<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
–	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
for	O
numerous	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Russell	O
Kay	O
,	O
Mike	O
Dailly	O
and	O
David	O
Jones	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
simple	O
animation	O
that	O
Dailly	O
created	O
while	O
experimenting	O
with	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
guide	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
anthropomorphised	O
lemmings	B-Device
through	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
obstacles	O
to	O
a	O
designated	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
save	O
the	O
required	O
number	O
of	O
lemmings	B-Device
to	O
win	O
,	O
one	O
must	O
determine	O
how	O
to	O
assign	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
eight	O
different	O
skills	O
to	O
specific	O
lemmings	B-Device
that	O
allow	O
the	O
selected	O
lemming	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
landscape	O
,	O
to	O
affect	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
other	O
lemmings	B-Device
,	O
or	O
to	O
clear	O
obstacles	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
safe	O
passage	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-received	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
ported	O
and	O
best-selling	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
estimated	O
to	O
have	O
sold	O
around	O
20	O
million	O
copies	O
between	O
its	O
various	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
sequels	B-Language
,	O
remakes	O
and	O
spin-offs	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
also	O
inspired	O
similar	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
is	O
divided	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
,	O
grouped	O
into	O
four	O
difficulty	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
level	O
begins	O
with	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
trap	O
doors	O
opening	O
from	O
above	O
,	O
releasing	O
a	O
steady	O
line	O
of	O
lemmings	B-Device
who	O
all	O
follow	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levels	O
include	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
obstacles	O
that	O
prevent	O
lemmings	B-Device
from	O
reaching	O
the	O
exit	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
large	O
drops	O
,	O
booby	O
traps	O
and	O
pools	O
of	O
lava	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
is	O
to	O
guide	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
green-haired	O
,	O
blue-robed	O
lemmings	B-Device
from	O
the	O
entrance	O
to	O
the	O
exit	O
by	O
clearing	O
or	O
creating	O
a	O
safe	O
passage	O
through	O
the	O
landscape	O
for	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
level	O
has	O
a	O
time	O
limit	O
;	O
if	O
the	O
timer	O
expires	O
,	O
the	O
level	O
ends	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
evaluated	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
lemmings	B-Device
rescued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
successfully	O
complete	O
the	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
assign	O
specific	O
skills	O
to	O
certain	O
lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Which	O
skills	O
and	O
how	O
many	O
uses	O
of	O
each	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
varies	O
from	O
level	O
to	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
assign	O
the	O
skills	O
carefully	O
to	O
successfully	O
guide	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bombers	O
explode	O
after	O
a	O
five-second	O
timer	O
,	O
destroying	O
themselves	O
and	O
any	O
destructible	O
landscape	O
in	O
close	O
proximity	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
damaging	O
other	O
lemmings	B-Device
or	O
traps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockers	O
stand	O
still	O
and	O
prevent	O
other	O
lemmings	B-Device
from	O
passing	O
;	O
lemmings	B-Device
that	O
hit	O
a	O
Blocker	O
simply	O
reverse	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
pause	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
inspect	O
the	O
level	O
and	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
,	O
skills	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
assigned	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
are	O
initially	O
released	O
at	O
a	O
rate	O
predetermined	O
by	O
the	O
level	O
(	O
from	O
1	O
to	O
99	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
"	O
nuke	O
"	O
all	O
the	O
remaining	O
lemmings	B-Device
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
converting	O
them	O
to	O
Bombers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
option	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
abort	O
a	O
level	O
when	O
in	O
a	O
no-win	O
situation	O
,	O
remove	O
any	O
Blockers	O
that	O
remain	O
after	O
the	O
remaining	O
lemmings	B-Device
have	O
been	O
rescued	O
,	O
or	O
end	O
a	O
level	O
quickly	O
once	O
the	O
required	O
percentage	O
of	O
saved	O
lemmings	B-Device
has	O
been	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
rating	O
reflects	O
several	O
factors	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
obstacles	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
surpass	O
,	O
the	O
limitation	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
types	O
of	O
skills	O
available	O
to	O
assign	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
limit	O
,	O
the	O
minimum	O
rate	O
of	O
lemming	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
lemmings	B-Device
that	O
must	O
be	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Lemmings	B-Device
also	O
has	O
20	O
two-player	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
