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"Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. It's a myth, but it's remarkable how many people believe it." The sensational Amiga puzzle video game called "Lemmings" h
by erickhill 3y ago
"Lemmings do not commit mass suicide. It's a myth, but it's remarkable how many people believe it."
The sensational Amiga puzzle video game called "Lemmings" helped perpetuate the idea, too. :)
- yieldcrv 3y agoThe phrase of calling uncritical thinkers “lemmings” also helps entrench the idea
- eloisant 3y agodoesn't that come from the video game?
- dragonwriter 3y agoNo, it comes from the myth and predates the video game.
- smsm42 3y agoOne good thing that came out of this myth, at least. That game is awesome.
- jojobas 3y agoBut in the game the lemmings don't commit mass suicide, at least if the player is any good. Worst case, some lemmings are left behind for the common cause.
- Lio 3y agoYou can persuade the little tykes to blow themselves up pretty easily though.
- bennyelv 3y agoI’m convinced that some of the levels were deliberately unsolvable… get from one side of the screen to the other over a big chasm but you’ve got one exploding guy and one brick laying guy. Maybe if I tried to play it again I’d realise that it was my limited 10 year old mind after all!
- dtgriscom 3y agoNever seen the game, but I love the terminology.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThe terminology is that the brick laying guy is a "builder" and the exploding guy is not actually a job - you're just killing him. (Then "exploder" is a job in Lemmings 2.) You can see the manual here: http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/28074_Manual.pdf http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/28074_Manual.pdf (jobs are on page 17) In Lemmings 2 it was an important mechanic that blockers would stop blocking if you removed the ground underneath them, since by doing that you'd get credit for saving them instead of killing them. It tended to defeat the concept of the blocker, but I suspect the same was true in the original.
- bombcar 3y agoAll the levels are solvable - the trick is many are solvable with losing zero lemmings, even though it seems you must lose at least one.
- garaetjjte 3y agoMost important tricks: blocker is released when terrain below it is removed, builder that hits terrain reverses direction, and multiple builders in a row can make staircase thick enough to be impassable from the other side.
- melvinmelih 3y agoThe only reason why I know about lemmings is this game, had no idea this was based on actual animals called lemmings.