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I wish they would sell the old games as-is on GOG. There are a couple of recentish commercial games that try to use a similar design: Sprits is the better one

I wish they would sell the old games as-is on GOG. There are a couple of recentish commercial games that try to use a similar design: Sprits is the better one IMO and MouseCraft is also somewhat similar. https://playism.com/product/spirits https://playism.com/product/spirits https://www.spacesofplay.com/spirits https://www.spacesofplay.com/spirits https://www.gog.com/game/mousecraft https://www.gog.com/game/mousecraft There are also several open source clones: https://osgameclones.com/ https://osgameclones.com/ The one I've played (a while ago) is Pingus, which was good IIRC. https://pingus.seul.org/ https://pingus.seul.org/

rob74 6y ago
Thanks for the recommendations! I already played Spirits, it's really nicely done, adds something original and works well with a touch interface. Of course I also tried Pingus, but while it's a perfectly competent Lemmings clone, when you play it you realise that Lemmings was about more than the novel concept - the whole package of animation, music, sound effects, the humour etc. was far more compelling than in Pingus (for my taste of course). I would also add "World of Goo" to the list, in case anybody missed it.
- joveian 6y ago
  I remember some of the art was quite nice and I agree that the whole package worked really well. I remember the Christmas themed Holiday Lemmings being really well done and the full games had a lot of nice artwork also (the second one had a bunch of different environments with somewhat different mechanics; I remember the space lemmings for some reason). I haven't tried World of Goo, thanks for the recommendation!
mysterydip 6y ago
Sony is the current rights holder. They apparently have no interest in putting it up there, making any new games with the IP, or selling it (Mike Dailly, one of the original creators, has tried to buy it back).
gpderetta 6y ago
There is this as well: https://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/ A very faithful browser based reimplementation of the original.
aethertron 6y ago
Readers might be interested in the fan-made remakes, some intended as faithful recreations of the old games running on modern systems (Lemmix), and some geared towards loading custom levels with enhancements like the ability to framestep (forwards--SuperLemmini-- and backwards!--NeoLemmix) of the underground Lemmings scene.

rob74 6y ago

Thanks for the recommendations! I already played Spirits, it's really nicely done, adds something original and works well with a touch interface. Of course I also tried Pingus, but while it's a perfectly competent Lemmings clone, when you play it you realise that Lemmings was about more than the novel concept - the whole package of animation, music, sound effects, the humour etc. was far more compelling than in Pingus (for my taste of course). I would also add "World of Goo" to the list, in case anybody missed it.

joveian 6y ago
I remember some of the art was quite nice and I agree that the whole package worked really well. I remember the Christmas themed Holiday Lemmings being really well done and the full games had a lot of nice artwork also (the second one had a bunch of different environments with somewhat different mechanics; I remember the space lemmings for some reason). I haven't tried World of Goo, thanks for the recommendation!

mysterydip 6y ago

Sony is the current rights holder. They apparently have no interest in putting it up there, making any new games with the IP, or selling it (Mike Dailly, one of the original creators, has tried to buy it back).

gpderetta 6y ago

There is this as well: https://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/ A very faithful browser based reimplementation of the original.

aethertron 6y ago

Readers might be interested in the fan-made remakes, some intended as faithful recreations of the old games running on modern systems (Lemmix), and some geared towards loading custom levels with enhancements like the ability to framestep (forwards--SuperLemmini-- and backwards!--NeoLemmix) of the underground Lemmings scene.