ability	O
to	O
support	O
two	O
mice	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
mouse	O
and	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
map	O
(	O
on	O
a	O
vertically	O
split	O
screen	O
)	O
,	O
can	O
only	O
give	O
orders	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
lemmings	B-Device
(	O
green	O
or	O
blue	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
their	O
own	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
get	O
more	O
lemmings	B-Device
(	O
regardless	O
of	O
colour	O
)	O
into	O
one	O
's	O
own	O
base	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
cycles	O
through	O
the	O
20	O
levels	O
until	O
neither	O
player	O
gets	O
any	O
lemmings	B-Device
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Dailly	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
employee	O
of	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
programmers	O
for	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
provided	O
a	O
detailed	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
entitled	O
"	O
The	O
Lemmings	B-Device
Story	O
"	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Jones	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
DMA	O
Design	O
,	O
has	O
also	O
commented	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
success	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inspiration	O
for	O
gameplay	O
came	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
simple	O
animated	O
character	O
sprite	O
in	O
an	O
8×8	O
pixel	O
box	O
created	O
by	O
Dailly	O
using	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
development	O
for	O
Walker	B-Application
,	O
then	O
envisioned	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
to	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
lemmings	B-Device
"	O
for	O
these	O
creations	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Dailly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allowing	O
the	O
creatures	O
to	O
move	O
across	O
the	O
landscape	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Salamander	B-Application
weapon	O
concept	O
for	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
and	O
demonstrated	O
with	O
the	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levels	O
were	O
designed	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
interface	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
members	O
to	O
design	O
levels	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
"	O
hundreds	O
of	O
levels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
the	O
designers	O
had	O
a	O
somewhat	O
different	O
style	O
in	O
their	O
levels	O
:	O
Dailly	O
's	O
levels	O
often	O
had	O
titles	O
containing	O
clues	O
to	O
what	O
to	O
do	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
Hero	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
one	O
lemming	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
separated	O
from	O
the	O
crowd	O
)	O
and	O
generally	O
required	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
perform	O
several	O
actions	O
at	O
once	O
;	O
Gary	O
Timmons	O
's	O
levels	O
were	O
minimalistic	O
,	O
with	O
popular	O
culture	O
references	O
in	O
the	O
titles	O
,	O
and	O
Scott	O
Johnston	O
's	O
(	O
whose	O
mother	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
voice	O
of	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
)	O
levels	O
were	O
generally	O
tightly	O
packed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dailly	O
was	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
custom	O
"	O
levels	O
based	O
on	O
other	O
Psygnosis	O
and	O
Reflections	O
Interactive	O
Amiga	B-Device
games	O
,	O
including	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
,	O
Menace	B-Application
,	O
Awesome	B-Application
and	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timmons	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
the	O
official	O
drawings	O
of	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
,	O
as	O
necessitated	O
by	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
Psygnosis	O
for	O
box	O
cover	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
11	O
,	O
"	O
Dance	O
of	O
the	O
Reed	O
Flutes	O
"	O
from	O
Tchaikovsky	O
's	O
Nutcracker	O
Suite	O
,	O
"	O
Dance	O
of	O
the	O
Little	O
Swans	O
"	O
from	O
Tchaikovsky	O
's	O
Swan	O
Lake	O
,	O
"	O
Ten	O
Lemmings	B-Device
"	O
(	O
a	O
track	O
that	O
uses	O
melodies	O
from	O
traditional	O
song	O
"	O
Ten	O
Green	O
Bottles	O
"	O
,	O
Chopin	O
's	O
Piano	O
Sonata	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two-player	O
option	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
then-current	O
games	O
Populous	B-Application
and	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMA	O
Design	O
initially	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
null-modem	O
connection	O
between	O
two	O
machines	O
to	O
allow	O
competitive	O
play	O
,	O
but	O
ended	O
up	O
using	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
to	O
have	O
two	O
mouse	O
pointer	O
devices	O
usable	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
and	O
thus	O
created	O
the	O
split-screen	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
led	O
to	O
its	O
rapid	O
porting	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
ported	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Sinclair	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
PC	O
and	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
commercial	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
include	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
NES	O
,	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
