The game is based around three vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce and Olaf the Stout, who get kidnapped by an alien for an inter-galactic zoo. The purpose of the game is to control the three characters (who all have separate abilities) in order to solve puzzles to escape and get back home.
The game was released for the Amiga, MS-DOS, SNES, Sega Megadrive (Sega Genesis in North America).
The game's sequel is called Norse by Norsewest.