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Lemmings (NES)

The NES Lemmings is a port of the Amiga original with sluggish reactions, inaccurate gameplay mechanics, and bad music.

Unused Graphics#

A graphic that reads "PRESENTED BY IMAGINEER", as a Japanese release by Imagineer was planned at some point (Listed in the HVC Lot Check spreadsheet along with its product code IMA-LE). Note that this is a mockup since the "PRESENTED BY" graphic can be inserted into the "SUNSOFT" graphic.

HUD#

L1NES-hudfont-N.png L1NES-hudfont-R.png

The graphics for the HUD include 11 letter characters, which are sufficient for the few words used in it. However, the words used in the HUD only contain 9 of the available 11 letters, so the characters N and R go unused.

Trap Animations#

L1NES-thumper.gif L1NES-rock.gif L1NES-tenton.gif L1NES-slicer.gif

Various lemming animations reminiscent of some traps in the Amiga original that were not kept in the NES version. Note that the graphics for the traps themselves are not in the game at all.

Unused Sounds#

Sound Effect 02 Sound Effect 07 Sound Effect 0B

Three unused sound effects exist in the game that are never triggered in the game's code. Their intended purposes are unknown.

References#


  1. MobyGames↩︎
  2. NES Games↩︎