Got to agree with you on this. Much as I love the Spectrum - and I think they did as well as they could - it just didn't quite work. Loved it on the Amiga - it's just the way it's supposed to be played. Shame you missed the PC version as that was pretty decent too.
Hi matey yes a few have good memories of the PC version 😀 It’s a case of too many systems and not enough time 😉 Lots of talk about the Master System version too 😎
We had this on the ST, a bit clunky after seeing it on Amiga but still a fun time. Really good game design how the first couple of levels kind of teach you the mechanics of the game and how to solve the puzzles and then it gets all kind of crazy from there. Great video as always OGDuffy! Thanks for for sharing mate!!!
Hi Rob thanks for the comment ☺️ To be fair matey the ST version still played well but was missing little bits that the Amiga had, sounds etc that just gave the Amiga version the edge😎 Have a great weekend matey… anything decent planned ?
The reason for the narrow screen on the c64 version was because the graphics were kind of backwards from how things are normally done. The background was made up of multiplexed sprites, and the lemmings were character graphics. This meant that 100 reasonably paced lemmings was possible, but since you can only have 8 sprites horizontally on any scan line, the screen width was restricted. Good compromise though.
Hi Mark, thanks for sharing this info matey, much appreciated. 😀 That’s what I love about this group, the knowledge we all have is amazing 😊 Thanks again buddy 😉
I first played lemmings on the acorn Archimedes in comprehensive school in 93. year 7 I was in. I also remember a polygon 3d game lander I think it was called and the educational game. The Crystal rain forest. I loved that computer.
Interesting video, didn’t know Spectrum had a version. I did play it but can’t remember what system I played it on, possibly on the Master System. I wasn’t very at it. PS I like your comic book art on the wall, some nicely drawn women there.
Hi Neil thanks for the comment. The comic books get switched up weekly matey so always something new to look at 😎 like yourself I did not know the Speccy had a version so was interesting to look at that version. What was your go to system growing up ?
I played it on ST and Gameboy tho I got stuck on the GB version there was a level I knew how to beat on ST but on the GB version some of the lemmings I needed were not given so that level was unsolvable lol. Apparently the Speccy version runs well on a Speccy Next type thing where you can speed up the processor but I have not tried it.
Even though the SNES version was limited to digital controls, I think it had the best, smoothest cursor controls of any version that controlled with a d-pad or the keyboard or the like, even the PSP remake! Especially since one of the buttons would accelerate the cursor significantly faster if you needed quick snappy movement. Certainly much better than the Speccy and CPC controls. Also, the C64 version has mouse support, and along with it being substantially faster than the Speccy and CPC versions, I'd argue it's the definitive 8-bit computer version. ;)
I would have chosen the Megadrive only cause that's what I used to play Lemmings on back in the day. I am gutted that I didn't reliase until one of your later vloggs that Ps2 also did the Lemmings I'll find it one day in CEX...Cheers matey
Hi matey, still a good choice 😉 And good luck with finding the PS2 version I am sure it was a popular title for the time so would imagine an easy find 😎
Several people have mentioned the Master System version but unfortunately time constraints stop me looking at all versions 😉 Was this released on the NES do you know ?
I have played three versions of Lemmings. On the Super Nintendo, Amstrad CPC and PC DOS. My first version and the one I have played the most is on the PC. Better than the Super Nintendo and Amstrad. A mouse makes the game so much better. I wonder if there is mouse support for the Amstrad game...
Amiga was going to win but would be good to compare it to the PC 386, I remember playing both versions Amiga and 386 which was still a very good game, the game play was always going to be better using mouse
Played it a lot on the Mac in the old days. IMHO the best version. MegaDrive is nice as well but beside missing mouse control the game area is limited to a max width significantly smaller than on the Mac and most other versions as well. Especially noticeable on "A Beast of a Level II" which on the MegaDriva is far easier than on the Mac. As for sound I'll probably give the edge to the MegaDrive and Mac as a very close 2nd place. The C64 is really great in its own respect with limited hardware in mente and an impressive feat and makes good use of the SID chip too. Despite the C64 only had a limited amount of sprites they "hacked" it and made the lemmings out of characters and so could have many more moveable objects on the screen than anyone though possible - would have been jaw dropping if made just after the C64 was introduced in '82. The Spectrum... Nice try but really don't.
