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If Lemmings was the first of its kind, were there any succesful games that followed its lead? Pikmins perhaps?

Might like to mention Pingus, a Lemmings clone.

Worms (from Team 17) was clearly inspired by Lemmings.
You sure? Worms seems like a clear descendent of the old artillery or Scorched Earth games. Kjl 00:23, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Would it be alright if the intro-screen screenshot was replaced with an image from a better platform's version of Lemmings? As the SNS version has relatively poor graphics. Yggdræsil 15:10, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Sure, just move the SNS pic down towards the bottom, and identify it as SNS-specific. 3-4 screenshots, each from different platform, is ideal for this kind of article. Stan 18:28, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Should the link to the unofficial on-line game be mentioned in the article? There might be some copyrights issues with that.

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[edit] 2 player lemmings

Amiga had 2player lemmings mode as well - since the Amiga could handle 2mice simultaneously. ...should this be a seperate section, or part of gameplay? --Nemo

I think Gameplay should only have the aspects that are common to all versions. How about a note under Ports? "Some ports had extra features; for instance, the Amiga version..." --Paul A 04:50, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Fair call on what Gameplay should show... but 'ports' implies 'derived' to my mind. The Amiga (with 2player) was the original version. 2player was something that got left out of other ports, not something that was added in. Still not wanting to add anything to main article here yet though. :) --Nemo 02:48, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Shows how much attention I've paid to the game's history, doesn't it? Well, then: "A feature notably missing in the various ports was the original version's two-player mode, which took advantage of the Amiga's ability to handle two mice simultaneously."? --Paul A 03:55, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*grins* I was a Lemmings fanatic back in the day, on Amiga naturally... :) Anyway, I've written stuff in now. Thanks :) --Nemo 01:51, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Actually, the 2-player levels were ported to some systems...they include the Atari ST, the SNES and the Sega Genesis and possibly more. Something I researched for my own lemmings site. --ADeveria 14:41, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the sequels by under their own heading, and be wikified links? That's what other games seem to have. Unless anyone has any objections, I'd be happy to do it and perhaps start on additional pages... --ADeveria 00:50, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] most widely-ported video game??

The "Ports" section says "The popularity of the game on the Amiga led to its rapid porting to other platforms, and is considered to be the most widely-ported video game of all time". I think this should be rephrased somehow to reflect that it was (perhaps) the most widely ported by the original developers. It's quite obvious that many games have been ported to more platforms than lemmings, and Tetris is probably the most widely ported video game ever (hell, even I wrote a Tetris port).

-Max

Sounds like good reasoning to me...but are you sure about that "most widely ported by original developers" claim? Perhaps an alternative would be mentioning that its simplicity and popularity led it to be ported from to both calculators and cell-phones to the Sony PlayStation all mostly in its original form. This, I believe, is unlike most ported games. Or is this what you were talking about in the first place? --ADeveria 23:35, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quoting wikipedia....

"Of the numerous sequels the only one to achieve the success of the first was Lemmings 2: The Tribes, which added twelve specialist tribes of lemmings, each with their own type of level and specialist workers."

That true? So Lemmings 3 AGA for the Amiga did not have much success then?? -andy 217.94.163.205 08:29, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mhmm, All New World Of Lemmings is nearly forgotten as a video game! In general, ppl get bored after Level 2 of each Tribe (theres only 3). JasonXV

[edit] Similar Games

Covox Lemmings is a promotion demo. Should it be in "Similar Games"?

I'm not quite sure what to do with it...as it's presumed to be official, "similar" seems inappropriate...but it's not much of sequel, either. A port comes close, but since it's not the full game...perhaps it should just be mentioned somewhere else? ADeveria 21:41, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
I don't know either where it should fall under, but after taking out the Covox screenshot from "Similar Games" in an earlier edit, I have now re-include it but as a URL, at the current text on Covox Lemmings under "sequels". It definitely does not belong in "Similar Games". In my mind Covox Lemmings goes in the same category as the Holiday (aka Xmas) Lemmings and Oh No More Lemmings, arguably neither of which were true sequels either (cf. Lemmings 2: The Tribes). What are such things called?

[edit] LemEdit, CustLemm, VTM?

Should any information about LemEdit or CustLemm be added to this article?

I would prefer separate articles for those topics.

[edit] DHTML Lemmings

I deleted the link to DHTML Lemmings because it appears to be broken.

Thanks; for future reference, reasons for minor changes are probably better put in as an edit summary for the edit rather than on the talk page (although the talk page is much better than nowhere!). Also, you can sign you comments on talk pages by putting four tildes (~~~~). Thanks again for helping! Pak21 07:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
New link! :) --MindlessXD 03:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

The PSP "port" is NOT a port, but a new game currently in development by Team17 Software. CORRECTED! --Mr IP Man.