and	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
clone	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
,	O
called	O
Pingus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
license	O
to	O
the	O
Lemmings	B-Device
intellectual	O
property	O
had	O
remained	O
with	O
Psygnosis	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
1993	O
but	O
ultimately	O
folded	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
leaving	O
Lemmings	B-Device
as	O
a	O
Sony	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2006	O
,	O
Sony	O
released	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Team17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
all	O
120	O
levels	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
36	O
brand-new	O
levels	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
DataPack	O
support	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Extra	O
Track	O
system	O
featured	O
in	O
Wipeout	B-Device
Pure	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
user-level	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
levels	O
can	O
be	O
constructed	O
from	O
pre-rendered	O
objects	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
uploading	B-Application
them	O
to	O
a	O
PlayStation-specific	O
Lemmings	B-Device
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
by	O
developer	O
Rusty	O
Nutz	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
with	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
EyeToy	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
change	O
in	O
the	O
concept	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
stretch	O
and	O
use	O
their	O
limbs	O
in	O
the	O
recorded	O
picture	O
to	O
aid	O
the	O
lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Team17	O
produced	O
a	O
similar	O
remake	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
for	O
download	O
through	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
the	O
similar	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
as	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
title	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on-line	O
scoreboards	O
and	O
additional	O
levels	O
developed	O
for	O
high-definition	O
display	O
,	O
but	O
lacks	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
share	O
levels	O
as	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
offers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
remake	O
,	O
Lemmings	B-Device
Touch	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
on	O
27	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
D3T	O
Ltd	O
.	O
Sony	O
studio	O
Sad	O
Puppy	O
released	O
a	O
mobile-friendly	O
version	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
received	O
some	O
expansion	O
packs	O
following	O
its	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
data	O
disk	O
or	O
standalone	O
game	O
,	O
added	O
five	O
varying	O
difficulties	O
–	O
Tame	O
,	O
Crazy	O
,	O
Wild	O
,	O
Wicked	O
and	O
Havoc	O
–	O
each	O
with	O
20	O
new	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
expansion	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
DOS	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
SAM	B-Device
Coupé	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
levels	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
Lemmings	B-Device
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Slingsby	O
of	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
found	O
the	O
game	O
addictive	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
puzzles	O
"	O
ingenious	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Peter	O
Lee	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
praised	O
the	O
quality	O
and	O
difficulty	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
;	O
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
was	O
disappointed	O
by	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
fixes	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Ed	O
Ricketts	O
of	O
ST	O
Format	O
criticised	O
the	O
difficulty	O
gradient	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
and	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
expansion	O
,	O
but	O
both	O
ultimately	O
gave	O
positive	O
reviews	O
nonetheless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christmas	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Holiday	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
short	O
games	O
released	O
between	O
1991	O
and	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
as	O
Xmas	O
Lemmings	B-Device
as	O
two	O
four-level	O
demos	O
in	O
1991	O
and	O
1992	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
later	O
full	O
retail	O
releases	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1993	O
and	O
1994	O
,	O
both	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
32	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
were	O
well-received	O
;	O
Rob	O
Mead	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
funny	O
,	O
frustrating	O
and	O
incredibly	O
addictive	O
"	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
disappointed	O
by	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
Will	O
Greenwald	O
of	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
ranked	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
Christmas	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
sales	O
for	O
Lemmings	B-Device
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
topped	O
55,000	O
copies	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
sales	O
;	O
in	O
comparison	O
,	O
Menace	B-Application
sold	O
20,000	O
copies	O
and	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
sold	O
