My Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains: #40 - #31

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#40: Blue

Other Names: Gary Oak
Debut Game and Year: Pokemon Red and Blue (1996)
Famous Quote?: "Hey! What brings you here? Your Pokémon don't look dead! I can at least make them faint! Let's go, pal!" at the Pokemon Tower
Other Appearances: Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pokemon Black 2 and White 2

To me, "Blue" will always be Gary Oak. It kinda annoys me when people consider Blue and Gary Oak to be separate characters because they're not, they're the same person but in different forms of media. But for the sake of arguing I'll call him Blue. Either way, once again, another character that isn't quite a villain as there aren't many villains in Pokemon (apart from Team Rocket anyway) but Blue is a pain in the butt. No matter how many times you beat him he consistently belittles you and brags about how awesome he is. And his theme song while quite cool, is annoying as well as you know that trouble is ahead when you hear it. And that quiff moving?! Jeez. Anyway. Yeah, Blue/Gary Oak deserve a place in this list just because it's nice to slap the smirk off his face every time you beat him.

#39: The Ghosts
Other Names: Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde
Debut Game and Year: Pac-Man (1980)
Famous Quote?: None
Other Appearances: Ms. Pac-Man, countless other Pac-Man titles

Yes. They had to be included. Some of the first villains in video game history are the four ghosts that act like hounds trying to viciously murder and dismember Pac-Man and send him to his grave. Trust me, if they remade this game now it'd be an 18. Okay, maybe a bit dramatic but... yeah... anyway, you can't help but love and hate The Ghosts in Pac-Man. They're a pain in the butt but are a iconic set of evil baddies in video game history and will always be remembered as some of the most annoying yet lovable cute ghosts ever created.

#38: Lisa Trevor

Other Names: None
Debut Game and Year: Resident Evil (2002)
Famous Quote?: None
Other Appearances: None

Once again sorry to say but the definition of "villain" is blurred with this entry. Maybe I shouldn't have called this a list of villains as it's not completely true? I hope you understand each entry regardless of the logic of the word. Because, Lisa Trevor is no villain. She's a victim.

Lisa Trevor was chosen as the human test subject for pretty much any Umbrella virus going back before the events of the series. She turns into a monstrous abomination, one that is practically impossible to kill. She had an obsession with faces, and ripped many of the employees off, and kept them for "safe keeping". She wanted to see her mother again but Umbrella killed her. All she wanted to do was give her mum back her face.

When you encounter Lisa in the remake of Resident Evil, she truly is a scary, horrible thing to see with your own eyes. You can't kill her, no matter how hard you try, and it's best to try and avoid her at all times you come into contact with her. Her entry in this list of villains is about the times you see her in the game, how memorable she is as a monster and entry into video game history.

#37: Knuckles

Other Names: Knuckles the Echidna
Debut Game and Year: Sonic 3 (1994)
Famous Quote?: None
Other Appearances: Sonic and Knuckles, Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Heroes, any many more titles

Now obviously since the first game Knuckles isn't a bad guy. In fact, he's a good guy. But, take Sonic 3 for what it is, on it's own, even without Sonic and Knuckles being attached to the game, and Knuckles is a villain. And a pain in the arse villain at that. He does everything he can to stop Sonic from going about his business to defeat Dr Robotnik and save the animals. Obviously the bigger picture is Robotnik has tricked Knuckles into believing that Sonic is the bad guy and to go after Sonic, but either way, Knuckles in Sonic 3 (and Sonic and Knuckles, until he comes to his senses) is a pain in the butt and you just want to smack him.

#36: Dr Zomboss

Other Names: Dr Edgar Zomboss
Debut Game and Year: Plants vs Zombies (2009)
Famous Quote?: "...unless you comply, we will be forced to take extreme action." - part of Dr. Zomboss' letter to the player
Other Appearances: Plants vs Zombies 2: It's About Time

Dr Zomboss is an incredibly intelligent zombie and main villain of the Plants vs Zombies game. All the other zombies are brain dead and write letters with terrible grammar threatening the player to surrender their brans to the undead. Right at the end of the game Dr Zomboss appears and writes the player an incredibly well written letter and uses his vast knowledge and intelligence to battle you with his zombie army and operates a huge machine zombie to take your brains once and for all. Plants vs Zombies is a brilliant game, incredibly funny and Dr Zomboss is a great little villain and adds to these elements in the game.