[edit] poor gameplay

Psygnosis is described as being known for "good graphics but bad gameplay". I think there should be a clarification that removes that stereotype from Lemmings. Lemmings remained so popular because of its gameplay, too. As of right now, the blanket statement intended for Psygnosis includes (wrongfully, I believe) Lemmings. Do others agree? Akrabbim 20:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

That line should be leftout IMO, it's at bit too subjective. That's not what Psygnosis is known for in my book, anyway, and I think many other share my opinion. If we're talking published games alone: Rollcage I & II, WipEout & WipEout XL, Colony Wars series, Discworld I & II, Formula 1 Championship Edition, Destruction Derby series - they have all recieved a fair amount of fame and good reviews, and there's a few more.
Instead maybe change it so something like "best know for inventing the WipEout series". --(jaes) 15:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Good suggestion. Sentence fixed. Akrabbim 21:11, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Don't forget Puggsy of course, which was a wonderful game :) Xmoogle 15:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Standard" Screen Shot location?

Can we get a "Standard screenshot location, so as to allow better comparison of the various platforms (Origins and Lemmings looks very different on any platform than, say, Just Dig!) I'm thinking Just Dig! is probably appropriate, as it's the first level, so easy to get to on any platform. Other options could be the first level of Tricky, Taxing, or Mayhem. --Kinkoblast 14:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

That would be ideal, except not everyone owns every version, and as soon as you have to hit the Internet to find a screenshot, it's no longer your control what levels they decide to take screenshots from. You may have notice for example that many of the recent additions in the screenshot gallery originated from external websites. 24.16.32.174 03:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Besides, the key differences observable via the screenshots are mostly independent of the particulars of any level. Things like:
  • the general "style and quality" (eg. resolution, level of detail, color palette, etc.) of the in-level graphics
  • differences in the graphics of the skills toolbar (particularly the icons used to depict the 8 skills and the nuke icon)
  • the fonts used
  • presence/absence of mini-map, fast-forward button, release rate adjustment buttons, etc.
24.16.32.174 09:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove disambiguation pages

First of all, there are two Lemmings disambiguation pages:

Second of all, I think that the "A kid named robert vacher see gangsta" is vandalism, on gangsta, there is no reference to a Robert Vacher and you shouldn't link a disambiguation page to another.

And the "2005 French film — see Lemming (film)" refer to an article which doesn't exists, and according to two searches on imdb there are three movies namned Lemmings.

Now, for my proposal: I suggest we remove both Lemming (disambiguation) and Lemmings, after that we move Lemmings (video game) to Lemmings and use these fancy things on top of Lemming and Lemmings

This article is about the rodent. For the video game see Lemmings.
This article is about the video game. For the Arctic rodent, see Lemming.

To include the film, maybe we should even make the Lemming article:

This article is about the rodent. For the video game see Lemmings. For the film see Lemming (film).

And if someone complain about Robert Vacher they should at least provide some sources.

Agree, completely. (Please sign your comments on talk pages.) --MindlessXD 21:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Oh sorry, that was me ;) --ReCover 05:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I think we should still keep the video game article's name as "Lemmings (video game)", or alternatively make the rodent article's name be "Lemming (rodent)". I'm not sure whether it's good idea to distinguish the two articles' names purely on the pluralization. See if you can find a precedent in other wikipedia articles regarding this situation.
Also, I think the general standard is to omit the disambiguation page if there is just one other use, but make one if there are three or more uses. So if we were to keep a Lemming (film) page, Lemming (disambiguation) should definitely exist. There is also the choice for [[Lemmings]] to redirect to either the "most popular choice" (ie. presumably the video game) or instead to the disambiguation page. Again, if there is a consistent precedent/standard elsewhere in Wikipedia, use it.
One argument against renaming "Lemmings (video game)" is that if existing links in other articles uses [[Lemmings (video game)|Lemmings]] to point to this article, you now have to either changes those links back or make "Lemmings (video game)" redirect to the new name. It might be helpful to review all the links to the various articles in question, by using "What Links Here" in the toolbox (on left side of every page).
131.107.0.106 19:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
You do have a point. Then I want to suggest we keep the Lemming (disambiguation), make Lemmings forward to Lemmings (video game), and change the Lemming header to:
This article is about the rodent. For the video game see Lemmings.
And then if someone add information about the movies or something we can just make Lemming have:
This article is about the rodent. For other uses see Lemming (disambiguation).
Well, what do you think? --ReCover 12:02, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
sounds good. 24.16.32.174 10:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I fixed it now. --ReCover 22:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Explosion Effects

