Lemmings

Commodore Amiga 500 disk published 33 years ago by Psygnosis, Ltd.

Listed in MAME

Info

Lemmings © 1991 Psygnosis, Limited.

Lemmings is a puzzle-platformer video game.

The objective of the game is to guide a group of anthropomorphised lemmings through a number of obstacles to a designated exit. To save the required number of lemmings to win, one must determine how to assign a limited number of eight different skills to specific lemmings that allow the selected lemming to alter the landscape, to affect the behaviour of other lemmings, or to clear obstacles to create a safe passage for the rest of the lemmings.

TRIVIA

The game was inspired by a simple animation that Dailly created while experimenting with Deluxe Paint.

Originally published for the Amiga in 1991 and later ported for numerous other platforms.

Lemmings was one of the best-received video games of the early 1990s. It was the second-highest-rated game in the history of Amstrad Action, and was considered the eighth-greatest game of all time by Next Generation in 1996. Lemmings is also one of the most widely ported and best-selling video games, and is estimated to have sold around 20 million copies between its various ports. The popularity of the game also led to the creation of several sequels, remakes and spin-offs, and has also inspired similar games.

SERIES

1. Lemmings (1990, Commodore Amiga)
2. Oh No! More Lemmings (1991, Commodore Amiga)
3. Lemmings Jr. (1991, Apple Macintosh)
4. Save The Lemmings! (1991, PC [MS-DOS]) : a short game featuring 8 unique Lemmings levels.
5. Christmas / Holiday Lemmings 1991 (1991, Commodore Amiga)
6. New Year Lemmings 1991/92 (1991, Commodore Amiga)
7. Cristmas / Holiday Lemmings 1992 (1992, Commodore Amiga)
8. Lemmings - The Official Companion (1993, PC [MS-DOS]) : A book with a bonus disk, featuring 16 new levels.
9. Lemmings 2 - The Tribes (1993, Commodore Amiga)
10. Christmas Lemmings 1993 (1993, Commodore Amiga)
11. The Lemmings Chronicles / All New World of Lemmings (1994, PC [MS-DOS])
12. Christmas Lemmings 1994 (1994, Commodore Amiga)
13. Lemmings Paintball (1996, PC [MS-DOS])
14. The Adventures of Lomax (1996, Sony Playstation)
15. 3D Lemmings (1995, PC [MS Windows])
16. VS Lemmings (2000, Nintendo Game Boy Color)
17. Lemmings Revolution (2000, PC [MS Windows])

STAFF

Developed by DMA Design in Dundee, Scotland.

Programmed by: Russell Kay, Mike Dailly, David Jones

PORTS

CONSOLES:
japan Nintendo Super Famicom (1991) "Lemmings [Model SHVC-LE]"
usa Sega Game Gear (1992)
europe Sega Game Gear (1992)
brazil Sega Game Gear (1992) by Tec Toy
usa Sega Genesis (1992)
brazil Sega Master System (1992) by Tec Toy
europe Sega Master System (1992) "Lemmings [Model 7108]"
australia Sega Mega Drive (1992)
europe Sega Mega Drive (1992) "Lemmings [Model 670-2701]"
korea Sega Mega Drive (1992) "Lemmings [Model GM 8037 JT]"
usa Nintendo SNES (mar.1992) "Lemmings [Model SNS-LE]"
usa Nintendo NES (nov.1992) "Lemmings [Model NES-LG]"
europe Nintendo SNES (oct.22, 1992) "Lemmings [Model SNSP-LE]"
japan Sega Mega Drive (nov.20, 1992) "Lemmings [Model T-15063]"
japan NEC PC-Engine Super CD (nov.28, 1992) "Lemmings [Model SSCD2003]"
usa Atari Lynx (1993)
europe Nintendo Game Boy (1993) "Lemmings [Model DMG-L8-UKV]"
usa Panasonic 3DO (1993)
europe Philips CD-I (1993)
japan Sega Game Gear (feb.5, 1993) "Lemmings [Model G-3317]"
europe Nintendo NES (may.19, 1993) "Lemmings [Model NES-LG]"
japan Nintendo Game Boy (sept.23, 1993) "Lemmings [Model DMG-L8A]"
europe Amiga CD32 (1994)
usa Nintendo Game Boy (aug.1994) "Lemmings [Model DMG-L8]"
japan Panasonic 3DO (aug.6, 1994) "Lemmings [Model FZ-SJ1656]"
usa Philips CD-I (1995)
europe Sony PlayStation (1998) "Lemmings and Oh No! More Lemmings [Model SLES-01461]"
usa Sony PlayStation (1998) "Lemmings and Oh No! More Lemmings [Model SLUS-00760]"
japan Nintendo Game Boy Color (apr.7, 2000) "Lemmings and Oh No! More Lemmings [Model CGB-ALEJ-JPN]"
usa Nintendo Game Boy Color (dec.2000) "Lemmings and Oh No! More Lemmings [Model CGB-ALEE-USA]"
japan Sony PSP (mar.9, 2006) "Lemmings [Model UCJS-10028]"
europe Sony PSP (mar.10, 2006) "Lemmings [Model UCES-00109]" : also released as a "PSP Essentials" edition (oct.6, 2010)
usa Sony PSP (may.23, 2006) "Lemmings [Model UCUS-98647]" : also released as a "Favorites" edition (oct.17, 2012)
australia Sony PlayStation 2 (oct.2006)
europe Sony PS2 (oct.13, 2006) "Lemmings [Model SCES-54145]"
Sony PSP (oct.19, 2006) : also released as a "PSP Essentials" edition (2010)
usa Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (dec.7, 2006)
japan Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (dec.14, 2006)
europe Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (mar.23, 2007) "Lemmings [Model NPEA-00004]"
korea Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (june.16, 2007)
europe Sony PSP (jul.6, 2007) "Lemmings [Platinum] [Model UCES-00109/P]"
europe Sony PSP [PSN] (apr.9, 2009)
usa japan Sony PSP [PSN] (oct.22, 2009)
usa europe Sony PlayStation Vita (dec.5, 2012)

COMPUTERS:
usa Apple Macintosh (1991)
usa PC [MS-DOS] (1991)
Acorn Archimedes (1991)
europe Atari ST (1991)
japan NEC PC 98 (1991)
europe Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991)
europe Commodore Amiga (feb.14, 1991)
europe Amstrad CPC (1992)
europe Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1992) "Lemmings [Budget]"
europe Commodore Amiga CDTV (1992) "CDTV Lemmings"
europe Commodore C64 (1992)
japan Sharp X68000 (apr.17, 1992)
europe Commodore Amiga (1993) "Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings"
usa Commodore Amiga (1993)
usa Commodore C64 (1993)
Sinclair Sam Coupe (1994)
europe PC [MS-DOS] (1995) "Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings"
IBM/Microsoft - OS/2 (never finished)
europe Amstrad PCW
japan FM Towns PC
usa Apple Macintosh (1998) "Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings"

OTHERS:
Arcade (1991)
usa Mobile Phone (apr.2, 2005)

SOURCES

Game's ROM.