Lemmings on the ZX Spectrum Next. I took this not long after I got mine in 2020.

> A series of pictures I made to decorate the bathrooms in Hotel Indigo Dundee. The hotel's decoration is heavily influenced by Dundee's history, and I was asked to create something that incorporated Lemmings, a video game franchise that originated in the city.

Lots more here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Bml13r

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/2188663

> From Lemmings to auto-theft.

I think it's close enough to Christmas for me to post this now.

This was a poster a friend gave me randomly. I'm not familiar with the magazine/comic it came from (Big Fun?).

cross-posted from: https://retrolemmy.com/post/1811714

> - Lemmings (Review) > > > Full issue on archive.org

> Join Stuart Gipp and master of remembering Dave Bulmer as they cling to their respective parasols and float down the Lemmings gameography, taking in classics, missteps, and weird choices that pay off.

cross-posted from: https://retrolemmy.com/post/786721

> A cannon fodder clone with a lemmings skin > > https://www.mobygames.com/game/2614/lemmings-paintball/

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From Max Overload, issue 2.

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/jackchickengravy/art/Lemmings-780061746

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/braindigger/art/Lemming-Builder-815689065

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/reachfarhigh/art/Walked-off-a-cliff-911622667

I picked this up in a charity shop some time ago and was trying to run it on Windows 95 with no luck. Just happened upon this guide which says it works on Windows 10 - ran through it and played the first couple of easy levels. It does work!

No scrolling required!

I think mine is the Shadow tribe. I love the whole aesthetic, smoke from the chimneys, and the exit is a TARDIS... um, I mean, blue police box... how cool is that?

!Lemmings 2 shadow tribe screenshot

The dinos in the Cavelem tribe are super cute though.

What's your favourite tribe and why?

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Another day, another level of Lemmings! This one is rather simple.

Another day, another level of Lemmings!

Another day, another level of Lemmings! This time I added some CRT shaders and it looks much better.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/658715

> Why YSK > > One Of Lemmy's creators mentioned it as part of the inspiration for the name, so it's a nice dive to play the game. > > Per Wikipedia > > In a 2020 post, Lemmy's co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. "It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals. I was playing that old-school game Lemmings, and Lemmy (from Motorhead) had passed away that week, and we held a few polls for names, and I went with that."

Another day, another level of Lemmings!

Another day, another level of Lemmings!

Another day, another level of Lemmings!

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/retrogaming/t/33037

> I'd love to hear the conversation that took place sometime in the early 90s about converting Lemmings to the humble ZX Spectrum. > > "Sir, we've got this great idea for a Spectrum port!" > "Go on..." > "It's colourful, mouse-driven, with pixel-level graphic detail and many, many moving characters." > "Ummm..." > > Anyway, somehow someone thought it would be possible and it happened. In fact, it happened to all the 8-bit home computers. But, did it end up as a floater or was it led over the edge to die? > > Let's go! > > Screenshot of Amiga Lemmings > > Everyone knows Amiga Lemmings, right? Of course you do... it's almost the Mario of the Amiga scene. Level after level of convoluted, destructible landscapes. A continuous stream of tiny, potentially multi-talented rodents. Some quirky British humour that manifests in things like the self-destruct button or the catchy music... > > It's a game that has aged like fine wine and can still entertain today. If you somehow haven't played it, go dig up a copy today. It's great! > > Screenshot of Spectrum Lemmings > > Uhoh! first and worst of all is the ZX Spectrum. Actually, I found it difficult to know where to place this one. It plays reasonably well, and captures that basic Lemmings-ness. But it looks so... ugh. > > I appreciate the problem. Lemmings requires pixel-level detail; Spectrums can do two colours per 8x8 square. So it is monochrome by necessity. But BOY is it monochrome. It's aggressively monochrome. No nuance or detail. It looks like the Amiga gfx were sampled down to 2 colours and that's it. > > Boo! > > Screenshot of Amstrad Lemmings > > The Amstrad port is better, in looks at least. The graphics are bright and chunky, and the play area is large. What lets this port down is the speed. It's very slow. The "mouse" pointer is unresponsive and sluggish which makes it hard to control. > > Also, the music sounds ever so slightly wrong, to the point where it makes you feel on edge. > > It's not terrible though. > > Screenshot of C64 Lemmings > > Best of the 8-bits is the C64 version. This port has good music, the graphics are nice and detailed, and the game is snappy and controls well. > > What let's this one down is that the play area is kind of squeezed down to a narrow strip in the centre of the screen. For a game that requires you to see what is coming to the left and the right, this means you end up scrolling a lot. Still, it's not a deal breaker. > > So, for 8-bits at least, a C64 win! > > Console port comparison > > There were many other Lemmings ports, of course, most notably to the popular consoles of the day. This isn't a format you'd expect to do well with a generally mouse-based game, but they all turned out pretty good... > > MegaDrive and SNES both got a port. The MD version was my weapon of choice growing up, and it plays really well. The SNES version is similarly good, and both are well worth a look today. > > NES got a port, and it's okay, the worst of the consoles... It seems to play way too fast, which makes even the early levels tricksy. > > Biggest surprise is the MasterSystem. Its port is rad! Looks great, sounds great, plays really well and has some amazingly clear speech samples.

Another day, another level of Lemmings!

Play online here https://plus4world.powweb.com/play/lemmings_zip

Felt a little nostalgic, so here's a video of the 1st level. I'm planning on recording all of them eventually.

Recordings of my Lemmings music recorded from the MOD files... pure and simple!

Mike Clarke and Tim Wright play "Something from Lemmings" live at the Amiga 30th Anniversary show in Peterborough.

Lemmings started life as a simple animation back in August 1989 when DMA Design had just moved into their first office...

I found out about and got hold of these during lockdown.

Bookwyrm links:

The Genesis Quest

The Hypnosis Enigma

Well, what can I say, I've been inspired by this community.