Time Viking

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Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor
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Developer Ska Studios
Publisher Ska Studios (Xbox Live)
Designer James Silva
Programmer James Silva
Artist James Silva
Composer James Silva
Platforms Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360
ReleaseWindows Phone 7
November 29, 2011
Xbox 360
January 1, 2014
Genre Shoot 'em up
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor (stylized in all caps, also referred to as Time Viking) is a 2014 shoot-em-up game developed by Ska Studios and produced by company founder James Silva. It's a spiritual successor to there other game I Maed a Gam3 w1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 . [1]

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Gameplay

Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor is a shoot-em-up twin-stick game for one or two players, who view the gameplay from an side-scrolling perspective. The players is a time-traveling Viking that has a Space Raptor. [2] The goal is to fight off legions of giant cats, robots, and alien invaders. [3] The player must survive for the duration of the background song. [4] The background song describes in simple detail that "you are controlling a time-traveling viking again and again. It’s charming, fast, loud and only a buck." [5] The final boss is the moon. [6]

Release

An earlier version of Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor, simply named Time Viking, is featured as a bonus game alongside Z0MB1ES (on teh ph0ne) [ sic ] released on Windows Phone in 2011. [7] [8] Ska Studios release the trailer for a full version of Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor, in 2013. [5] [9] It released on January 1, 2014, for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Indie Games. [2] [10]

Reception

Time Viking!!!!!AndSpaceRaptor received news coverage from gaming outlets. Including Engadget, [2] Destructoid, [5] and GameSpot . [7] Critics praised the music, [4] for its mix of dubstep, heavy metal and emo pop. [6] [11] GameSpot praised the trailer, saying that it's "worth watching for the song alone". [7] Windows Central said that it "look[s] a lot nicer" than I Maed a Gam3 w1th Z0mb1es 1n It!!!1 . Ending with "On the whole, ‘Time Viking’ rounds out the package nicely." [12]

References

  1. ↑ Bulapory, Bulapory (3 January 2014). "Time Viking : le nouveau Ska Studios sur XNA". www.gamekult.com (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Time Viking is the follow-up to I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES, out now on Xbox 360". Engadget. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Murder dev revisits XBLIG with TIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR". Shacknews. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  4. 1 2 "TIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR is Only a Dollar, You Should Get It". Niche Gamer. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  5. 1 2 3 Zimmerman, Conrad (2014-01-02). "Ska Studios snuck one last game into 2013". Destructoid. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  6. 1 2 "Robotninjor, atombomber och lol-katter". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  7. 1 2 3 "Ska Studios releases TIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR". GameSpot. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  8. ↑ "'Z0MB1ES!!1 (on teh ph0ne)' coming soon". Digital Spy. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  9. ↑ Jimenez, Jorge (2014-01-03). "Destroy the Moon and Blow up Cats in this TIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR Trailer". DualShockers. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  10. ↑ "TIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR, kontynuacja "I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1", już na Xbox Live". www.gram.pl (in Polish). 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  11. ↑ Tudor (2012-01-22). "Z0MB1ES (on teh ph0ne) Review". Big Red Barrel. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  12. ↑ Acevedo, Paul (2012-02-17). "Z0MB1ES!!1 (on teh ph0ne): Xbox Windows Phone Review". Windows Central. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
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