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Title: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: kieranmillar on June 09, 2019, 09:33:33 AM

For over 25 years, Lemmings Scholars have been flummoxed by the greatest and most challenging question ever posed in the Lemmings universe: What does the title of Outdoor 9, "22934" actually mean?

I finally worked it out. Answer in the below spoiler tag.

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The skill counts of the level are 01, 01, 10, 01, 10, 01, 01 and 10, which makes the binary number 0101100110010110, that has a value of 22934.

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: Minim on June 09, 2019, 10:29:10 AM

Well done, that's fantastic! :thumbsup: Oh and also...

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It kinda reminds me of this (https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=1849.0), but with numbers instead of letters.

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: Strato Incendus on June 09, 2019, 12:26:53 PM

Well, congratulations, I guess! :thumbsup: Who could have found out if not you, our Lemmings 2-Level Creator-in-Chief... ;)

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: Simon on June 09, 2019, 12:30:25 PM

Very nice, you have special place in my heart.

I had always thought that it's DMA's favorite Pizza service's telephone number, and they would always call that when they worked overtime on L2. Of course, your theory holds much more power.

I chose 22934 for Lix's UDP port in 2008/2009 because it was unused and easy to remember from the L2 mystery level name.

-- Simon

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: mobius on June 09, 2019, 10:44:49 PM

I'm kind of surprised none of the math guys didn't figure this out before. Considering that is an odd skill set. :-\

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: RubiX on June 10, 2019, 01:41:06 AM

Brilliant find !   I wonder when they designed the level  ...if they placed bets on if anyone would ever figure out this 'puzzle' title
Maybe there's a prize waiting for you     :D     

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: 607 on June 10, 2019, 06:44:34 AM

I hadn't heard of this level before... but that's cool!

Title: Re: The Greatest Mystery of Lemmings 2 Finally Solved!
Post by: geoo on June 11, 2019, 05:54:03 AM

Whenever I visited Simon, this one came up and we were mystified and pondering what the name could be about.

I didn't notice the skill pattern (always 1 or 10 of a skill), this is a great find!
Good work putting everything together, how did you come up with the idea?

Great mystery solved, case closed. So no obscure lore behind this one, after all.