You are about to experience the "Home Entertainment
Product of the Year!"*
*Software Publisher's Association Excellence in Software Awards.
You will be playing a four-level "mini-game" version of the hit game Lemmings(TM). The complete game consists of 120 levels of mind-boggling game play.
Here's what reviewers are saying about Lemmings(TM):
"Once you've experienced Lemmings, it's possible that you will have played one of the best computer games of the year." - Video Games & Computer Entertaiment
"Not since Tetris has this reviewer been so addicted to, or completely fascinated with, a series of challenging puzzles. For those who enjoy fast-moving jousts of logic and creativity, follow the crowd and get Lemmings." - Computer Gaming World
"Watch out, here come the Lemmings! This is by far the most addictive, puzzling, and entertaining computer game released in the last five years." - COMPUTE
This version of Lemmings requires a 256-color Macintosh with at least 4 megabytes of memory, running System 7. The full package will contain both color and monochrome versions.
On slower machines, the Faster menu option will automatically be activated. This reduces the amount of animation on the screen to improve game speed.
On 12" (or smaller) monitors, the menu bar will not be visible at all times. Press the Open-Apple key and the space bar on your keyboard to make the menu bar appear.
Starting Lemmings:
Make a folder on your hard drive called "Lemmings". Copy the contents of the floppy disk into this folder. Double-click on the Lemmings application to begin.
The Game:
Lemmings is an intriguing game in which you help hordes of otherwise mindless rodents (known as Lemmings) escape 120 hostile environments. (This demo version has four levels.)
Lemmings drop through a trapdoor on to each screen and they need all the help they can get to survive the dangers thereon.
To assist these cuddly, yet suicidally stupid, creatures you use your mouse (similiar to a Lemming but it has more buttons) to select a skill from the panel of icons at the base of the screen. Once highlighted you then choose a suitable Lemming, from the throng on the screen, to perform that skill. You have a strict time limit in which to get a required percentage of the little perishers through each level.
A quick brain, the ability to plan ahead, and a lifetime dedication to the Save a Lemming Campaign are what's required to get the right Lemming to perform the right action at the right time. A forgotten Blocker or a misplaced bridge could spell disaster for every Lemming on the screen.
Controls:
1. Use your mouse
2. Point and click on chosen icon to highlight it then (if required) point and click on
selected Lemming to put that Lemming to work.
3. Pushing your mouse to the left or right edges of screen scrolls the play area.
4. After you set up a level, and the Lemmings are heading out the exit, then hold down
the Shift key to hurry them along.
Icons (from left to right):
1. Decrease flow of Lemmings onto the level
2. Increase flow of Lemmings onto the level
3. Climber
4. Parachutist
5. Bomb to dispatch single Lemmings (one way to get rid of blockers)
6. Blocker
7. Bridge Builder-each limited to 12 bricks
8. Horizontal Digger
9. Diagonal Digger
10. Vertical Digger
11. Pause
12. Nuke 'Em destroys all Lemmings-should you find yourself in
a "no-win" situation (double click to activate)
Other Screen Displays:
Directly above the icon panel are (left to right): Lemming identifier, Number of Lemmings currently occupying the level, % of rescued Lemmings, Time remaining to complete level.
Notes:
The display to the right of the Icons depicts the whole level.
Each trait may only be used a limited number of times (shown above each icon).
Passwords:
Each level when completed displays an access password that can be used to re-enter that level in subsequent play.
