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the only thing i can remember about it is it's an adventure game, and one of the characters is called a "valkyrie"

Could it be ''? It has a "valkyrie" and it's definitely an "adventure" game.

ahh, I just found it. It was Gauntlet II. Thanks anyway for your help.

Gauntlet II is NOT an adventure game. It's a poorly disguised shoot-em-up

true but the way i remembered it (i havent played it in about 8 years) i thought it was more of a puzzle/adventure game