Lemmings (video game)

1991 puzzle-platformer video game
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Summary

Lemmings (video game) is a video game[1]. Lemmings (video game) has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Tim Wright[3]
  • Publisher: SCE Studio Liverpool[4]
  • Genre: puzzle video game[5]
  • Developer: Rockstar North[6]
  • Part of the series: Lemmings[7]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[8]
  • Designed by: David Jones[9]
  • Commons category: Lemmings (video game)[10]
  • Platform: ZX Spectrum[11], Acorn Archimedes[12], 3DO[13], Microsoft Windows[14], DOS[15], Commodore Amiga[16], Nintendo Entertainment System[17], Atari ST[18], Commodore 64[19], Philips CD-i[20], Super Nintendo Entertainment System[21], Apple IIGS[22], Amstrad CPC[23], Sega Genesis[24]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[25], single-player video game[26]
  • Distribution format: floppy disk[27]
  • Review score: 2,5/5[28], 4/5[29], 4,5/5[30], 97%[31], 91%[32], 92%[33], 9/10[34], 78%[35], 90%[36], 100%[37], 95%[38], 72%[39]
  • Input device: computer mouse[40]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[41]
  • Publication date: February 14, 1991[42], March 25, 2005[43], August 6, 1994[44], January 1, 1994[45], May 19, 1993[46], November 1992[47], December 18, 1991[48], March 1992[49], October 22, 1992[50]
  • ESRB rating: Kids to Adults[51], Everyone[52]
  • Programmer: David Jones[53], Mike Dailly[54]
  • Nominated for: Sunday Times Reader Award for Games[55]
  • Title: Lemmings[56]

Why It Matters

Lemmings (video game) is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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  29. [31] ↑ . archive.ph. archive.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . World of Spectrum. worldofspectrum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . retrocdn.net. retrocdn.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  53. [55] ↑ . ign.com. Retrieved . ign.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
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  2. 25d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 2,5/5, 4/5, 4,5/5 +9
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  3. 4w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 610
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  4. 5w ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Senscritique work id → 185056
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  5. 7w ago · Tomer T · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Old-games.org id → lemmings
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  6. 7w ago · Teiron · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 2467, 4501
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  7. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Lemmings
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  8. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related image → Lemmings Christmas Demo, for Amiga, 1991.jpg
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  9. 12w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  10. 12w ago · Big4billy · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
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  11. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software preservation society id → 6193
    Bbc things id → a1e6379c-0b92-4a01-a93b-a8c82bf1f197
    Imdb id → tt0856087
    Publisher → SCE Studio Liverpool
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