Editing Lemmings (video game) (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
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| GR = SNES: 83%<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588437-lemmings/index.html |title=Lemmings for Super Nintendo |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref>
| AAction = Amstrad: 97%<ref name=amstrad/>
| CRASH = Spectrum: 91%<ref name=spectrum>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue94/Pages/Crash9400015.jpg |title=Crash issue 94 page 15|work=[[World of Spectrum]] |publisher=[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]] |access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref>
| CVG = Master System: 92%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Master System Review: Lemmings |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 November 1992 |issue=133 (December 1992) |page=86 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/8/87/CVG_UK_133.pdf#page=86}}</ref>
| EGM = Lynx: 6.8/10<ref name="EGM56"/><br />CD-i: 6.25/10<ref name="EGM69"/>
| Fam = Super Famicom: 35/40<ref>{{cite web |title=週刊ファミ通クロスレビュープラチナ殿堂入りソフト一覧 |trans-title=Weekly Famitsu Cross Review Platinum Hall of Fame Software List |url=http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027205828/http://geimin.net/da/db/cross_review/index.php |website=Geimin |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2008 |access-date=24 February 2021 }}</ref>
| IGN = Lynx: 9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/1999/07/07/lemmings-4 |title=Woohoo! Look at them little lemmings walk... |publisher=IGN Entertainment |author=Robert A. Jung |date=6 July 1999 |access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>
| MM = SNES: 92%<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Richard Leadbetter|author2=Rob Bright|url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-21/page/56/mode/2up|title=Lemmings|magazine=[[Mean Machines]]|issue=21|date=June 1992|pages=56–58|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>
| YSinclair = Spectrum: 91%<ref name=ysr>{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/lemmings.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505124138/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/lemmings.htm |archive-date= 5 May 2013 |url-status=dead |title=Lemmings |work=[[Your Sinclair]] |access-date=10 December 2014 }}</ref>
| Z64=97%<ref>Zzap!64 review, [[Newsfield Publications]], issue 102, page 26</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[MegaTech]]''
| rev1Score = Mega Drive: 92%<ref>''[[MegaTech]]'' issue 22 (October 1993), page 100</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]''
| rev2Score = Mega Drive: 90%<ref>''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]'' issue 2 (November 1992), page 62</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Commodore Force]]''
| rev3Score = C64: 97%<ref>{{cite magazine |date= November 1993 |title=Lemmings |url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-102/page/n26 |magazine=[[Commodore Force]] |location=United Kingdom |publisher=[[Europress Impact]] |access-date=17 October 2019 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mikrobitti]]''
| rev4Score = Amiga: 84%<ref name="mikrobitti"/><ref name="pelit"/>
| rev5 = ''[[Pelit|PC-pelit]]''
| rev5Score = DOS: 84%<ref name="pc-pelit"/>
| NGen = 3DO: {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="NGen3">{{cite magazine|title=Lemmings |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=3|date=March 1995|page=88}}</ref>
| award1Pub = ''[[Amstrad Action]]''
| award1 = 2nd-best rated game in the history of the magazine<ref name=amstrad>{{cite web|url=http://retroactionmagazine.com/retroactionextra/amstrad-action-all-time-top-10-games/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216102004/http://retroactionmagazine.com/retroactionextra/amstrad-action-all-time-top-10-games/ |archive-date=16 December 2012 |title=Amstrad Action All Time Top 10 Games |work=Retroaction |date=8 September 2010 |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| award2Pub = ''[[Amiga Power]]''
| award2 = 2nd-best Amiga game of all time (1991)<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 1991 |title=Amiga Power's All-Time Top 100 Amiga Games |url=https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_00_1991-05_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n3/mode/2up |magazine=[[Amiga Power]] |pages=5 |access-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409193754/https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_00_1991-05_Future_Publishing_GB |archive-date=9 April 2016 }}</ref>
| award3Pub = ''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]''
| award3 = 23rd-best game of all time (1994)<ref>''[[Mega (magazine)|Mega]]'' issue 26 (November 1994), page 74</ref>
| award4Pub = ''[[Computer Gaming World|CGW]]''
| award4 = 12th-best game of all time (1996)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/150best.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724034534/http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/150best.htm |archive-date=24 July 2012 |title=150 Best Games of All Time |work=CDAccess |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| award5Pub = ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]''
| award5 = 82nd-top game of all time (2007)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/edges-top-100-games-all-time/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121231340/http://www.edge-online.com/features/edges-top-100-games-all-time/ |archive-date=21 January 2013 |url-status=dead |title=Edge's Top 100 Games of All time |date=2 July 2007 |access-date=10 December 2014 |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] }}</ref>
| award6Pub = ''[[Your Sinclair]]''
| award6 = 20th-top ZX Spectrum game of all time (1993, by readers)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time|magazine=[[Your Sinclair]]|date=September 1993}}</ref>
| award7Pub = ''[[Wirtualna Polska]]''
| award7 = The best Amiga game of all time (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gry.wp.pl/galeria/30-najlepszych-gier-na-amige,179431/31.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416163324/http://gry.wp.pl/galeria/30-najlepszych-gier-na-amige,179431/31.html?ticket=7485108628076817WO4VMCQBDyGkyHjc3rpgtefcb3RJEiB2esav1VORD9TOn2A71%2BqVEpoH0Oz/Ca2qNQInx0Xwiy%2BWoBunggqOoxZzapOf%2BrRGTZbH9aBWDHSobUhh0yFUbhJzdE62FGNiyzbucbMefCbxfFPgRpy4zg%3D%3D |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=30 najlepszych gier na Amigę |language=pl |work=Wirtualnej Polsce |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| award8Pub = ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]''
| award8 = 8th-top game of all time (1996)<ref name=ng>{{cite magazine |date=September 1996 |title=Top 100 Games of all Time |url=https://archive.org/stream/Next-Generation-1996-09/Next%20Generation%201996-09#page/n69/mode/2up |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=21 |pages=68 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|2.5|5}} (NES)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=26575&tab=review |title=Lemmings (NES) Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045946/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=26575&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />{{Rating|4|5}} (GG)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1470&tab=review |title=Lemmings (Game Gear) Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115045312/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1470&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />{{Rating|4.5|5}} (SNES)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=154&tab=review |title=Lemmings (SNES) Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115005330/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=154&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The original sales for ''Lemmings'' on the Amiga topped 55,000 copies on the first day of sales; in comparison, ''Menace'' sold 20,000 copies and ''Blood Money'' sold 40,000 copies cumulatively. With all ports included, Mike Dailly estimated that 15 million copies of ''Lemmings'' were sold between 1991 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javalemmings.com/DMA/DMA4_1.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629021744/http://www.javalemmings.com/DMA/DMA4_1.htm |archive-date=29 June 2012 |title=The Complete History of DMA Design |first=Mike |last=Dailly |publisher=Mike Dailly |year=2006 |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2011, Luke Plunkett from ''[[Kotaku]]'' placed the figure at over 20 million,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5830192/what-do-grand-theft-auto-and-lemmings-have-in-common |title=What do Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings Have In Common? |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |work=[[Kotaku]] |publisher=[[Gawker Media]] |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095839/http://kotaku.com/5830192/what-do-grand-theft-auto-and-lemmings-have-in-common |archive-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> a figure which has been quoted as far back as 1997.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=NG Alphas: Gamespotting |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=28  |date=April 1997|page=98}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gremlin.co.uk/press/gremlin/dma.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980129123455/http://www.gremlin.co.uk/press/gremlin/dma.html|title=Britsoft giant emerges|website=[[Gremlin Interactive]]|archivedate=January 29, 1998|accessdate=April 16, 2024}}</ref>

