Comparison of Lemmings ports

Main article: Lemmings (video game)

General information

Platform	Developer	Publisher	Released
Commodore Amiga	DMA Design	Psygnosis	19910214February 14, 1991
Atari ST	DMA Design	Psygnosis	199103March 1991
MS-DOS	DMA Design	Psygnosis	19910721July 21, 1991
ZX Spectrum	DMA Design?	Psygnosis	1991
Commodore Amiga CDTV	DMA Design	Psygnosis	0question1991?
Super Nintendo	Sunsoft	Sunsoft	19911218December 18, 1991
Arcade (prototype only)	Data East USA	TBA	unreleased (developed in 1991)
PC-98	BANDIT Inc.	Imagineer	1991
Acorn Archimedes	Krisalis Software	Krisalis Software	1992
Nintendo	Ocean Software	Sunsoft	1992
TurboGrafx-CD	?	Sunsoft	199211November 1992
Atari Lynx	DMA Design	Psygnosis	1992
Sega Master System	Probe Software Limited	Sega	1992
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive	Psygnosis	Sunsoft	1992
Amstrad CPC	DMA Design	Psygnosis	1992
SAM Coupé	Chris White	FRED Publishing	0question1993? 1994?
Commodore 64	E & E Software	Psygnosis	1993
Commodore Amiga CD32	DMA Design	Psygnosis	0question1994?
CD-i	DMA Design	Philips Interactive Media	1994
Sega Game Gear	Probe Software Limited	Sega	1994
Game Boy	Ocean Software	Ocean Software	1994
3DO	DMA Design	Psygnosis	1994
Windows 95	Visual Science	Psygnosis	1995
Apple Macintosh	DMA Design	Psygnosis	1995
OS/2 (demo only)	?	Psygnosis	1995
Apple IIGS	Brutal Deluxe Software	DMA Design	1997
PlayStation	Distinctive Developments	Psygnosis	1998
Game Boy Color	Take-Two Interactive	Take-Two Interactive?	2000
Cambridge Z88	Dominic Morris	?	2000
Mobile phone (Java ME)	?	?	2005
Amstrad GX4000	DMA Design	Psygnosis	1993
PlayStation Portable	Team17	Sony Computer Entertainment	200603March 2006 (Japan/Europe) 200605May 2006 (North America)
PlayStation 2	Team17	Sony Computer Entertainment	200603March 2006 (Japan/Europe) 200605May 2006 (North America)

Feature comparison

Platform	Levels	Two Player	Fast Forward	Action Replay	Maximum number of lemmings	Map thumbnail	Adjustable release rate
Commodore Amiga	120	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Atari ST	120	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
MS-DOS	120	No	No	No	80	Yes	Yes
ZX Spectrum	60	No	No	No	20	No	Yes
Commodore Amiga CDTV	120?	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Super Nintendo	125	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Acorn Archimedes	120	No	Yes	No	100	Yes	Yes
Arcade (prototype only)[2][3]	67[1]	Yes	Yes	No	25	Yes	Yes
Nintendo	100	No	No	No	14[4]	No	No
TurboGrafx-CD	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Atari Lynx[5]	120	No	Yes	No	40	No	Yes
Sega Master System	120	No	No	No	20	No	Yes
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive	180[6]	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Amstrad CPC[7][8][9]	60	No	No	No	50	Yes	Yes
SAM Coupé[10][11]	120	No	No	No	20	No	Yes
Commodore 64	100	No	No	No	100	No	Yes
Commodore Amiga CD32	120?	Yes	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Philips CD-i	120	No	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
Sega Game Gear [13]	120	No	No	No	20	No	Yes
Game Boy	100	No	No	No	14	No	No
3DO	120	No	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
Windows 95[12]	116	No	Yes	Yes	100	Yes	Yes
Apple Macintosh[12]	120	No	Yes	Yes	80	Yes	Yes
OS/2 (demo only)	?	No	?	?	?	?	?
Apple IIGS	92	No	Yes	No	40-100	Yes	Yes
PlayStation[12]	209	Yes	Yes	Yes	100	Yes	Yes
Game Boy Color	209	Yes	Yes	Yes	100	Yes	Yes
Mobile phone (Java ME)	120	Yes	Yes	Yes	100	Yes	Yes
Amstrad GX4000	120	?	?	?	100	?	?
PlayStation Portable	156	No	Yes	No	100	No	Yes
PlayStation 3	45	No	Yes	No	100	Yes	Yes
Game Boy Advance	120	No	Yes	No	40	No	Yes
Nintendo DS	292	No	Yes	No	100	Yes	Yes
Commodore Plus/4	120	No	No	No	60	Yes	Yes
Java	120	No	Yes	Yes	100	Yes	Yes
DHTML	40	No	Yes	No	100	No	Yes
UIQ2/3 Smartphones	120	No	No	No	100	Yes	Yes
MSX2	60	No	No	No	20	No	Yes
Palm Pilot	180	No	No	No	20	No	No
Pocket PC	120	No	No	No	100	No	No
Cambridge Z88	60	Two	Fast	Action	20	?	?

Notes

• 1 ^ In this prototype, when you finish the last level, the game jumps back to level 45.
• 2 ^ The time limit works differently from most (if not all) other ports:
  • The amount of time left when you finish a level is carried over to the next level.
  • After saving a certain amount of lemmings from previous levels, you get a time bonus.
  • Whenever the time runs out, the game pauses, and you are prompted to insert coin in order to continue. You are then given three minutes when you continue.
  • The clock goes at the same speed even when you pause or fast forward the game.
• 3 ^ When a lemming is assigned bomber, there is no 5-second countdown like most other ports, instead the lemming explodes immediately.
• 4 ^ With one exception, on every level at most 14 lemmings come out of the entrances. The exception is the level 'CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN' (21st level in rating Tricky). A total of 20 lemmings will come out of the entrance throughout the course of that level, but at most 14 lemmings will be in the level at any moment. This is because the entrance stops releasing new lemmings whenever there are already 14 lemmings in the level, and waits until one or more lemmings leaves the level (either by reaching the exit or being killed) before releasing the next lemming.
• 5 ^ Unlike most ports, the skills toolbar is not displayed together with the level. Instead, when you press the B button, it will pause the game and the screen will switch from displaying the level to displaying a skills selection menu page. Pressing B again will bring you back to the level.
• 6 ^ The maximum level width is smaller, meaning that a large proportion of the Amiga levels were replaced by completely new ones.
• 7 ^ This port has a "lock cursor to lemming" feature. Once you lock the cursor to a selected lemming, the cursor will automatically follow that lemming, until you unlock by moving the cursor away.
• 8 ^ Traps and metal do not work in this port and behave as normal terrain instead.
• 9 ^ Level numbering goes across all ratings, so that for example, the first level in rating Tricky is shown as level 16, rather than level 1 as in most other ports.
• 10 ^ The time limits on every level is lengthened by a factor of 2.5. For example, the first level, "Just Dig!", has a time limit of 12.5 minutes, instead of 5 minutes as in the Amiga version. This is presumably to compensate for the slower movement of the lemmings in this port.
• 11 ^ Most of the music is different from the Amiga version.
• 12 ^ This port features high-resolution graphics.
• 13 ^ Due to the smaller screen size, the skills toolbar is only displayed when you move the cursor to the lower part of the screen.