40,000	O
copies	O
cumulatively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
all	O
ports	O
included	O
,	O
Mike	O
Dailly	O
estimated	O
that	O
15	O
million	O
copies	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
were	O
sold	O
between	O
1991	O
and	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
Lemmings	B-Device
received	O
several	O
high	O
scores	O
from	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
receiving	O
some	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Sears	O
of	O
Compute	O
!,	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
perhaps	O
Psygnosis	O
has	O
tapped	O
into	O
the	O
human	O
instinct	O
for	O
survival	O
in	O
formulating	O
this	O
perfect	O
blend	O
of	O
puzzle	O
,	O
strategy	B-Application
,	O
and	O
action.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Lemmings	B-Device
is	O
absolutely	O
brilliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
from	O
the	O
Australian	O
Commodore	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Review	O
(	O
ACAR	O
)	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
above	O
all	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
is	O
simple	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Not	O
since	O
Tetris	B-Device
has	O
this	O
reviewer	O
been	O
so	O
addicted	O
to	O
,	O
or	O
completely	O
fascinated	O
with	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
challenging	O
puzzles	O
...	O
follow	O
the	O
crowd	O
and	O
get	O
Lemmings	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lessers	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1993	O
in	O
Dragon	O
,	O
also	O
giving	O
that	O
version	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
complimented	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
version	O
's	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
options	O
and	O
password	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
remarked	O
,	O
"	O
Lemmings	B-Device
has	O
always	O
been	O
a	O
good	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
version	O
continues	O
the	O
tradition.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
they	O
reviewed	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
version	O
,	O
criticising	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
nothing	O
but	O
the	O
obligatory	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
intro	O
to	O
set	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
numerous	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
released	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
four	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
made	O
the	O
same	O
criticisms	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
former	O
16-bit	O
puzzler	O
is	O
n't	O
going	O
anywhere	O
new	O
on	O
the	O
CD-i.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generations	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
assessed	O
that	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
've	O
played	O
any	O
version	O
,	O
you	O
've	O
played	O
this	O
one	O
,	O
too	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
you	O
have	O
n't	O
tried	O
it	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
ones	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
still	O
one	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
addictive	O
as	O
hell.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Lemmings	B-Device
the	O
12th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
declared	O
it	O
the	O
8th-greatest	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
second	O
only	O
to	O
Tetris	B-Device
"	O
in	O
the	O
puzzle	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
readers	O
of	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
voted	O
Lemmings	B-Device
as	O
the	O
21st-top	O
retro	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
editors	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
perhaps	O
Psygnosis	O
 '	O
finest	O
hour	O
and	O
a	O
turning	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
puzzle	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
PC	O
Format	O
named	O
Lemmings	B-Device
one	O
of	O
the	O
50	O
best	O
computer	O
games	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
Lemmings	B-Device
the	O
30th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
puzzlers	O
ever	O
released	O
for	O
PC	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
cleaner	O
and	O
less	O
complicated	O
"	O
than	O
its	O
sequel	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
70th	O
on	O
its	O
"	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
81st	O
on	O
their	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
summarizing	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
game	O
that	O
spawned	O
a	O
dozen	O
imitators	O
is	O
still	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
platform	O
puzzlers	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
inspired	O
several	O
sequels	B-Language
,	O
including	O
the	O
Christmas	O
Lemmings	B-Device
short	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
released	O
between	O
1991	O
and	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
1991	O
expansion	O
Oh	O
No	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
Lemmings	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stand-alone	O
sequels	B-Language
were	O
Lemmings	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Tribes	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
All	B-Application
New	I-Application
World	I-Application
of	I-Application
Lemmings	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
3D	B-Application
Lemmings	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
