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Was Lemmings not as big as I remember it was?
- Thread starter Shelbyville Milhouse
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Yeah, Lemmings was huge. I was never the biggest fan of the series, but I'd probably go as far as to.say it was one of the biggest games at the time.
In the US I remember hearing about it on and off everywhere throughout the early 90's, but only briefly played the Game Gear version one day. I didn't even know if it was a series of Lemmings games or just one game that got ported to pretty much every platform.
Last year during one of those PlayStation direct things there was a game that looked quite a bit like Lemmings I think. It was people based though, and kind of morbid the way they just marched to their deaths. I thought it looked really cool.
Anyone know what game I'm talking about?
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Maybe not that similar but I'm getting vibes
Anyone know what game I'm talking about?
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Maybe not that similar but I'm getting vibes
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If you followed computer or console gaming in the early '90s, then yeah, you would know about Lemmings. It wasn't a massive phenomenon like Street Fighter II or anything but it was popular.
I played the shit out of it on SNES when I was a kid, so it was a "big" game to me. (I'm in Canada)
It's among the great classics.
Edit: Thinking back to it might had it on Amiga too, but for some reason remember the NES version more vividly.
I don't think that's quite accurate, obviously the industry has grown a lot since. But it's all gaming, not just PC gaming that's bigger than ever. Personally I had the game on NES though, friend had it on PC.
Edit: Thinking back to it might had it on Amiga too, but for some reason remember the NES version more vividly.
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I love that as a kid I wasn't just playing Mario and action games, I was equally enthralled by Lemmings, Sim City, Dune 2 etc. So much variety and creativity in the early 90's.
I was never even aware it was ported until this thread. All I knew was the PC version. I'm sorry!
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That's more on you then anything else probably, as the rest of this thread has shown.
It was pretty big IIRC, but then Sony did nothing with it, a couple of ports and mediocre sequels; but nothing to really innovate or continue the franchise. Maybe it wasn't meant to be; the name is based on a documental about lemmings commiting suicide (debunked), so pretty sad.
The later Mario vs DK games built on it, but were quite mediocre as well.
The later Mario vs DK games built on it, but were quite mediocre as well.
Around me, Lemmings 1 was big big big for those who had the means to play it, i contributed to it by spreading the love through word of mouth (I had a blue floppy version) .... Lemmings 2... nope.
console versions helped big time to increase the playerbase since computers were not that common at the time.
console versions helped big time to increase the playerbase since computers were not that common at the time.
was huge in my circle back in the day. Just Loved the old amiga FORCED stereo channeling . and someone has correctly encoded it in Youtube
Lemmings Amiga Intro
Lemmings Amiga Intro
Lemmings was probably how I learned how to use a mouse. You needed to be fast and accurate to clear some of those levels. And keep an eye on the time, some levels were evil in that if you left the spawn rate alone while you were building a path forward for the rest using the usual hero Lemming who goes ahead, they wouldn't make it in time. You'd need all Lemmings out and ready to march as fast as possible.
They made 7 lemmings games over a 9 year period and the original got ported to about 20 different consoles so somebody was buying it
I felt it was very popular when I was younger, I think it was the only game my dad ever played back then. I'm betting if I went and asked my kids if they have heard of it they wouldn't have a clue what I was on about.
Zoombinis > Lemmings
Morning lemmings
I never was a fan but I knew them, my friend loved the game on snes.
Morning lemmings
I never was a fan but I knew them, my friend loved the game on snes.
Lemmings was fucking huge when I was in grade school, got introduced to it by the girl I had a major crush on as a kid and we were obsessed with it. I was even a damn Lemming for Halloween one year.
Sony has fucked up their owning the IP like mad. It's something that could be like their NES Mario Bros, where if there's a Sony platform, there's a port of Lemmings/2/3 available to play on it either via BC or just buying a port of it. And like Microsoft with Minecraft they should just port it to fucking everything.
Sony has fucked up their owning the IP like mad. It's something that could be like their NES Mario Bros, where if there's a Sony platform, there's a port of Lemmings/2/3 available to play on it either via BC or just buying a port of it. And like Microsoft with Minecraft they should just port it to fucking everything.
I remember playing some 3D lemmings back in the 90s as a kid when I was living in the hospital with leukemia, anyone know which one that was?
Yeah this! It was the only game anyone would play at school.
As far as I'm aware the game was huge in the UK - it was a system seller.
What? Like it's not super mainstream or anything but I think pretty much every one I know has at least heard of Lemmings. It was pretty damn popular.
I never had Lemmings as a kid, but I loved King Arthur's World. Colorful graphics and super challenging (from what I remember).
Krusty's Fun House was a different kind of twist on Lemmings, putting yourself into the game scene to manually create paths with blocks to take rats to their deaths.
It was really big, you're not wrong about that. It's just fallen into relative obscurity since.
There's not many Lemmings clones, the only one I can think of is Tokobot, but I think it's more common as a minigame in bigger games. Ratchet and Clank has used it multiple times for example. Those minigames always suck though.
There's not many Lemmings clones, the only one I can think of is Tokobot, but I think it's more common as a minigame in bigger games. Ratchet and Clank has used it multiple times for example. Those minigames always suck though.
oh yeah, i mean there were some lemming clones, but didn't really have any progeny for today.
Contextually to its time I remember it being very popular.
Not as a niche title for hardcore players, either, but as one of those games that even "computer dads" played in their offices, like Age of Empire would be on a larger scale few years later.
Not as a niche title for hardcore players, either, but as one of those games that even "computer dads" played in their offices, like Age of Empire would be on a larger scale few years later.
That software was a absolutely huge influence in my life and the reason I started my career path.Legendary
The closest thing to lemmings for me is Mario and donkey Kong minis. But a new spin on lemmings itself would be great. Too bad it will never happen.
Loved the series on Amiga back in the days
Loved the series on Amiga back in the days