As you say the C64 was really good and the SID chip comes into its own as it does in so many of these VS videos 😉 I was interested to see how the Speccy version turned out and to be fair it looked better than i expected it to be 😄. Never played the Mac version but sounds decent 😉 Did you play it on the Amiga ?
You should have played the more recent 128k version of lemmings on the ZX Spectrum. It runs much faster and also has support for Kempston mouse. It may not have much colour but at least it does not have blocky low res graphics or too small playing area like on the CPC and C64. Because of that, it plays much better and is much better as a game.
C64 definitely better than amstrad mate. Know it's more colorful and has a bigger play area but play is slower/chunkier, graphics too blocky to see what's going, and sound vastly inferior. Still, Joyce has to win some
To be honest it was a close call as you say the C64 was awesome but that screen size !?! Made later levels really hard an added an extra difficulty. Shame really as it would have been a mega game if they sorted the screen issue 😀
What are you talking about ? The graphics are the same 160x200 on CPC/C64 here, just as fast but with a vastly better palette on the CPC, the closest to the Amiga original in fact. Not only that but the tiny play area makes the C64 version unplayable.
The ST version on the face of it looks very similiar but it’s the small touches that make the Amiga version superior for me. What other games do you fondly remember on your ST ?
@@OGDuffy Most early Amiga games were sloppy ST ports (controversial I know) with little ot no difference in my option. I came from a zx spectrum so knew a true underdog . The Amiga came alive with lemmings, the more colourful graphics and the music were iconic. Psygnosis made the Amiga truly live. Though the one game i loved to show off was Dungeon Master, 512k on the ST ran flawlessly but to use it on the Amiga you needed the full 1meg. Another was Bards Tale had the spectrum version but the ST was my skara brae home :) The real shinning light though was the PD software games most never got a port to another machine and were brilliant.
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Wasent there a master system version of this as well? And what about pc? I was shocked how poor the mega drive version held up vs the Amiga!
Hi Karl, yes lots of other versions of this game 😉 Due to time constraints only featured 7 versions in this VS video 😇
Got to agree with you on this. Much as I love the Spectrum - and I think they did as well as they could - it just didn't quite work. Loved it on the Amiga - it's just the way it's supposed to be played. Shame you missed the PC version as that was pretty decent too.
Hi matey yes a few have good memories of the PC version 😀 It’s a case of too many systems and not enough time 😉 Lots of talk about the Master System version too 😎
Awesome vid has always. Lemmings on the Amiga will always be the best for me. There is a arcade version of Lemmings, swear Data East ported it 👍
It was a prototype and the rom is out there.
I read somewhere there is a MAME rom, will take a look 😎 Cheers Gary 😉
Amiga 100% it just felt so right playing lemmings, even to the clunky click of dropping the disk in.
Happy days and memories right there matey 😀
We had this on the ST, a bit clunky after seeing it on Amiga but still a fun time. Really good game design how the first couple of levels kind of teach you the mechanics of the game and how to solve the puzzles and then it gets all kind of crazy from there. Great video as always OGDuffy! Thanks for for sharing mate!!!
Hi Rob thanks for the comment ☺️ To be fair matey the ST version still played well but was missing little bits that the Amiga had, sounds etc that just gave the Amiga version the edge😎 Have a great weekend matey… anything decent planned ?
This is a no brainer. Amiga 100% with the mouse how it was ment to be played 👍
I hear you there😀 The mouse makes it matey 😉
Personally, I had the master system version and it was really decent. Also got the ps1 version too lol.
