MiSTer FPGA – Xmas Lemmings 1991 & 1992 / Amiga

My first time playing Lemmings in decades, and very first for these special Xmas levels that released as free demos of the game in 1991 and 1992, before getting a full release of their own called Holiday Lemmings in 1993. I also hadn’t played the game on its original release platform (Amiga) until now. Some of these Xmas levels are very tricky and took me a bunch of tries to figure out before recording!

Considering the choppy scrolling that comes with the 50hz PAL frequency here, its probably best to stick with the DOS version. The original music in the Amiga releases make them certainly worth a try for fans of the series though. It’s very different than what you would hear on the many other platforms this series released on. If the choppiness of the scrolling doesn’t bother you, this version is perfectly playable so long as you have your mouse sensitivity dialed in correctly. (use mouse_throttle ini option for this)

It’s hard to believe when revisiting this game that the developer, DMA Design would go on to make the Grand Theft Auto series. Their penchant for quality shies throughout their history in gaming though, and Lemmings is no exception. It seemed everyone in the early 90’s had at least some version of this game at home. The simple to learn gameplay and constant ramp in difficulty creates a very addictive gameplay loop as you try and solve the tricky levels they crafted with a varying amount of resources and time limit given.

R.I.P. Ian Hetherington, whom passed away earlier this month and was one of the founders of Psygnosis, the publisher of this game.

If anyone has some recommendations for Amiga games to try (both single and two-player) please leave a comment below. My gaming buddy loves classic computers and Atari consoles so that’s generally what we spend time with when he visits. He also never had any exposure to the Amiga, but it’s a system we would both like to explore further.

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Amiga core 7-05-21 build – Xmas Lemmings 1991 & 1992

Filter: Scanlines(Bright)110_85_soft // Gamma: Poly 2.3

Core options: CPU: 68020 // D-Cache: OFF // Chipset: AGA // Model: A1200

Played using a Logitech g400s mouse @400 dpi w/ 1000hz USB polling.

INI settings: mouse_throttle=5

Settings: 5x Integer Scaled to 1080p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card

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00:00 – Boot
00:42 – Xmas Lemmings 1991 – Title / Credits
01:26 – Xmas Lemmings 1991 – Level 1
05:41 – Xmas Lemmings 1991 – Level 2
09:43 – Xmas Lemmings 1991 – Level 3
13:08 – Xmas Lemmings 1991 – Level 4
17:00 – Xmas Lemmings 1992 – Title / Credits
18:11 – Xmas Lemmings 1992 – Level 1
19:00 – Xmas Lemmings 1992 – Level 2
25:50 – Xmas Lemmings 1992 – Level 3
27:54 – Xmas Lemmings 1992 – Level 4

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