The Lost Vikings/Controls

SNES controls

 * Move the vikings, climb ladders, operate elevators.
 * Activate buttons and switches, activate hint boxes, and talk to other characters.
 * Performs a viking's primary ability.
 * Erik jumps.
 * Baleog swings his sword.
 * Olaf raises or lowers his shield.
 * Perform's a viking's secondary ability.
 * Erik will lower his head to smash whatever is in front of him. He can break walls or damage enemies with his head.  Erik must have a running start to use the head bash, and after he hits an object he will be stunned momentarily, making him vulnerable to enemy attack.
 * Baleog will shoot arrows from his bow. They do the same amount of damage as his sword, but they can also be used to activate switches remotely.
 * Olaf will raise or lower his shield.
 * Use currently selected item. If you choose to Give Up, press this to see the current level's password.
 * and : Change which viking you want to control. In a two-player game, pressing both buttons at the same time will give the main control to the other player.
 * Pauses the game and accesses the Give Up menu. If a viking dies, the level cannot be completed so the player must give up.
 * Pauses the game and accesses the item menu.
 * Each viking can carry up to 4 items. Use  to select an item, and press  to exit the item menu.
 * To give an item to another viking, in the item menu, press to select an item and then use  to move the item to the inventory of a nearby viking and press.

PC controls

 * leftrightupdown or keypad Pad 4Pad 6Pad 8Pad 2: Move the vikings, climb ladders, operate elevators.
 * S: Activate buttons and switches, activate hint boxes, and talk to other characters.
 * F, Space, Enter, Pad + or Pad Enter: Performs a viking's primary ability.
 * Erik jumps.
 * Baleog swings his sword.
 * Olaf raises or lowers his shield.
 * D: Performs a viking's secondary ability.
 * Erik will lower his head to smash whatever is in front of him. He can break walls or damage enemies with his head.  Erik must have a running start to use the head bash, and after he hits an object he will be stunned momentarily, making him vulnerable to enemy attack.
 * Baleog will shoot arrows from his bow. They do the same amount of damage as his sword, but they can also be used to activate switches remotely.
 * Olaf will raise or lower his shield.
 * E: Use currently selected item.
 * Ctrl, Pad 7: Change controlled. Cycle: Erik → Olaf → Baleog
 * Insert, Pad 0, Pad 9: Change viking controlled. Cycle: Erik → Baleog → Olaf
 * Esc, P: Pauses the game and accesses the Give Up menu. If a viking dies, the level cannot be completed so the player must give up.
 * Tab, Caps Lock: Pauses the game and accesses the item menu.
 * AltX or Alt+Q: Exits the game.
 * AltS: Toggles sound on/off.
 * AltM: Toggles music on/off.

The key assignments for the controls are unusual for a PC game, but looking a bit deeper shows they were carefully chosen to make all buttons conveniently accessible: movement is controlled by the right hand - either on the arrow keys or the numeric keypad; actions are assigned to the left hand in a reverse-T block of keys (ESDF). Switching vikings is designed to be done by the right hand without taking it off the main directional controls - for arrow key users Right Control / Pad 0 are used, and for numpad users, Pad 7 and Pad 9. Since the game does not differentiate between left and right Ctrl keys, players who prefer to switch vikings using the left hand can do so via the left Ctrl key.

Amiga controls

 * Keypad 4682: Move the vikings, climb ladders, operate elevators.
 * S: Activate buttons and switches, activate hint boxes, and talk to other characters.
 * F, Space, Enter or keypad 0: Performs a viking's primary ability.
 * Erik jumps.
 * Baleog swings his sword.
 * Olaf raises or lowers his shield.
 * D, keypad + or keypad Enter: Performs a viking's secondary ability.
 * Erik will lower his head to smash whatever is in front of him. He can break walls or damage enemies with his head.  Erik must have a running start to use the head bash, and after he hits an object he will be stunned momentarily, making him vulnerable to enemy attack.
 * Baleog will shoot arrows from his bow. They do the same amount of damage as his sword, but they can also be used to activate switches remotely.
 * Olaf will raise or lower his shield.
 * E: Use currently selected item.
 * Del, Help, keypad 79: Change which viking you want to control.
 * Escape, P: Pauses the game and accesses the Give Up menu. If a viking dies, the level cannot be completed so the player must give up.
 * Tab, Caps Lock, Ctrl: Pauses the game and accesses the item menu.
 * AltX or AltQ: Exits the game.
 * AltS: Toggles sound on/off.
 * AltM: Toggles music on/off.