You can't fool me, the Mega Drive version was played in 50Hz as the version used in the footage was the European ROM. Without a doubt, the Mega Drive version is my favourite.
Yay! One of my requests has been fulfilled! Thanks! My only nitpicks are that the Commodore 64 version's intro and the DOS version's CGA mode were missed out. I had no idea the ZX Spectrum version was made all the way back in 1911! (They missed out the second C between the X and the I in the Roman numeral copyright date) I'm surprised the Commodore 64 version was made so late in that system's lifetime; you'd think it would've been made in '91 or '92. I'm looking forward to the version comparisons for Oh No! More Lemmings and Lemmings 2: The Tribes. I heard that the latter had Master System, Game Gear and possibly other versions that went unreleased. Fun Fact: The music that plays in most versions' intros (The one with the Lemmings floating out of their balloon and the one in front climbing up to the top of the letter L in the logo) is called "March of the Mods".
6:03 And there it is. The version of The CanCan that will forever be burned into my mind. What an absolute wave of nostalgia the Acorn port is. To this day, the only official port that has had as profound an impact on me was the MegaDrive version, so I think that speaks of how well this game has aged.
Yes remember playing the archimedes version of this at school during morning and afternoon registration and had a friend with the Amiga version. I had to put up the inferior Atari ST version at home.
The Archimedes version is the one I played back when I was a kid, so it's that one that holds the most nostalgia for me. I also had the PlayStation version, but it annoyed me because it didn't have the forest level, or the level with the snakes and blood and stuff in it, and those were my two favourite levels.
I played on an Amiga and thought that was clearly the best version of the ones shown-that was, until we got to the PSP version. Holy heck are those graphics awesome.
Because of the Motion controls on Wii, Wii U and Switch, along with the Stylus controls on DS, 3DS and Wii U they would've been perfect controls for Lemmings... but Lemmings are officially owned by Sony/PlayStation and they don't work with Nintendo(not counting Crash Bandicoot and Spyro), but no we get a Mobile Port which isn't all that good TBH
As much as I loved the Lynx version, coming to it as I did after the ST and Game Gear versions, putting the icons on a separate pause screen, really killed the frantic nature of the gameplay for me 😭
No. He is Luigi. "super luigi land" You can heard the Can Can music in Super Mario Advance 2. Highlight Erase File, hold the Select button and press Right (x9), Down (x11), Left (x15) and Up (x25 and then x12). A "Endings!" option will appear and selecting this gives the option to select endings. Ending 1 causes you go to the Ending after defeating Bowser. Ending 2 causes you go to the Ending after all the Yoshi coins collected. Ending 3 causes you go to the Ending after all goals found. And Ending 4 is similar to the Ending 3, but cut to Luigi shooting the blue, yellow and green Koopa Masks, then Cape Mario flying, then Mario and Luigi doing V sings, and credits scrolling up, although "Producer" becomes "Produce" and Shigeru Miyamoto's name was misspelled as Shiegru Mimoyato. And Can Can music is heard in this Ending. EDIT: This only works in the North America version, does nothing in other versions. ANOTHER EDIT: The Can Can music is based on Lemmings Acorn Archimedes version.
@@jasonlee7816 I must have been about 12, I think I kept it for a few months, maybe years, but my parents wanted me to throw it out so it went eventually.
Had this on ST, Game Gear and Lynx. Lynx version lost the frantic gameplay, by putting the icons on the pause screen. The machines low vertical resolution (102 pixels) meant some levels had to be redesigned as well.
Nice Comparison video. Pity that DOS version are vertically cropped (missing top and bottom parts of the picture). And Windows 95 version should have MIDI music (using MS Soft Synth).
Played a lot on the Atari ST version but when I saw it on the PSP, I played even more ! What a beautiful release very well adapted to this console with perfect controls !
It always bothers me, that in the (classic) intro the blocker actually blocks no one, there is just no lemming appearing, but as shown in the scene before, there were a lot of lemmings going to the left. So where are they?
Good thing they're just computer sprites, imagine having to get rid of blockers by blowing them up, instead of simply instructing them to stop blocking.
