
Their combat abilities from the original game have been translated faithfully to the Warcraft universe. The Horde-only Uldaman boss encounter the Lost Dwarves, consisting of Olaf, Baelog, and Eric "The Swift" is a reference to the three main characters of the series.There are many Timmies in the Warcraft universe, which might be a reference to The Lost Vikings since the main antagonist of the series is eventually revealed to be a young boy named Timmy.In the Blizzard-produced Warcraft III bonus mission Monolith, the three possible names for the dark troll hero are Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout, the names of the three Lost Vikings.The first game was re-released in its originals and definitive versions in the Blizzard Arcade Collection on 19 Februrary 2021 with the second game later added on 13 April 2021 in only its original version. In 2014, the first game was added to as a free download which is emulated through DOSBox. A sequel, The Lost Vikings 2, was released in 1997. The three vikings had to work together to finish each level and find their way back home. In The Lost Vikings, the player controlled three separate vikings with different abilities. It was a humorous puzzle-platform video game franchise, with the first game having been originally released for the Super NES in 1993. The Lost Vikings franchise was one of the first game series created by Silicon & Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment).
