
Join forces with old friends (including the reliably unreliable Loki) to rebuild shattered villages, solve a perplexing mystery and complete simple quests for a multitude of colorful characters. Join the Viking brothers and sisters on an epic journey through a magical land as they come to the aid of the helpless and seek the one who's spreading destruction. And it's bad news for the dark and destructive force that roused the slumbering mountain.

So, please let me know in the comments if I’ve omitted any of your favorites.There are no heroes mightier than the Viking and no enemies more fierce! This is good news for the besieged inhabitants of Midgard and the surrounding realms, who need a group of champions to come to their aid after a long-dormant volcano awakens and spews its red-hot contents across the land. But even as I gather together the pics and descriptions of these brave, lost soldiers of the video arcade age, this list is still subjective.

One wall housed Skee-Ball, another, rows and rows of pinball machines… but strewn throughout the main concourse in little islands of four back-to-back bellowing, beckoning boxes were the real arcade giants the honest to goodness video games that shaped our Reagan-year youths.Įach of these games were, at one time or another, part of the beeping, chirruping, rainbow that was Star World (or any arcade of that era), and to many of you, these very machines were your friends and enemies, too. If you needed to see your way from game to game, well, then you hadn’t been there enough to memorize a path my friend.

I don’t know about you, but my local arcade, Star World, was a dark, chilly, hangar chock full of neon and harsh light halos that emanated from every machine like the inviting glows of miniature Sin City casinos. Experience the Blizzard® Arcade Collection, three of the most classic Blizzard Entertainment games, reproduced for modern audiences and platforms. With the film Pixels hitting theaters this weekend, we couldn’t help but feel nostalgic for the days of pixelated arcade games. Yesterday, Available Today These games have been in our family for generations now they’re ready for you. In-Game Quality Teaser from Mad Viking Games on Vimeo. Breed your own NFT characters and create a special lineage.

Though today’s home consoles have certainly more than one-upped the video game machines of yesterday, and they’ve made getting to and playing your favorite game almost impossibly simple, there are still those of us who occasionally long for the days of the long dead arcade. Come with us and explore the nine realms of Norse Cosmology, challenge your friends and win epic battles.
