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Lemmings (video game)

Lemmings
Cover art
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Programmer(s) David Jones
Mike Dailly
Artist(s) Mike Dailly
Gary Timmons
Scott Johnston
Composer(s) Tim Wright
Brian Johnston
Platform(s) Amiga, various
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (on some systems)
Review scores
Publication Score
Amstrad Action 97% (Amstrad)
Crash 91% (Spectrum)
EGM 6.8/10 (Lynx)
6.25/10 (CD-i)
GameSpot 8.0/10 (PSP)
7.2/10 (PS3)
IGN 7.8/10 (PSP)
Your Sinclair 91% (Spectrum)
MegaTech 92% (Genesis)
Mega 90% (Genesis)
Next Generation 4/5 stars (3DO)
Awards
Publication Award
Amstrad Action 2nd best rated game in the history of the magazine
Amiga Power 2nd best Amiga game of all time (1991)
Mega 23rd best game of all time (1994)
CGW 12th best game of all time (1996)
Edge 82nd top game of all time (2007)
Your Sinclair 20th top ZX Spectrum game of all time (1993, by readers)
Wirtualna Polska The best Amiga game of all time (2011)
Next Generation 8th top game of all time (1996)

Amiga

Amiga CD32

Amstrad CPC

Atari Lynx

Atari ST

CD-i

Commodore 64

DOS

FM Towns

Game Boy

Game Boy Color

Game Gear

JM2E

Macintosh

NES

PC-98

PlayStation 3

Sega Master System

Sega Mega Drive

Sharp X68000

SNES

TurboGrafx-16

Windows 3.x

ZX Spectrum

Lemmings is a puzzle-platformer video game originally developed by DMA Design and first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. The game was programmed by Mike Dailly and David Jones, and was inspired by a simple animation that Dailly created while experimenting with Deluxe Paint.

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.

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 video games, and is estimated to have sold over 15 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.


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