"The explosion does not affect nearby lemmings." Am I recalling incorrectly that nearby lemmings go flying? (Also pauses them for a short time as they get to their feet.) Is that in a sequel and not in the original? I would think the right info is that it does not kill nearby lemmings, but maybe I'm wrong, so I'm not gonna change that myself. Someone else, please work it out! Kilyle 11:27, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you recall incorrectly :-) Cheers --Pak21 11:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
That was the effect in Lemmings 2: the Tribes. 212.69.55.152 11:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] screenshots of the ports are too small to see the differentces

you know, it would be better if we could expaned all those screenshots to a better size so that we can see the differentces more clearer AND it will save time having to click on them just to see them more clearly. do any of you agree on this? Touth 01:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Galleries automatically reduce the sizes of images contained therein. Also, hi-rez images are not generally good for fair use. Nifboy 02:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Just click and save the images (Personal attack removed) 24.19.185.92 05:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
(Also keep in mind that large images means you'd probably have to scroll down to compare anyway.)
And incidentally, maybe you're looking for differences at the wrong places? The lemmings themselves are pretty much identical across the different versions, except maybe for the PSP and PS2 ports. 24.19.185.92 05:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

if these crappy images are not good to look at then i STRONGLY suggest that they should be deleted EXCEPT for the boxarts. are you with me? 86.142.120.136 03:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

They're fine. We don't need huge images cluttering up the article, but the gallery of different versions of the game is very useful. Users can click on individual images to view them full-size. Powers 12:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

i agree with Touth. We SHOULD make these images BIGGER to at least medium-sized. 230px should be just about right. 86.142.120.220 02:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

We can't and still have them in a gallery. There are too many of them. Powers 14:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delay to Windows 3.1 development due to programmers' obsession with Lemmings for the Acorn Archimedes

Um ..this sounds very strange (in fact so strange that I can't be making it up!), but I remember reading something on the web around 5 years ago that claimed that the development of Windows 3.1 (I think it was 3.1) was delayed because coders had spent too much time in the office playing Lemmings.

Specifically I remembered it was the Archimedes (what a machine! - could have been a world beater - great British inginuity, poor British marketing) version, which seems strange because I don't thing Acorn computers ever sold in the US (though I guess a software company would collect all the latest hardware to play around with).

I can't find anything on the web now to support this, but I promise I'm not making it up!

Can anyone corroborate this? -Sctb 12:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I remember having read the exact same things, yes...but I can't remember where, unfortunately. I believe it was initially written in a magazine. Seemed a bit unlikely, though, but it'd make a great addition to the article if it could be verified. --ADeveria 12:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
So I'm not making it up! That's reassuring. Maybe I should post the same question on a Windows article entry? -Sctb 13:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I can confirm that this was printed in (at least) RISC User Magazine.[1] However, the source was annonymous. --Frodet 17:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
That's brilliant! - thanks. Anyone got any ideas of a developer/Windows messageboard where I could post this to try and follow it up? It's be great to track down one of those employees "involved" - thanks! -Sctb 17:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] King Arthur's World a similar game???

Sorry, I think that's a bit of a stretch. I read through the King Arthur's World article. I suppose you can argue "similarities" in the sense that you are directing your characters to a goal location, but that holds for lots of other video games so it's a rather weak similarity.

The main difference I'm seeing is that unlike Lemmings, the characters in King Arthur's World are not homogenous:

  1. only the King needs to reach the goal (the enemy king). In Lemmings you usually have to save a certain percentage of all the lemmings out in a level.
  2. the characters you are given have fixed skills associated with their roles, and you cannot change their roles. whereas in Lemmings, the set of skills given for a level can be assigned to any Lemming you want, and you can change skills on a single lemming at any given time (eg. build up a few times into a wall and then bash it).
  3. It is a little vague in the King Arthur's World article, but I'm not sure whether in that game you can control every single individual characters or just troops of them. It also seems that the characters will react on their own (eg. a knight will fight any incoming enemy you encountered without you telling it to do so). Granted, some of these characteristics can be said to apply to lemmings, but I think overall you have more direct control of your lemmings in Lemmings.

There's also the fact that the "feel" of the two games are no doubt different, particular as King Arthur's World involves battles and fighting between characters and enemy characters. Even when considering variants of Lemmings that have multiplayer battle modes, generally the lemmings still cannot directly harm other lemmings, though they can certainly manipulate them indirectly, by using their skills to alter the environment.

So, for these reasons, I'm removing it from the list of similar games. I imagine some might disagree. Feel free to expand on this with your views. 131.107.0.103 23:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Browser-based game

DHTML Lemmings was clearly a browser based game: do people feel this is significant enough to mean re-adding this to the category, or is it just an aside? Cheers --Pak21 14:45, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Price

Could be nice to note what this games costed in 1991. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.211.82.86 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Object Orientated

Someone told me Lemmings was the first Object Orientated coded video game. Is this true? Is Lemmings OO? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.103.126.84 (talk) 12:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

Lemmings was originally coded in assembly iirc, so I doubt you'd consider it OO. --MindlessXD 03:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nintendo DS

I'm pretty sure that Lemmings hasn't commercially been released on the DS. Google pulls up an independent Lemmings-DS port, but I'm fairly certain it isn't official by any means, so I don't know if that mention should be removed from the article or noted as being unofficial. I'm sure some of the others aren't official either, I just looked up the DS one because I was excited to read it as existing only to be disappointed that it doesn't, REALLY. :P --user.lain 17:08, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Music

I recall hearing In the Hall of the Mountain King in this game, but I don't recall the other tunes that accompanied the various levels. I'd list them out if I could! -- ke4roh 16:28, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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