Trivia / Lemmings

• Author's Saving Throw: The Master System and Game Gear versions of Lemmings 2 were practically lost media, having been developed in parallel with the Gameboy version, only to not be released. One of the development team however dumped the final, fully playable, prototypes on the internet, with the only quirk being some levels being based around the same basic solution.^note A single lemming moving through a maze and then using the laser blaster to drop all the lemmings at the entrance outside the exit.
• Dummied Out:
  • Many ports don't include the unique Shout-Out levels or the All the 6's level. Also, the Windows 95 port did not include the music tracks based on "How much is that Doggie in the Window" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
  • The crystal tile-set contains a functional shredder trap that does not appear in any of the official levels.
• Feelies: Lemmings 2 (the Amiga version at least) included a prologue in the form of an honest-to-god, colour-illustrated children's book about the somewhat inept Jimmy B. McLemming's mission to warn the other tribes to bring their talismans. McLemming's exploits continued in the manual for the sequel, Lemmings Chronicles, before the entire storyline was dropped from the franchise.
• Follow the Leader: A case where the main game is still very popular, but nobody remembers all the imitators it has spawned. Troddlers? Creepers? Anyone? ^note  Okay, at least ONE person remembers Troddlers (even calling it underrated), but that's not the point here.
• Killer App: Although it's a multi-platform game, it started on the Amiga and was regarded as one of the best games of the platform.
• Market-Based Title: All-New World of Lemmings was released as The Lemmings Chronicles in America.
• Missing Episode: The Windows 95 version removed several levels from the original game.
  • All of the levels using special graphics ("A Beast of a Level", "MENACING!!", "What an AWESOME Level", "A Beast II of a Level") were removed, presumably due to the game engine's inability to replicate them.
  • "All the 6's", presumably due to censorship reasons.
  • The first "We All Fall Down", possibly to cut down on excessive repetition or because it was the 13th level.
  • The Oh No! More Lemmings level "Introducing SUPERLEMMING" was omitted, likely due to the game engine's inability to reproduce the fast-forward gimmick that the original level employed. Additionally, for seemingly no reason, the last four levels of the first difficulty rank (Tame) were also cut.
  • All the above levels in fact still exist in the data files (though the graphics for the special levels do not, only their actual level data), but simply cannot be accessed in game. By hacking the game, or simply examining the level files with a level editor, these levels can be confirmed to exist in the data.
• Multi-Disc Work: The Amiga version has two disks, while the DOS version has three for its 5.25'' version.
• Port Overdosed: One of the top examples. Lemmings has been released for practically everything with an electronic display from the past 20 years, at least up until the Sony takeover..

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