ALL DONE!
congratulations!!
you've completed
l e m m i n g s
everyone here at dma
design salutes you as a
master lemmings player
not many people will
complete the mayhem
levels. you are
definately one of the
elite.
programming
brian watson (biscuit)
with
graphics conversion by
mike dailly
gary timmons
scott johnston
level editor by
steve hammond
(using amos which was
an atomic-size
mistake)
original music by
tim wright
and
brian johnston
lynx music
tony williams
additional graphics
jamie grant
levels themselves were
converted by
john harris
and
john delayney
psygnosis/atari liason
greg duddle
graham stafford
and
john skruch
testing
mike clarke
gray mercer
craig duddle
faran thomason
and
sean patten
original concept
by
dma design
tea boy
mike dailly
scott johnston
and
russel kay
sprite generator
mark ireland
Electricty supplied by
scottish power which
was originally
contained in a big
hydro-electric dam
which was powered by
water that got its
energy from the sun and
so on and so forth
right back to the very
beginnings of the
universe
and now the traditional
scrolly message things.
the following items
were consumed during
the making of lynx
lemmings;
520 cans of coke
200 bags of crisps
108 custom built
sandwhiches
300 cups of tea
64 tracker bars
1 fruesli bar (blech!)
and a lot of
irreplacable fossil
fuels
and the following
equipment used in the
course of the project;
900 gallons rocket fuel
1 teleporter
4 hard disks
set of spanners
nicam tv set
15 amigas
22 pcs
desk lamp
paintball guns
farside calendar
amos compiler
blank disks
too much paper
cranky old amstad
printer
satellite system
screen blanker
star trek video
tayside buses
cfcs
welding kit
soldering iron
hammer
nails
circular saw
30 rolls wallpaper
bucket and spade
power sander
hover mower
paint strpper gun
particle cannon
cold fusion reactor
comic rays
fan
telescope
digital thermometer
lemon curd sandwhich
fridge
microwave oven
jar of loose change
gobstopper
business card
vacuum cleaner
stickey backed plastic
with invented
assistance from
the following people and
places;
nasa
cern synchrotron
hubble space telescope
jodrell bank
corner shop
cray research
edinburgh zoo
starbase 47
not forgetting the
hinderances from these;
road works
headphones
network crashes
solor storms
ozon depletion
chocolate cake
pcs
snowstorms
tidal wave
earthquakes
disk errors
volcanoes
blocked drains
hangovers
yogurt
coffee perculator
are we clear yet?
anybody listening?
no?
good.
important message
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5
4
3
2
1
we're going for the
record now. What's the
largest scrolly mesage
ever seen on a game
cartridge? no idea?
miniscule, thats what.
we at dma design in our
shiny green office
building are attempting
40k worth of message.
pointless, futile
message. thats 40960
characters. we even
employ someone purely
to write these scrolly
mesages. we have more
text.
loads!
loads!!
loads!!!
and then some!!!!!!
speaking of characters,
there were some very
strange ones involved
in creating the game. I
myself am a member of
the guild of scrolly
message writers, not
the everyday messages
that get flung around
on demos but a bona
fide scrolly embedded
on a rom cartridge. few
are qualified to reach
this level of
expertise. if you wish
to do this youself
there are special night
classes you can attend.
you just have to know
where to find them.
thanks go especially to
the sandwich ladies and
the chocolate cake that
caused me so much
trauma trying to slim
down.
so anyway, in several
thousand years time
some archeologist is
going to dig up this
cartridge. i may as
well explain a few
things about 1993.
first of all the
location of atlantis.
it is in fact in the
tay estuary just next
to dundee, sctoland.
that fact alone
explains why atlantis
has remained so quiet
over the years.
who could take them
seriously nowdays with
a thick highland accent
and a claymore.
come to think of it
wielding a claymore in
front of people does
tend to make them take
you seriously. so why
did atlatis sink? it
was the constant
rainfall that did it.
I may as well tell you
that the scrolly
message classes are
held at the following
address;
the university
1 south underwater st.
west 15
atlantis
enclose around 20 quids
worth of stamps for all
correspondance.
and now vampires.
are you one of the
legions of the undead?
does the sun make you
peel until there's
nothing left? do
hordes of irate locals
armed with sunbeds try
to ruin your night?
if the answer to any of
the above questions is
a resounding yes then
you really have got
problems I suppose in
that case you'll have
been playing lemmings
in the middle of a
transylvanian castle in
the basement. in that
case, make sure you've
got plenty of batteries.
can't leave out aliens.
why would anyone wish
to leave aliens out of
a scrolly message (a
note for the pedantic;
under no circumstances
is a message text
called a scolling
message, it is always a
called a scolly.)
so anyway; aliens. we
are of course talking
about the suckers that
come from space and not
the ones that try to
sneak in you're country
when you're not looking.
I am confident that
no-one at dma design
has in fact been
abducted by aliens
although several of
them may actually be
aliens themselves. have
you ever seen whitley
strieber's communion?
if so then i can give
the true explanation.
the alien is large,
white, bald and has
enormous eyes. now
consider what michael
jackson is doing to
himself, and it will
instantly become clear
that this is what
michael will look like
in several hundred
years. considering his
reputation for
eccentricity and his
vast wealth i have no
doubt that he will fund
a time machine and go
back to the eighties
and pretend to be from
outer space. or not.
a word about piracy.
yes, even cartidges
can be copied. it's
not very nice is it? if
you do try it then the
joke's on you! inserted
into this text is a
powerful magical spell
to shred the very soul
of evil nasty people
who would take away our
livelihood.
nasty pirate
go way.
you'll never live,
to see the day,
when evil triumphs,
over light,
'cos we all think,
you're full of
* zzzt * software
failure there * hmm,
never mind. on with the
next topic. the
pentagram graphics
should take care of it
anyway.
7k of message!
ah. we never quite got
to 40K but I think it
is still enough to
count.
i think it's a......
world record for a
console cartridge!
yow!
until next time.
a little message from
the programmer........
enjoy your lynx. it is
the best of all of the
hand held portable
machines. only with
your support can we
produce software for
this lovely little
piece of hardware with
a goal keeping the
machine alive and
kicking.
well i may not have
plans to do anything in
the immediate future on
the lynx but if it is
still around in a few
years maybe I'll do
lemmings ii on it!
then again... maybe not
i suppose i would have
to be mad to attempt it
but then again anyone
who attempts a major
programming feat using
a 6502 must be mad!!!
but don't forget the
lovely hardware!!!
this little machine
can do more to the
display than an amiga
can. thanks to rj mical
and his team for being
insane enough to design
such a nice piece of
hardware and having the
foresight to produce
their development
software on the amiga.
maybe it's because they
had something to do
with that as well?
bye...
Ils ce sont bien lâché sur le coup et dans tout les domaines !