At the time of its first release, ''Lemmings'' received several high scores from gaming magazines, with only the level of graphics and sound receiving some small amount of criticism.<ref>{{citation| title = Lemmings | publisher = [[ACE (games magazine)|ACE]] |date=April 1991|author =Douglas, Jim}}</ref> David Sears of ''[[Compute!]]'', in his review of ''Lemmings'' for the PC, stated that "perhaps Psygnosis has tapped into the human instinct for survival in formulating this perfect blend of puzzle, strategy, and action."<ref>{{cite news|last=Sears |first=David |title=Lemmings |work=[[Compute!]] |page=106 |date=October 1991 |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue134/106_Lemmings.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731141646/http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue134/106_Lemmings.php |archive-date=31 July 2012 |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Amiga Computing]]'' stated that "''Lemmings'' is absolutely brilliant. Psygnosis have managed to produce a game that is not only totally original, but also features the kind of addictive gameplay that will keep you coming back for more time and time again."<ref>{{cite news | last = Holborne | first = Jason | title = Lemmings | work = [[Amiga Computing]] | pages = 52–53 |date=May 1991}}</ref> A review from the ''Australian Commodore and Amiga Review'' (''ACAR'') stated that "above all, the concept is simple, and the game is a lot of fun."<ref>{{cite news | last = Cambell | first = Phil | title = Lemmings | work = ACAR | page = 76 |date=April 1991}}</ref> ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated that "Not since ''[[Tetris]]'' has this reviewer been so addicted to, or completely fascinated with, a series of challenging puzzles ... follow the crowd and get ''Lemmings''".<ref name="greenberg199106">{{cite news|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=83 |title=Another Leap Forward |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=June 1991 |access-date=10 December 2014 |last=Greenberg |first=Allen L. |pages=56, 58 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004050/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=83 |archive-date=3 December 2013 | issue=83}}</ref> In 1992 the magazine named it its Action Game of the Year.<ref name="cgwgoty199211">{{cite news|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=100 |title=CGW Salutes The Games of the Year |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=November 1992 |access-date=10 December 2014 |pages=110 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702235552/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=100 |archive-date=2 July 2014 }}</ref> The game was reviewed in 1991 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon171">{{cite magazine
|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|issue=171|date=July 1991|pages=57–64}}</ref> The Lessers reviewed the [[Classic Mac OS|Macintosh]] version of the game in 1993 in ''Dragon'', also giving that version 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon193">{{cite magazine
|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|issue=193|date=May 1993 |pages=57–63}}</ref>

