Comparison of Lemmings ports

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Main article: Lemmings (video game)
Platform Developer Publisher Released
Commodore Amiga DMA Design Psygnosis 14 February 1991
Atari ST DMA Design Psygnosis March 1991
DOS DMA Design Psygnosis 21 July 1991 [1]
ZX Spectrum DMA Design? Psygnosis 1991
Commodore Amiga CDTV DMA Design Psygnosis 1991?
Super Nintendo Sunsoft Sunsoft 18 December 1991 [2]
Acorn Archimedes  ? Krisalis Software [3] 1991
Arcade (prototype only) Data East USA [4] none unreleased (developed in 1991)
Nintendo DMA Design Sunsoft 1992
NEC TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine) CD  ? Sunsoft November 1992
Atari Lynx DMA Design Psygnosis 1992
Sega Master System DMA Design Sega 1992
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Psygnosis Sunsoft 1992
Amstrad CPC DMA Design Psygnosis 1992
SAM Coupé Chris White FRED Publishing 1993? 1994?
Commodore 64 E & E Software Psygnosis 1993
Commodore Amiga CD32 DMA Design Psygnosis 1994?
Philips CD-i DMA Design [5] Philips Interactive Media [6] 1994 [7]
Sega Game Gear Sega Sega 1994
Nintendo Game Boy OCEAN OCEAN 1994
Panasonic 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 none 1997
Sony PlayStation  ? Psygnosis 1998
Nintendo Game Boy Color Take 2 Interactive Take 2 Interactive? 2000
Cambridge Z88 Dominic Morris  ? 2000
Mobile phone (J2ME)  ?  ? 2005
Sony PSP Team 17 Sony Computer Entertainment March 2006 (Japan/Europe)
May 2006 (North America)

[edit] Feature comparison

Platform Levels Two Player Fast Forward Action Replay
Commodore Amiga 120 Yes No No
Atari ST 120 Yes No No
DOS 120 No No No
ZX Spectrum 60 [8] No No No
Commodore Amiga CDTV 120? Yes? No? No?
Super Nintendo 125 Yes No No
Acorn Archimedes 120 No No No
Arcade (prototype only) 67 [9] Yes Yes No
Nintendo 100 No No No
NEC TurboGrafx 16 (PC Engine) CD  ?  ?  ?  ?
Atari Lynx 120 No Yes No
Sega Master System 120 No No No
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive 180 Yes No No
Amstrad CPC 60 No No No
SAM Coupé 120 [10] No No No
Commodore 64 100  ?  ?  ?
Commodore Amiga CD32 120? Yes? No? No?
Philips CD-i 120 [11] [12] [13] [14] No  ?  ?
Sega Game Gear 120 No No No
Nintendo Game Boy 100 No No No
Panasonic 3DO 120  ?  ?  ?
Windows 95 116 No Yes Yes
Apple Macintosh 120 No Yes No
OS/2 (demo only)  ? No?  ?  ?
Apple IIGS 92 No Yes No
Sony PlayStation 209 No Yes No
Nintendo Game Boy Color  ?  ?  ?  ?
Mobile phone (J2ME)  ?  ?  ?  ?
Sony PSP 156 No Yes No
Sony Playstation 3 45 No Yes No

[edit] Clones

Game Platform Developer Released
LemmingZ TI-86 Christopher Tremblay 1999
Lemmings Palm OS Aaron Ardiri 2001
DHTML Lemmings DHTML Tino Zijdel (crisp) 15 August 2003
Lemmings UIQ (Symbian OS) SomeOne 2004 (unofficial)
Lemmini Java Volker Oth 21 February 2006
Lemmings DS Nintendo DS Mathew Carr 26 December 2006
Tundra Python Covox 1 January 2007

[edit] Feature comparison

Game Two Player Action Replay Fast Forward Release Rate Map Thumbnail
LemmingZ No No No No Yes
Lemmings (Palm) No No?  ?  ?  ?
DHTML Lemmings No No Yes Yes No
Lemmings (Symbian) No  ?  ?  ?  ?
Lemmini No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lemmings DS No No Yes Yes Yes
Tundra No No Yes Yes Yes