Let's go! Lemmings (1991 by DMA Design/Psygnosis) ranks among the top 5 most sold Amiga games of all time. On its release day it sold over 50,000 copies - a record for any Amiga game, which was never topped. To give you some perspective: Other games by Psygnosis - like Menace or Blood Money - sold between 25,000 to 50,000... over their entire lifespan. In a way it helped keep the Amiga (and also the Atari ST) relevant and alive a bit longer - both had seen a significant decline under the increased pressure from both, consoles and the PC market. Lemmings remains a total classic and has incredible replay value. The first couple of levels are quite easy but difficulty really ramps up towards later stages. One for the ages!

Back in the 80s, tons of open-source BASIC games were printed on paper in monthly magazines. And Basic itself was closed-source back then, so nothing new under the sun

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Behold! The self-proclaimed Mother of All Games! Scorched Earth, by Wendell Hicken, was released as shareware in 1991. It wasn't going to win awards for groundbreaking graphics, yet it's one of the best multiplayer games ever - highly addictive with endless replay value. It let you customize a huge range of settings, from gravity, wind, and meteor showers to many others. Building on earlier games like QBasic Gorillas, it took the concept to a much higher level, supporting up to 10 players with far greater complexity and variety. You set angle and power to aim, with a wide choice of weapons (unlike the banana in QBasic Gorillas, for anyone who remembers). Computer-controlled enemies ranged from difficulty 1 (Moron) to 10 (Cyborg). No other game has named its lowest difficulty level so perfectly! Wendell Hicken, the Quentin Tarantino of game developers!