Oh No!
Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2012
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The popularity of the ‘Angry
Birds’ franchise has been revolutionary; with Rovio spinning off its game
beyond the touch screen mobile phone devices into plush toys, t-shirts, clothing,
radios, etc. in the process making absolutely millions along the way.
Which is all great, but
there is one game that I cannot get off my mind, that seems absolutely prime
for a reboot and re-launch. I believe it
would work great on touch screens and would almost certainly sell just as much
as the bird flinging game.
The game I speak of –
Lemmings!
For the uninitiated,
Lemmings was first released back in 1991 as a puzzle game – the objective of
which was to guide and save as many suicidal lemmings as possible to their safe
haven. You do this by assigning some of
those little guys a job – say to dig a hole or block a pathway or build a
bridge. Save enough of the little
blighters and you progress to the next level.
The simplicity of the
game and addictiveness of the challenge of saving the little rodents is what
makes this an absolutely timeless classic and one that deserves to be brought
back for the modern mobile phone playing gamer.
I’m convinced that if
brought back in its original format (no one wants to see “Lemmings 3D”), it
would be a huge success and a genuine challenger to those Angry, Angry Birds.
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