Will take a look at the Master System as many people have mentioned it 😀
The reason for the narrow screen on the c64 version was because the graphics were kind of backwards from how things are normally done. The background was made up of multiplexed sprites, and the lemmings were character graphics. This meant that 100 reasonably paced lemmings was possible, but since you can only have 8 sprites horizontally on any scan line, the screen width was restricted. Good compromise though.
Hi Mark, thanks for sharing this info matey, much appreciated. 😀 That’s what I love about this group, the knowledge we all have is amazing 😊 Thanks again buddy 😉
I first played lemmings on the acorn Archimedes in comprehensive school in 93. year 7 I was in. I also remember a polygon 3d game lander I think it was called and the educational game. The Crystal rain forest. I loved that computer.
School was the gateway to computers for many of us although your school sounded better equipped than mine… Grannies Garden on BBC Micros for us 😉
The Amiga version of the LEMMINGS games is still the best! 🐱👍🕹️
Very true my friend 😉
Loved it on PC. The Amiga version looks pretty sweet 👌
Cheers Ed, not played the PC version but would imagine it is very similar to Amiga version.
The gameboy port of Lemming is really good. It was basically the pc version on a handheld device, remember playing it for hours on end as a kid.
Hi matey a few have commented how good this was …. Will take a look 😊 Cheers
Interesting video, didn’t know Spectrum had a version. I did play it but can’t remember what system I played it on, possibly on the Master System. I wasn’t very at it. PS I like your comic book art on the wall, some nicely drawn women there.
Hi Neil thanks for the comment. The comic books get switched up weekly matey so always something new to look at 😎 like yourself I did not know the Speccy had a version so was interesting to look at that version. What was your go to system growing up ?
OG When are we going to see the games room update..
It’s funny you say that 😎 About to go out there now and fix the architrave for loft hatch and door.
Same Here. The PC version was really good. Great music and sound effects.
Lots of people have fond memories of the PC version it would seem 😊 Glad it fetched those memories back matey
Yes. Great video and review. Thanks.
I played it on ST and Gameboy tho I got stuck on the GB version there was a level I knew how to beat on ST but on the GB version some of the lemmings I needed were not given so that level was unsolvable lol. Apparently the Speccy version runs well on a Speccy Next type thing where you can speed up the processor but I have not tried it.
Maybe that Gameboy version was bugged ? Not played it myself. Good point about that Speccy next matey.
Even though the SNES version was limited to digital controls, I think it had the best, smoothest cursor controls of any version that controlled with a d-pad or the keyboard or the like, even the PSP remake! Especially since one of the buttons would accelerate the cursor significantly faster if you needed quick snappy movement. Certainly much better than the Speccy and CPC controls.
Also, the C64 version has mouse support, and along with it being substantially faster than the Speccy and CPC versions, I'd argue it's the definitive 8-bit computer version. ;)
Fair assessment matey 😉 Thanks for your verdict, always good to hear others thoughts 😎
I would have chosen the Megadrive only cause that's what I used to play Lemmings on back in the day. I am gutted that I didn't reliase until one of your later vloggs that Ps2 also did the Lemmings I'll find it one day in CEX...Cheers matey
Hi matey, still a good choice 😉 And good luck with finding the PS2 version I am sure it was a popular title for the time so would imagine an easy find 😎
Found this to be a good game on the SNES and for 8bit happy the amstrad won it but would of been nice to show the master system up against it.
Several people have mentioned the Master System version but unfortunately time constraints stop me looking at all versions 😉
Was this released on the NES do you know ?
@@OGDuffy yes it’s on the NES so you could do a nes v master System 👊🏻
I have played three versions of Lemmings. On the Super Nintendo, Amstrad CPC and PC DOS. My first version and the one I have played the most is on the PC. Better than the Super Nintendo and Amstrad. A mouse makes the game so much better. I wonder if there is mouse support for the Amstrad game...
Hi Ivar as you say this game benefits massively from a mouse input. Made it so much more playable overall for me 😎
Og have you appeared in an advert?
