Lemmings on Game Gear: the puzzle of guiding little characters to the exit. Intelligently ported to the portable with classic levels. Addictive and thoughtful as always.
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Category
Puzzle2 players3+
Description
The player guides Lemmings to the exit by assigning them roles such as digger or blocker in this Game Gear puzzle. Published by Ocean, released in the United States in July 1993. Crowd management puzzle with mindless Lemmings to direct, many assignable roles, progressively difficult levels. US edition.
Lemmings review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Handing the right job to the right lemming, opening a passage and saving the column before disaster turns every board into a riddle you want to crack in one sitting. The difficulty tightens in small touches and the glimpsed solution drives you to try again without relenting. The cursor handling sometimes lacks precision on a handheld, but the ingenuity demanded keeps an intact magnetic pull.
A port of DMA Design's cult puzzle, Lemmings asks you to guide little suicidal creatures to the exit by assigning roles such as digger, blocker or climber. The spatial thinking, time management and required ingenuity stay brilliant, but the Game Gear's small screen complicates reading the levels and the precision of orders. The genius of the concept shines through nonetheless. For a fan of logic puzzles or someone curious about a genre classic, the title keeps an intelligent challenge, with constrained playability.