#35: Scissorman

Other Names: Bobby Barrows
Debut Game and Year: Clock Tower (1995)
Famous Quote?: None
Other Appearances: Clock Tower 3

If you've never experienced Clock Tower you really missed out. Long before Nemesis and Pyramid Head stalked players in horror games we had Scissorman back in 1995. He was only a little nine year old boy, but Scissorman was as scary as fuck back in the day. That animated picture above does not do justice to this. He would come out of nowhere, and stalk you with those long shears, killing other people off in the game one at a time to get to you. And with the way you play the game, getting away from Scissorman was not always easy. Scissorman for me is one of the best stalker villains of all time and most people who have played Clock Tower will agree with me.

#34: Seifer

Other Names: Seifer Almasy
Debut Game and Year: Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
Famous Quote?: "Show me what you got, Squall! Let me add another scar for ya!"
Other Appearances: Kingdom Hearts

Seifer on the surface is a bratty teenager who bullies the other people in Balamb Garden (the school in the game). But as the game progresses, and the characters turn from students to young fighters that determine the fate of the world, battling in loads of fights and a few wars to boot, he turns into a more than capable knight of a sorceress hell bent on taking over the world. He's cocky, rash, and has a personal vendetta against Squall, the main character and you just want to kick his arse throughout the game. Also, he kills Odin one of the most badass summon monsters in Final Fantasy history. That bastard!

#33: Walter Sullivan

Other Names: Walter Francis Sullivan
Debut Game and Year: Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
Famous Quote?: "My name's Walter. Walter Sullivan. It's time to complete the 21 Sacraments."
Other Appearances: None

Silent Hill 4 received mixed reviews. In fact, since Silent Hill 3 most Silent Hill games have received poor to mixed reviews. However, I really liked SH4: The Room. I thought it had a great story but the gameplay was mediocre. But the story, and how it was layed out, was really good. And at the centre of the story was the villain, Walter Sullivan. Sure, we've had better stalker characters than Walter, and it's true, that his character isn't the most original creation. But I really enjoyed the experience of tangling with this screwed up lunatic, hell bent on murdering 21 people. There's more to the story than that, but that's the base. The movie "Seven" comes to mind when it comes to how you feel playing this game, Walter played the villain part fantastically well. I'd recommend you play SH4 if you haven't before, sure the graphics are a but mucky and the gameplay is okay, but the story is pretty damn good, and Walter's character is fun to unravel and take apart.

#32: Black

Other Names: None
Debut Game and Year: Gunstar Heroes (1993)
Famous Quote?: None
Other Appearances: Gunstar Super Heroes

Man it's so hard to find a good picture of Black. I was quite tempted to get an emulated version of the game and play it just to screencap him. Hey ho. Anyway, Black is by far the coolest villain the Gunstar Heroes game. His Dice Maze is one of my favourite all-time levels in any video game. Forcing the player to play games in his maze fortress, he hides himself for as long as he can. When you get through his maze, he has some pretty damn cool machinery to help him get rid of you. And the best part? When you defeat him for the first time, he gives you a fake gem and it explodes in your face! Black is an awesome villain and his appearances in the game are some of the most memorable parts.

#31: G. Ceara

Other Names: Ayrton Senna
Debut Game and Year: Super Monaco GP (1990)
Famous Quote?: "Your days are gone!"
Other Appearances: None

Mind my language but what a prick. No, not the legitimate Ayton Senna, but G. Ceara in the Super Monaco GP game. Back when I was a kid, I struggled and won the World Championship in the Formula 1 season. By doing so you get to defend your title. But there's a returning driver, absent from the previous season that becomes your main rival. His name is G. Ceara. He challenges you, and becomes almost impossible to beat. Then, he does it again. And by doing so you get dumped from your Formula 1 team, and are forced into a crappier car. Then you must struggle to defend your title in an inferior car. All because of this guy. I hate him. He always comes to mind when I think of villains I truly hate in video games. Sure, it's a Formula 1 game and not some evil dude trying to take over the world. But in this game, when G. Ceara becomes nigh on impossible to beat for the first two races, the feeling I had when I was a kid will stay with me forever. And that's why I love and hate this "villain".

