The backroute remakes set is finished at last! Download it here:
http://www.geocities.com/guestlevels/lemmings/backroutes.zipIf you haven't got the Lemmus style files, which are needed for all the levels in this set, you can download them here:
http://www.geocities.com/zarathustra47/Lemmus.zip- - -
I'd better introduce the set, since even those of you who do know what I'm talking about probably aren't aware of all the details. The set consists of remakes of levels from standard Lemmings, ONML, and Genesis version Lemmings; the levels have all been selected (with one exception, which I explain on that level's intro screen) because they have backroutes.
I'm defining a backroute as a route that's easier in some way than the standard solution -- most often easier to execute, occasionally about as hard but using much fewer skills on a level that's clearly meant to need the exact number given. It doesn't have to be easier to find; some of these are very little known, which is one of my purposes in creating this set, to bring to people's attention the surprising number of solutions there are on some levels.
So, the remakes in the first half of the set have been altered in some way (extra objects, reduced skills, reduced time, just occasionally a more drastic alteration) to eliminate the backroute. Then in the second half you have the same levels again, but altered in a different way to force the backroute. So to complete the set you have to find both a main solution and a backroute; and I warn you, some of them are not easy to find.
I wouldn't be surprised, though, if some of you managed to find further backroutes (or additional ones created by the changes made to eliminate the old ones) lurking in there somewhere. I'm pretty sure about having eliminated the main solutions in the second half, but maybe you'll be able to find a couple of places where I haven't. Please let me know -- and don't hesitate to ask for hints if you need them!
Above all, enjoy!!! B)