In the [[Finland|Finnish]] magazine ''[[Mikrobitti]]'', [[Jukka Tapanimäki]] gave the [[Amiga]] and [[MS-DOS|DOS]] versions of ''Lemmings'' 84 points of 100. He praised the game's originality but expressed criticism for it being repetitive.<ref name="mikrobitti">''[[Mikrobitti]]'' magazine #4/1991, p. 57.</ref><ref name="pelit">''[[Pelit]]'' autumn 1991, p. 102.</ref><ref name="pc-pelit">PC-pelit 1991, p. 59.</ref>

In 1994, ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' complimented the Lynx version's large number of options and password feature, and remarked, "''Lemmings'' has always been a good strategy game, and the Lynx version continues the tradition."<ref name="EGM56">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Lemmings|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=56|publisher=EGM Media, LLC|date=March 1994|page=42}}</ref> The following year they reviewed the CD-i version, criticising that it has nothing but the obligatory [[full motion video|full-motion video]] intro to set it apart from the numerous ports of the game that had already been released over the past four years.<ref name="EGM69">{{cite magazine|title=Lemmings Review|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=69|publisher=EGM Media, LLC|date=April 1995|page=40}}</ref> ''[[GamePro]]'' made the same criticisms, commenting that "this former 16-bit puzzler isn't going anywhere new on the CD-i."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=ProReview: Lemmings|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=70 |date=May 1995|page=92}}</ref>

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]''{{'}}s review of the 3DO version assessed that "If you've played any version, you've played this one, too, but if you haven't tried it, this is one of the better ones, and it's still one game that's addictive as hell."<ref name="NGen3"/>

In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' declared ''Lemmings'' the 12th-best computer game ever released,<ref name=cgw150>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> | title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | date=November 1996 | issue=148 | page=65}}</ref> and that same year, ''Next Generation'' declared it the 8th-greatest game of all time, and "second only to ''Tetris''" in the puzzle genre.<ref name=ng/> In 2004, readers of ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' voted ''Lemmings'' as the 21st-top retro game, with the editors calling it "perhaps Psygnosis' finest hour and a turning point in the puzzle genre."<ref>''Retro Gamer'' 9, page 57.</ref> In 1991, ''[[PC Format]]'' named ''Lemmings'' one of the 50 best computer games ever. The editors wrote, "Yes, we know it sounds stupid, but you will like it – everyone else has."<ref name=pcformat50>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> | magazine=[[PC Format]] | title=The 50 best games EVER! |date=October 1991 | issue=1 | pages=109–111 }}</ref> In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' named ''Lemmings'' the 30th-best computer game ever. The editors called it "one of the biggest puzzlers ever released for PC" and "cleaner and less complicated" than its sequel.<ref name=pcgamerustop40>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Not stated--> | magazine=[[PC Gamer US]] | title=''PC Gamer'' Top 40: The Best Games of All Time |date=August 1994 | issue=3 | pages=32–42 }}</ref> That same year, ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' named it the 25th-best computer game of all time, calling it "a seminal title."<ref name=pcgameruktop50>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> | magazine=[[PC Gamer UK]] | title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 50 PC Games of All Time |date=April 1994 | issue=5 | pages=43–56 }}</ref>

In 1998, ''[[PC Gamer]]'' declared it the 21st-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it "as fresh and addictive today as it was when it was first released".<ref name=pcgtop50>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Not stated--> | title=The 50 Best Games Ever | date=October 1998 | volume=5 | number=10 | magazine=[[PC Gamer US]] | page=113}}</ref> In 2018, [[Complex Networks|Complex]] listed the game 70th on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-100-best-super-nintendo-games/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Complex|language=en}}</ref> In 1995, [[Total!]] ranked the game 81st on their Top 100 SNES Games summarizing: "The game that spawned a dozen imitators is still one of the best platform puzzlers available."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=July 1995|title=Top 100 SNES Games|url=https://archive.org/details/total-43/page/n45/mode/2up|journal=Total!|issue=43|pages=47|access-date=February 25, 2022}}</ref>