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My Top 50 Favourite Sega Mega Drive Games: #20 - #11

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#20 – Gain Ground

Released: 1992 (2007 in the UK)

Genre: Action

Rating: ****1/4 stars

Best Moment: Getting to the end of the level with all characters intact. The game crumbles very quickly if you lose your best characters.

I only discovered this game recently, on the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection actually. I’d never heard of it before then. To be fair, it was never released in the UK on the console itself, but has been ported here on compilation games celebrating the Genesis/Mega Drive. It’s a really good game. It’s hard to describe what the game is about. It’s actually a little like a video game version of British Bulldog if you’ve played it, if so you may have an idea where I’m going with this description; you start off with three characters and you have to get to the end of the level. There are two ways to do this; first, you can dodge enemies and walk to the exit, which is usually the hardest way to do it, mainly because you’d have to do this with every single character. The quickest way to beat a level is to just kill all enemies on screen. As I said you start off with three characters but you can recruit more characters by saving them, to do this you have to find them on the screen and take them to an exit, and in the next level onwards they’ll be added to your roster. If anyone dies then they have to be saved, otherwise you permanently lose that character. It’s a really good game Gain Ground, really worth playing and it’s a tough strategy game in the end but very fun to play. I don’t know how many people have actually played it, I doubt many, but it’s really worth your time trust me.

#19 - Street Fighter II: Championship Edition

Released: 1992

Genre: Fighting

Rating: ****1/4 stars

Best Moment: Beating the Bonus stages flawlessly. Always a good feeling.

How many versions of Street Fighter II was there? Well the Mega Drive had a few, with this version probably being the best. I’m not putting more than one version in this list; they’re far too similar too each other! Street Fighter II’s legacy speaks for itself, it’s simply the most influential fighting game ever released. I don’t think individually one single other fighting game can claim it’s made a bigger impact. I’m not saying it’s the best, but no game in the genre has added to the genre on the whole more than this game. Street Fighter II is a game you have to experience, to fully understand its place in video game history. It’s not coincidence that Street Fighter IV took a lot of inspiration from SF2 to take the game series back to the top of the mountain. Is Street Fighter II my favourite fighting game on the Mega Drive? No, you’ll find that out later in this list. But Street Fighter II is more legendary than it is one of my favourite games, that’s for sure, but regardless of its placement in this list, I respect the hell out of this game and Capcom for making it.

#18 – Worms

Released: 1995

Genre: Strategy

Rating: ****1/4 stars

Best Moment: Having to take a very risky and tough shot with a bazooka, and nailing it spot on.

Ah, the Worms series. It’s amazing to think that the original Worms game was released on the Mega Drive but it was. I never played it on the Mega Drive personally but I do know that the Mega Drive version has zero changes to it to the Playstation copy I had. And what a game Worms was, back in 1995. Sure, nowadays the Worms formula has improved drastically, as have the graphics and comedy voices, but let’s not take anything away from the original game. At the time Worms was unlike any other game out there. A strategy game with an incredible sense humour, this game could destroy friendships as the competitive gameplay was so good. Worms on the Mega Drive surely makes it one of the best games ever released on the console, even if it was released when the console was dying out.

#17 – Speedball 2

Released: 1990

Genre: Sports

Rating: ****1/4 stars

Best Moment: Scoring after a succession of great passes, either that or heating the ball up and throwing it at the goalie, with the ball ending in the back of the net. Fun times.

I’ve already reviewed this game on this site as part of my Old School Game Reviews, you can read that here. Speedball 2 was a truly terrific game. Sure, it may not be a real sport, but it’s still a sports game, and I rate it as one of the best sports games ever made. A mixture of rugby, handball and hockey, Speedball wasn’t that popular unfortunately, but it’s definitely playable, even today I play this game. It’s quite difficult but a heck of a lot of fun, frenetic fun that is. I love this game, and can’t recommend you play it enough.

#16 – Super Monaco GP

Released: 1990 (1991 in the UK)
Genre: Racing
Rating: ****1/4 stars
Best Moment: Just sticking to your gameplan, racing hard and fast yet accurate, and finishing in first place, naturally.

