Lemmings
Lemmings is an action puzzle game developed by DMA Design Limited and published by Psygnosis Limited for the Amiga in 1991, and later ported to dozens of other platforms.
I got a copy of Lemmings for DOS around 1993 because it came bundled with a piece of hardware. I think it was my Sound Blaster 2, but I'm not positive. I played through all 30 Fun levels and started on the Tricky levels, but got bored with it, but I really enjoyed the custom DOS music for the game.
I'm not sure where my disk went, but I do remember the game had a verification mechanism where it required the original disk to be in the diskette drive to play, and copies of the disk wouldn't work. A pretty devious anti-piracy measure for the time, but it didn't stop people from altering the game's binaries to bypass the check.
Contents
Status
I do not own the game and I have not beaten the game.
Review
- Overall: 5/10
- Best Version: Not sure.
Good
- The background graphics look amazing, and the lemming animations are great.
- Despite most of the music being arrangements of children's songs, they're pretty good, and the original music is great.
- The point-and-click interface is great.
- Some later stages use the same map, but give you a limited set of lemmings to work with, which forces you to have to solve the same puzzle in a more convoluted manner, which I think is a great idea.
Bad
- The instruments used in the Amiga version are really obnoxious.
Ugly
- In the final levels, the game becomes less about solving a puzzle and more about having to click on the exact pixel at the exact second. This isn't fun, it's tedious.
Box Art
Documentation
- Lemmings - Manual.pdf
Game manual for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS.
- Lemmings - CDTV - Manual.pdf
Game manual for CDTV.
- Lemmings - NES - Manual.pdf
Game manual for NES.
- Lemmings - SNES - Manual.pdf
Game manual for SNES.
- Lemmings - GG - Manual.pdf
Game manual for Game Gear.
Maps
- vgmaps.com/Atlas/PC/index.htm#Lemmings - DOS.
- vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/index.htm#Lemmings - NES.
- vgmaps.com/Atlas/MasterSystem/index.htm#Lemmings - Sega Master System.
Gallery
Links
- mobygames.com/game/lemmings - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game) - Wikipedia.
- codiekitty.com/LEM/index.htm - Fan site.