and	O
Lemmings	B-Operating_System
Revolution	I-Operating_System
(	O
2000	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid-1995	O
,	O
Lemmings	B-Device
and	O
its	O
sequels	B-Language
had	O
accumulated	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
spin-off	O
games	O
were	O
also	O
made	O
,	O
both	O
in	O
1996	O
;	O
Lemmings	B-Application
Paintball	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Lomax	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intellectual	O
property	O
(	O
IP	O
)	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
stayed	O
with	O
the	O
initial	O
publisher	O
Psygnosis	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
gained	O
the	O
IP	O
for	O
Lemmings	B-Device
from	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
though	O
only	O
had	O
two	O
entries	O
:	O
the	O
2006	O
Lemmings	B-Device
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
mobile	O
title	O
Lemmings	B-Device
:	O
The	O
Puzzle	O
Adventure	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exient	O
produced	O
a	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
documentary	O
of	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
clones	B-Application
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
were	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
was	O
The	B-Application
Humans	I-Application
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
game	O
concepts	O
have	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Pingus	B-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
safely	O
guide	O
penguins	O
across	O
landscapes	O
using	O
a	O
similar	O
array	O
of	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
similar	O
games	O
include	O
Clones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yannick	O
LeJacq	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
,	O
commenting	O
on	O
the	O
2014	O
game	O
MouseCraft	B-Application
which	O
incorporates	O
elements	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
and	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
speculated	O
that	O
games	O
like	O
Lemmings	B-Device
would	O
not	O
be	O
very	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
gaming	O
market	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
pace	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
far	O
too	O
slow	O
to	O
satisfy	O
most	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Graham	O
Cormode	O
proved	O
that	O
deciding	O
whether	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
level	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
is	O
NP-hard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Lemmings	B-Device
would	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
by	O
developer	O
Mobile	O
1UP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Mobile	O
1UP	O
has	O
released	O
a	O
re-worked	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
done	O
in	O
2010	O
with	O
a	O
prehistoric	O
setting	O
(	O
new	O
artwork	O
,	O
sfx	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
levels	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Caveman	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	O
Deluxe	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
who	O
did	O
the	O
porting	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
,	O
has	O
released	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
has	O
also	O
been	O
called	O
a	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
modern	O
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
(	O
RTS	O
)	O
video	O
game	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1991	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
article	O
claimed	O
that	O
Lemmings	B-Device
"	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
game	O
to	O
introduce	O
the	O
'	O
indirect-control	O
'	O
concept	O
,	O
"	O
an	O
element	O
that	O
is	O
now	O
common	O
in	O
many	O
RTS	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
developer	O
Bob	O
Fitch	O
said	O
that	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
Warcraft	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Orcs	I-Application
&	I-Application
Humans	I-Application
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
developing	O
a	O
competitive	O
multiplayer	O
RTS	O
that	O
combined	O
elements	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Lost	I-Application
Vikings	I-Application
(	O
which	O
he	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
)	O
and	O
Lemmings	B-Device
;	O
Fitch	O
said	O
"	O
We	O
just	O
went	O
,	O
'	O
Oh	O
it	O
's	O
so	O
cool	O
when	O
you	O
see	O
lots	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Device
all	O
over	O
the	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
introduction	O
of	O
RTS	O
elements	O
has	O
been	O
noted	O
by	O
fantasy	O
author	O
Terry	O
Pratchett	O
;	O
in	O
his	O
novel	O
Interesting	O
Times	O
,	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
golems	B-Application
is	O
controlled	O
in	O
a	O
fashion	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
Lemmings	B-Device
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ca	O
n't	O
imagine	O
how	O
anyone	O
thought	O
that	O
...	O
Not	O
only	O
did	O
I	O
wipe	O
Lemmings	B-Device
from	O
my	O
hard	O
disk	O
,	O
I	O
overwrote	O
it	O
so	O
I	O
could	O
n't	O
get	O
it	O
back.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lemmings	B-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
games	O
featured	O
in	O
a	O
stamp	O
series	O
issued	O
by	O
the	O
Royal	O
Mail	O
in	O
2020	O
to	O
pay	O
tribute	O
to	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
's	O
early	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