Technically I suppose the second game was superior and I may have rated it quite low at #32 but I just prefer the first game in nearly every way. I love World Championship Mode. I love starting in the Minrae (which is based on the Minardi F1 car), changing constructors and ending up in the Madonna car (based on the McLaren). I love racing on my favourite tracks (some being Great Britain, France and Italy). I also love and hate the second season of World Championship Mode, when you’re the defending champion and G. Ceara (based on the great Ayrton Senna) joins the season having taken the first season out and getting your arse whooped by him and struggling to reclaim your title. I just have so many personal memories of this game, all great, and it’ll forever be my favourite F1 game ever. There may be many technically better games, graphics or controls, but I’ll doubt I’ll ever find a game I’ll enjoy more based on Formula 1 racing.

#15 – Shining Force II

Released: 1993 (1994 in the UK)
Genre: RPG
Rating: ****1/2 stars
Best Moment: Just assembling your party and kicking arse in general. It’s just a brilliant RPG.

I feel bad that Shining Force II is so low on this list as it’s truly an epic RPG. There weren’t many RPGs on the Mega Drive (only the Shining Force and Phantasy Star games are really worthy of any mention in honesty) but Shining Force is not only the best RPG series on the console, but one of my favourite RPG series of all time. I truly love Shining Force, the stories are decent enough but it’s the strategy and turned based RPG system that truly sets it apart from other RPGs. It gets the formula totally spot on and I just love playing the games. If you’ve never experienced Shining Force, seriously, get an emulator or get the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection and play the two Shining Force games. You won’t regret it.

#14 – Streets of Rage

Released: 1991
Genre: Beat ‘em Up
Rating: ****1/2 stars
Best Moment: Honestly? The first level. The whole of it. The music is just so fricking awesome, topped off by the just as good boss theme. The level, while naturally the easiest, has excellent flow to it and it’s probably one of my favourite ‘first levels’ of all time.

I’ve already reviewed this game on this site as part of my Old School Game Reviews, you can read that here. The original Streets of Rage was just so good, ridiculously good even, for back in 1991. Sure, there were Beat ‘em Ups before it that made an impact, but I think Streets of Rage truly lifted the genre to new levels never seen before, and in honesty, not seen since. And this game started it all off. And the formula was improved further for the sequel, but this game, the first in the series, was and still is, one of the best Mega Drive games of all time.

#13 – Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine

Released: 1993 (1994 in the UK)

Genre: Puzzle

Rating: ****1/2 stars

Best Moment: Quite simply, getting an absolutely humongous combo and piling a load of clear beans on your opponent’s grid, rendering them almost incapable of making a comeback.

Man, I love this game. I’d possibly rate it as my favourite puzzle game ever, although that’s another list for another day. Is it the most original puzzle game ever made? Of course not. In fact, it’s a version of a video game series popular in Japan called Puyo Puyo, marketed for Western audiences. It has some of the same music, the same style of game in nearly every way, the only difference is the addition of Dr Robotnik and some other characters associated with Sonic. So it’s actually a ripoff. But do I care? No, not at all, I love this game, I’ve spent hours and hours playing this game; I’ve probably put more time into this puzzle game than all other puzzle games combined. It’s just a really fun game, and I’ll never play a better puzzle game ever, in my opinion.



#12 - Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Released: 1993

Genre: Action

Rating: ****1/2 stars

Best Moment: I just love running at ninjas and taking out my sword and slicing them silly. It’s a simple technique but it’s a hella fun.

You know, I played The Revenge of Shinobi as part of my Mega 6 collection, that I mentioned earlier. I always said to myself, why didn’t they ever make a sequel to that Shinobi game? I never knew this game existed for years later, not to mention that they actually made a sequel for the Mega Drive itself. The second Shinobi game was released on the Sega Game Gear, but this third entry was put back on the Mega Drive as the Game Gear was a flop. Shinobi III was brilliant. It took everything that made the original Revenge of Shinobi a success and added so much more. The action in this game, is just awesome. It blows most games out of the water for the amount of moves and techniques available in an action game. And you really do feel like a badass ninja playing this game. Shinobi III is just simply, one of the best Mega Drive games of all time. You really should experience it if you haven’t before.

