.  Head to the end of the left side with all three vikings and you are done here!  =)

Congratulations, you survived Stage 5!!!  Only thirty-two more to go!  =D

Head back to Stage 4!

Head to Stage 6!  =)