I did have a look around to see if anyone had posted about this, but found nothing. If I am mistaken, please direct me to the correct thread (or merge this one with that one, if that's possible).
I wondered for some time if Lemmings 3D always had the Jelly Belly jelly beans sponsorship (which meant that a sample bag of these sweets was included with the initial big-box releases of the game, which was pretty awesome, really
) or not, and not too long ago, I found something that muddied the water on this wondering even further.
I found the following in one of the demos (it was either the eight level or ten level one - obviously, not Winterland
);
It's the artwork for the sweets levels, with different colours, lighting, object placement, and camera-positioning (which shows up some problems with the 3D model of the overstuffed lemming, too!). Notably, the Jelly Belly sign, Mr. Jelly Belly mascot, and jelly bean flooring are all absent, and there are chocolate beans in the vein of Smarties (specifically,
the British sweets by that name, which are chocolate-covered discs in the vein of M&Ms, but a little larger; North American Smarties are something completely different, and not at all chocolatey). Moreover, the whole image looks a bit dark and dingy due to those giant walls of humbugs and
Flumps in the background. The level name, "Build To Success", is different, too - it's a clue to solving the stage, rather than the reference to a perennial Jelly Belly product that takes its place in the retail game.
Here's the equivalent image from the final game;
The changes from the previous image are obvious, and the level is named after a type of candy dispenser which features prominently within it.
Does anyone know if this was just a licensing issue for the Lemmings 3D demo, or whether the sponsorship deal with Jelly Belly was something that was added very late in development?
Incidentally, did anyone actually mind Lemmings 3D's sponsorship deal? And, is it the only Lemmings game to have been sponsored in such a way, or have I missed another?
This aside, the readme files for both the eight level and ten level demos states the following;
SOUND
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The game supports the following sound cards:
SoundBlaster AWE32
Gravis Ultrasound
General Midi
Roland LAPC-1
Roland SCC-1
SoundBlaster 8-bit & compatibles
There will be over 30 themed tunes.
There will be over 100 samples, including Lemming speech.
The CD-ROM version will also have over 20 audio tracks.
HARD DISK SPACE
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This DEMONSTRATION version requires 10MB of Hard Disk space.
The FINAL version will be available on PC CD-ROM and 3.5 HD floppy.
The game requires approx 1Kb of Hard Disk space,
The floppy version will require approx 25MB of Hard Disk.
One thing that jumped out at me here, was the differentiation between the CD-ROM and floppy disk version, the latter of which I've never seen anywhere, and only heard of as a result of trying out these demos for the first time earlier this year. Did they actually ever release the floppy version, or was this abandoned in favour of releasing only the CD version?
Last of all, just out of curiousity, has anyone figured out how to rip the graphics from Lemmings 3D? I'd love to be able to get clean, non-scaled versions of the sprites from it - it's one of my favourite games in the series.