#11 – Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Released: 1996
Genre: Fighting
Rating: ****1/2 stars
Best Moment: The moment when you finally kick Shao Kahn’s ass; Mortal Kombat is a very hard game at times and Shao Kahn is a worthy final battle, and when you finally defeat him it’s a huge sigh of relief and joy.

In honesty, I never played the original Mortal Kombat III. Nor did I play Mortal Kombat II until many years later. UMK3 is THE fighting game for the Mega Drive in my opinion. 24 characters in one fighting game... I’m pretty sure that was unprecedented in 1996. Naturally now we have bigger rosters, but for a Mega Drive game, to have so many characters all with different movesets and personalities... it was just epic. I honestly rate UMK3 as one of my favourite fighting games ever, it’s definitely my favourite Mortal Kombat game, and for me, it’s definitely the best fighting game on the Mega Drive. Even more so than Street Fighter 2.

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My Top 50 Favourite Sega Mega Drive Games: #40 - #31

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#40 – Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Released: 1993 (1994 in the UK)

Genre: Action

Rating: ***3/4

Best Moment: Nothing particularly, it’s just a fun game and avoiding those zombies for as long as possible is a great hook.

This game is a cult classic; it wasn’t that popular when it came out. I didn’t play it for a while even after getting my Mega Drive but it’s a damn good game; it’s very entertaining and its simple concept works wonders really, shoot the zombies, avoid getting hit. One of the best things about the game for me is the difficulty; they have it spot on, with the game starting off very easily and it gets steadily harder from then on. This game is still more than playable today, so give it a go if you haven’t played it before, I doubt you’ll be disappointed.

#39 - Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers

Released: 1993 (1994 in the UK)

Genre: Platformer

Rating: ***3/4

Best Moment: This game was quite hard, so catching Tweety at the end of a level makes all the frustrations worth it.

I don’t know that many people that have played this game. I can’t even remember how I found it, I may have borrowed it from a friend but I can’t be sure. What I do remember is grinding through its difficulty and getting very far in it. Basically you’re Sylvester and you simply have to catch Tweety. But the levels are long and Tweety teases you throughout the level with opportunities to catch him but you’re always unsuccessful until right at the end... when he runs away again. It was a very entertaining game, very hard but entertaining enough and definitely worth a crack at if you’ve never played it before.

#38 – Flicky

Released: 1991
Genre: Action
Rating: ***3/4
Best Moment: Getting all of the birds in one go flawlessly. Nothing can beat it, and it get so hard to do that quite early on in honesty and becomes almost impossible later!

Flicky is often considered a really annoying game, mainly for its one song throughout the game which is very squeaky and loud in sound. But what people need to remember is that this game actually came out in 1984 originally, not 1991. The early eighties were full of games with only one song and simple game play. And you know what? This game was still great enough in 1991, 7 years later. And a lot happened in those 7 years in video game history, and for a game of that era to still be more than playable on the Mega Drive shows you how good it was. So think about that if you do take a distaste to this game, because it’s still a very good game, even by Mega Drive’s standards.

#37 – Taz in Escape from Mars

Released: 1994

Genre: Action

Rating: ***3/4

Best Moment: Just holding onto the action button and making Taz spin over and over again is fun, especially when you build enough momentum to go up walls.

Taz in Escape from Mars is a great game, it’s quite hard as well mind, but the difficulty is tolerable enough to make the game entertaining. Playing as Taz is a lot of fun as his spin is just a great weapon and also used in a variety of other ways too. Another great thing about Taz is that he just eats everything and anything in front of him, for good or bad. The animations for Taz are fantastic and look just as good as Taz does on the cartoons. This game if you haven’t played it before is worth a spin... no pun intended!

#36 – Aladdin

Released: 1993

Genre: Platformer

Rating: ***3/4

Best Moment: Sounds weird saying it but dying. I love the dying animation in Aladdin, it’s one of the funniest death animations in video game history, or at least, it felt like it was back when the game came out!