Not to my knowledge matey ? What makes you say that ? 😀
@@OGDuffy I have a picture from an advert I saw today... Belive me it's your doppelganger..
Amiga was going to win but would be good to compare it to the PC 386, I remember playing both versions Amiga and 386 which was still a very good game, the game play was always going to be better using mouse
As you say the mouse makes a huge difference 😉 not played it on the PC but would imagine similiar to Amiga ?
@@OGDuffy yeah it was very similar to the Amiga version
the spectrum version is just awful is that really the best they could do 1 colour and it being purple
It would seem so matey 😉
Yes, the hardware plain sucks.
Atari Lynx had a decent port too
A few have said this now 😎
Played it a lot on the Mac in the old days. IMHO the best version. MegaDrive is nice as well but beside missing mouse control the game area is limited to a max width significantly smaller than on the Mac and most other versions as well. Especially noticeable on "A Beast of a Level II" which on the MegaDriva is far easier than on the Mac. As for sound I'll probably give the edge to the MegaDrive and Mac as a very close 2nd place. The C64 is really great in its own respect with limited hardware in mente and an impressive feat and makes good use of the SID chip too. Despite the C64 only had a limited amount of sprites they "hacked" it and made the lemmings out of characters and so could have many more moveable objects on the screen than anyone though possible - would have been jaw dropping if made just after the C64 was introduced in '82.
The Spectrum... Nice try but really don't.
As you say the C64 was really good and the SID chip comes into its own as it does in so many of these VS videos 😉
I was interested to see how the Speccy version turned out and to be fair it looked better than i expected it to be 😄. Never played the Mac version but sounds decent 😉 Did you play it on the Amiga ?
Considering the Amstrad had no hardware sprites, it really smoked the C64 here.
You should have played the more recent 128k version of lemmings on the ZX Spectrum. It runs much faster and also has support for Kempston mouse.
It may not have much colour but at least it does not have blocky low res graphics or too small playing area like on the CPC and C64. Because of that, it plays much better and is much better as a game.
Hi Timo, fair enough matey…. Your a Spectrum fan then 😎 Grew up with the 48k rubber keyboard myself.
The lengths Spectrum fans will go to deny the awful truth 😅
C64 definitely better than amstrad mate. Know it's more colorful and has a bigger play area but play is slower/chunkier, graphics too blocky to see what's going, and sound vastly inferior.
Still, Joyce has to win some
To be honest it was a close call as you say the C64 was awesome but that screen size !?! Made later levels really hard an added an extra difficulty.
Shame really as it would have been a mega game if they sorted the screen issue 😀
how is blockier if both are using 160 x 200 resolution? CPC uses full amstrad and more detailed graphics on this one
What are you talking about ? The graphics are the same 160x200 on CPC/C64 here, just as fast but with a vastly better palette on the CPC, the closest to the Amiga original in fact. Not only that but the tiny play area makes the C64 version unplayable.
@@renaudg all a matter of opinion. Play both. I'd always pick the c64 one.
@@Edgel-in6bs Sure but that's subjective then, it's not true that the CPC version is blockier or slower.
Had the ST version after my friends had the Amiga one....game play was just as addictive but it felt lacking....Then i got an Amiga :)
The ST version on the face of it looks very similiar but it’s the small touches that make the Amiga version superior for me. What other games do you fondly remember on your ST ?
@@OGDuffy Most early Amiga games were sloppy ST ports (controversial I know) with little ot no difference in my option. I came from a zx spectrum so knew a true underdog . The Amiga came alive with lemmings, the more colourful graphics and the music were iconic. Psygnosis made the Amiga truly live. Though the one game i loved to show off was Dungeon Master, 512k on the ST ran flawlessly but to use it on the Amiga you needed the full 1meg. Another was Bards Tale had the spectrum version but the ST was my skara brae home :) The real shinning light though was the PD software games most never got a port to another machine and were brilliant.