Acorn Archimedes has the most crisp graphics, and I still don't really understand why the musical arrangements in all other versions are so weird, with mistakes in the harmony and dodgy chord progressions, etc. The arc has more songs than most other versions, and much more effective orchestration! Of course I'm biased...guess which version I owned. Haha
Most versions use the Can Can song starting from the Amiga. I grew up with the PC DOS version, really love the 1st level Adlib song. I think Amstrad CPC also use this song, but inferior.
@@Daz555Daz yes they are, but I'd say that commercial games released in the last two decades fall in the after market territory. Eventho for computer games there is no licensing program in place (unlike for console games) so as far as officiality goes there is no difference between Lemmings and PETSCII Robots.
@@jasonlee7816 just because it could have been so much worse considering Spectrum development was dying out at the time and a lot of programmers were rushing stuff out just to rinse what was left of the 8 bit market. It felt like the Spectrum version was done with care.
Some interesting i find about the J2ME port is that there is a different version, which makes you play in sideways, which sort of makes it uncomfortable
It would have been nice if you included the J2ME Lemmings Returns. The original J2ME Lemmings is actually missing a lot of levels and only has 3 rankings, so Lemmings Returns is basically a part two.
I had no idea the Phillips CD-I version was so beautiful! Compare that with the 3DO one, which looks flat-out horrible with dated blurry graphics. Top 3: 1. Amiga CD32, 2. PSP, 3. CD-I
Interesting the variations in level 1 music across the different versions. I only knew the DOS version which I think is an original song. Funny the Atari ST version is the only one that uses 'She'll be coming 'round the mountain' while the majority use the Can Can song.
I finished this on the Amiga and I did it by playing a pirated PAL version that ran faster than it should have. I also finished the C64 version in an emulator. I only played it because it had mouse support. I played a few levels just to see how it played and before I knew it, I was playing through all of them. :) I can't imagine playing some of the higher levels with digital controls. I had enough trouble beating them with a mouse.
i see how the game works: you select the special lemming suited to the obstacle the walker lemmings are in front of then choose the lemming you want to be the special lemming
The original Amiga and the Amiga CD32 versions look best to me. Especially the CD32 version is interesting, have never tried it out. The sound seems to be better as in the original Amiga version, have to try it out myself.
How annoying is the number of versions in old games. I just want to sit down and play the best version, but before that I need to study all the versions to understand which one is the best...
There's a better looking mode for the DOS VGA graphics which is "High Performance PC". The in-game GUI has slightly better graphics, similar to the Amiga version. There's also a complete different music set for the Tandy computers which sounds close to the Atari ST version.
I think you typed that out wrong, but I see what you mean. It's typically the GBC's color limitations. The GBC has a 15-bit color palette (same as the SNES), but you can only have 10 colors onscreen with its base color mode. (I think another mode allowed for 26 and another 54?)
I do say the CDI ver. is pretty much stands out from the crowd along with the 3DO. Tho that PSX intro is surprising. The music tho...at the end of the day makes me think of this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--3i4GzaTAtM.html
Commet down below ur fav port intro(1), fav music(2), fav graphics(3), and fev overall port(4). 1:Philips 2:Commodore 64 3:Playstation, 4:Mega Drive (Sorry But You Cant Include the BONUS Port)
And include why: 1:B/C no laziness 2:Idk why. I J U S T L I K E I T. 3:The hair of the lemmings look better. 4:Bc it's unique unlike the others (It includes some oh no more lemmings levels and has the best ending if you beat sunsoft)
Original Amiga version is the best. Some of the console ports like 3DO/PC Engine have nice soundtracks but lose out on visuals and/or controls. The game was really meant to be played with a mouse. You could do a good modern port on Steam using the Amiga version or Switch with touch controls but too bad Sony owns the IP.
Almost all are good, except for the very low resolution ones. I prefer the Amiga versions, like A500, CD32, and CDTV (which is actually an A500+CD). The game is identical for the three.
Anyone else find it sad that out of the thirty officially released versions of the game, only SIX have two-player mode? Like, seriously? Not even the PS1 or PS2 versions have it?
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