Aladdin is a great platformer, the music is just spot on from the film and it stands out from other platformers because it plays very differently. Controlling Aladdin feels a little uneasy at first and fighting with him even more so, but once you get the hang of it the experience Aladdin brings to the table is great. The graphics are splendid and the humour throughout the game is just awesome. You just simply have to play this game if you’re a fan of the film, it does complete justice.

#35 - Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

Released: 1989 (1990 in the UK)

Genre: Platformer

Rating: ***3/4

Best Moment: Honestly, landing a jumping kick! It’s a really hard technique and often leads to your death, so when you land it it’s actually quite satisfying.

Alex Kidd, what a game... a game full of agro, irritation and frustration, but overall, it’s also a very good platformer. The ideas are there and for the most part the game is actually quite fun. But the one-touch death, the sometimes annoying music and some of the timing being harshly out of your favour can get to you. Alex Kidd was once the mascot of Sega before Sonic came along. It’s funny but it’s true, but now Alex Kidd is a bit of a punchline due to the game being rather cheesy and hard at the same time. But don’t take away the good points; this game is still very good.

#34 – Sonic 3D

Released: 1996

Genre: Platformer

Rating: ****

Best Moment: Getting all the Flickies in one go through the hoop. It’s not always that hard but it’s still satisfying to get the full multiplier.

The first Sonic game to make the Top 50... you’d be stupid to think it’d be the last! Sonic 3D is a mixed bag. Firstly, it’s not 3D, and that’s been something that fans have taken the piss out of many a time. It’s an isometric 2D platformer set at a 3D angle. But this game gets a lot of criticism and most of it stems from the false advertisement of 3D gaming. But take that fib out of the equation and what you have here is a very unique Sonic experience. It’s actually a solid game; the addition of Flickies was a nice touch and the music is just top notch. The music in Sonic 3D is some of the finest in video game history in honesty. The Special Stages were a tad too easy and too similar to those in Sonic 2 but overall this game is really good, better than it gets credit for.

#33 – Streets of Rage 3

Released: 1994

Genre: Beat ‘em Up

Rating: ****

Best Moment: The huge relief of satisfaction when you finally beat Mona and Lisa. In my honest opinion, there’s never been a harder boss in all three Streets of Rage games.

Streets of Rage 3 is so hard. It’s one of the hardest games on the Mega Drive, that’s a given. It’s far harder than the first two, which I can complete with my eyes closed. I’ve never legitimately beat Streets of Rage 3 without cheating, and Easy mode doesn’t count as you don’t get the full game. I take nothing away from SoR3 in the respect that it’s a great game, but it’s huge difficulty increase puts me off playing it over the other two. The improvements are great; the moves are better and more complex, the music is as solid as the other two games and the storyline progress through the levels are all fantastic. But... it’s just too hard! It’s still a great game though.

 #32 - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II

Released: 1992
Genre: Racing
Rating: ****
Best Moment: Just winning a race. It can sometimes be difficult, leading a race, then staying consistent throughout the course lap after lap. It’s nice when your game plan comes together.

Super Monaco GP II was a great racing game. It improved in every way over the original, but I just prefer the original’s races and format of the Tournament mode. But I’m not taking anything away from this sequel and the addition of such a legendary name in the sport as Ayrton Senna boosts its credibility immensely. Taking Senna on is also quite cool, as he was simply a phenomenal F1 driver in his time, and for him to have his own game is quite cool. And it’s a great game, if I were to recommend you play SM GP 1 or 2 it’d have to be this one, because in honesty it’s pure nostalgia and preference that I like the first one more.

#31 – Lemmings

Released: 1992
Genre: Puzzle
Rating: ****
Best Moment: Making sure every Lemming that can survive, does survive. It’s the ultimate compliment, especially with the later levels. You feel bad enough killing off the ones that have to die never mind ones that don’t!

Ah... Lemmings. What a game that was. There are few games that were released at the right place at the right time, that deserve more relevance today but just don’t fit in a modern gaming era. Lemmings was just awesome. Watching all of your Lemmings work their arses off, doing the jobs that you grant them to do, working so well as a team is just so cool. You almost have sentimental feelings for each and every one, even give them all names... okay maybe not that far, but still, you just feel so bad when you have to kill them off. You want them all to survive each level – none of them deserve any other fate than to make it through each level alive. And it’s so tragic when you kill off ones that could have made it!

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