Lemmings (video game)

Lemmings
Developer(s)	DMA Design Sunsoft (SNES, SMD) Probe Software (GG, SMS) Psygnosis (CPC, 3DO, ZX) Ocean Software (NES) E&E Software (C64)
Publisher(s)	Psygnosis Sunsoft (SNES, SMD, NES (NA)) Sega (GG, SMS) Atari Corporation (LYNX) Ocean Software (GB, NES (EU)) Philips Media (CD-i)
Designer(s)	David Jones
Programmer(s)	David Jones Russell Kay Mike Dailly
Artist(s)	Gary Timmons Scott Johnston Mike Dailly
Composer(s)	Tim Wright Brian Johnston
Series	Lemmings
Platform(s)	Amiga MS-DOS, Mac OS, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, CDTV, Acorn Archimedes, PC-98, FM Towns, X68000, Super NES, PC Engine, Mega Drive, Game Gear, Amstrad CPC, Master System, NES, Commodore 64, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Atari Lynx, SAM Coupé, Game Boy, CD-i, Amiga CD32, J2ME
Release	14 February 1991 Amiga EU: 14 February 1991 NA: 1992 MS-DOS NA: 1991 Mac OS NA: 1991 Atari ST EU: 1991 ZX Spectrum EU: 1991 Archimedes EU: 1991 PC-98 JP: 1991 CDTV EU: 1992 FM Towns JP: 1992 X68000 JP: 1992 PC Engine NA: 1992 JP: 1992 Super NES JP: December 1991 NA: March 1992 EU: August 1992 Master System EU: November 1992 Mega Drive/Genesis NA: July 1992 JP: 20 November 1992 EU: December 1992 Game Gear NA: 1992 EU: December 1992 CPC EU: 1992 NES NA: November 1992 EU: 19 May 1993 C64 EU: 1992 NA: 1993 3DO NA: 1993 Lynx NA: 1993 SAM Coupé EU: 1993 Game Boy EU: 1993 NA: August 1994 CD-i EU: 1993 NA: 1995 CD32 EU: 1994 J2ME NA: 2005
Genre(s)	Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Some lemmings

Lemmings is a 1991 puzzle strategy video game made by DMA Design. It was published by Psygnosis. They made it for the Amiga. It was later made for other video game systems. The game was programmed by Russell Kay, Mike Dailly and David Jones. The game was inspired by a simple animation that Dailly created while experimenting with Deluxe Paint.

The goal of the game is to guide a group of anthropomorphised lemmings through a number of obstacles to an exit. The player must save a set number or percentage of the lemmings in order to beat that level. The player must decide how to assign limited amounts of eight different skills to individual lemmings. Those skills them to change the landscape and/or their own behaviour so that enough of the lemmings can reach the exit safely.

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. It 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. It is estimated to have sold around 20 million copies between its various ports. The popularity of the game also led to the creation of several other Lemmings games, remakes and spin-offs. It has also inspired similar games. Despite its success, Lemmings lost popularity by the late 1990s. The loss was attributed in part to its slow pace of gameplay compared to games of later generations.