Lemmings (video game)

Lemmings
Developer(s)	DMA Design FRED Publishing (SAM Coupé) Imagineer (FM Towns, PC 98, X68000) Krisalis Software (Archimedes) Ocean Software (GB) Probe (SMS, GG) SunSoft (MD, SNES) Rusty Nutz (PS2) J-Wing (GBC) Team17 (PSP)
Publisher(s)	Psygnosis Data East (arcade prototype) Sega (Mega Drive (Genesis PAL), SMS and GG) Ocean Software (GB, NES PAL) Sony (PSP) SunSoft (NES, MD/GEN, SNES, TG-16) Take-Two Interactive (GBC)
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)	14 February 1991 3DO NA: 1993 JP: 1994 Amiga NA: 14 February 1991 EU: 1991 Amiga CD32 UK: 1994 Amstrad CPC EU: 1992 Atari Lynx EU: 1993 Atari ST EU: March 1991 CD-i WW: 1993 Commodore 64 WW: 1993 DOS NA: May 1991 EU: 1991 FM Towns JP: April 1992 Game Boy NA: August 1994 Game Boy Color NA: 20 December 2000 Game Gear JP: 5 February 1993 NA: 1992 EU: 1992 JM2E EU: 25 March 2005 Macintosh EU: 1993 NES NA: November 1992 EU: 1992 PC-98 JP: 17 December 1991 PlayStation 3 JP: 30 November 2006 NA: 7 December 2006 EU: 23 March 2007 Sega Master System EU: 1992 Sega Mega Drive JP: 20 November 1992 NA: September 1992 EU: 1992 Sharp X68000 JP: 17 April 1992 SNES JP: 18 December 1991 NA: March 1992 EU: 1992 TurboGrafx-16 JP: 27 November 1991 Windows 3.x NA: 1994 EU: 1994 ZX Spectrum EU: 1991
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	(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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