Lemmings 2 for Master System

[Mr. K]

While looking into the Master System I found a list of unreleased games here.  Lemmings 2 is mentioned, which is something I've never heard of before.

A scan of a review is also supplied:


The topic linked above states that it was completely finished but never released, so I was wondering if anyone else had information on this, like if the completed game was ever leaked.  I'm curious how well it could have translated to 8 bits-- the screenshots look pretty close to the original, which would be pretty impressive for the SMS.
Is there any other info out there?

[Minim]

Maybe not, probably because lemmings is getting old now.

[Dullstar]

It may be getting old, but it is still well loved. 

[GigaLem]

 
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[Mr. K]

I think that magazine scan might have the only pictures in circulation.  Haven't seen any others.

[Dullstar]

I wonder...  if it was completely finished, might a ROM be floating around somewhere?

[Pooty]

Unfortunately, nobody appears to have the ROM. I've been looking out for it for a good few years now, and i've had no luck.

I'm not expecting it to be as good as the first game was, but I would have bought it if it was available.

[The Doctor]

The graphics on that package look distinctly un-SMS like anyway. Too many colours. Too high res. Still, interesting thought.

[Dullstar]

I wonder why they complete games and don't release them?  Are they not presentable or something?

[The Doctor]

Probably wasn't completed.

[Dullstar]

It says it was completely finished.

[The Doctor]

Where.

[Pooty]

Actually, it doesn't look too high-res. I'm looking at the Highland screenshot on the left. The green blocks at the bottom are ~16x16 pixels, which is exactly the size I was expecting. I can therefore assume that the screenshot is to scale, and when I did a quick botch job of superimposing it onto a Lemmings 1 screenshot, it fits quite nicely (see attachment).

As for the colours, I can't tell. The image is badly smudged by JPEG compression. However, like in the first game, I think there was a lot of dithering to give the illusion of more colours than there actually were.

[The Doctor]

Hmm, guess so. Still waiting for the line where it says it's complete.

[Dullstar]

While looking into the Master System I found a list of unreleased games here.  Lemmings 2 is mentioned, which is something I've never heard of before.

A scan of a review is also supplied:


The topic linked above states that it was completely finished but never released, so I was wondering if anyone else had information on this, like if the completed game was ever leaked.  I'm curious how well it could have translated to 8 bits-- the screenshots look pretty close to the original, which would be pretty impressive for the SMS.
Is there any other info out there?

The links can be hard to spot...