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Lemmings Main / Re: Hello fellow Lemmings fans - sharing my passion and learning more!
« on: January 14, 2021, 10:40:37 PM »This is an impressive goal! Have you got a list somewhere of the ports you've played so far?
Just had a quick look at this. I'm not familiar with OS/2, but this is a really nice-looking port! The interface is quite special, the developers obviously spent a lot of time getting it to look how they wanted it to. I also had a quick watch of the ZX Spectrum version. The interesting thing here is that, due to the graphical limitations of the platform, each of the level styles is in its own single-colour, for ease of recognition. And you're right, it's very technically impressive that Lemmings even made it onto the Spectrum at all.
Thanks for the welcome and taking time to reply, really appreciate it.
First, I didn't have a list until an hour ago, you insipred me to create one in Excel which seems like I should have done this housekeeping earlier! Thanks for prompting the idea. The only ports I have not played yet are the Apple IIGS, FM Towns, PC Engine CD and Sharp X68000 assuming Wikipedia is complete. I will eventually do more research. There are several machines I still need to get but I do have a good collection of hardware.
Yes glad you agree the Spectrum is a technical marvel, I got a lot joy out of it back in the day and didn't feel short changed. But clearly the Amiga was on another level!
You are right about the OS/2 Warp version and interface, it was clearly being well developed. Shame it didn't get a full release, I wonder how close it was. I will continue to research more and see if I can emulate it better to get the music, if any exists and improve the sound reproduction. I might try it on real hardware one day.